by Amy Mertz | Dec 15, 2023 | Giving, News, Newsletter
A group of loyal donors to Madison Public Library Foundation is offering a $100,000 match throughout December for all gifts made to the annual fund, which fuels core library resources and programming. Every contribution will go twice as far! In 2023, annual fund gifts...
by Amy Mertz | Dec 15, 2023 | Giving, News, Newsletter
Giving Tuesday, a day to celebrate generosity and charity, was November 28. This year, a family with a passion for audiobooks provided the foundation with a $15,000 matching gift to encourage donations to the library’s digital collection. With the support of our...
by Amy Mertz | Oct 19, 2023 | Giving, News
Madison Public Library Foundation awarded the 2023 Elizabeth Moon Proctor Scholarship to Melissa Ernst, a Library Assistant in Youth Services at Central Library. With previous experience at Epic Systems and as a Library Assistant at Sequoya Library, Ernst’s interest...
by Amy Mertz | Oct 19, 2023 | Giving, News
In celebration of the foundation’s 30th birthday this year, we’re looking back at important moments in our history. One of these was the opening of Alicia Ashman Library in 2000 — a project that set a new private fundraising benchmark for public libraries in Madison....
by Amy Mertz | Oct 19, 2023 | Giving, News
If you’re at Central Library this weekend for the Wisconsin Book Festival or any other reason this fall, head down to the Children’s Area on the lower level to see Double-Deckerondack, a beautifully handcrafted seating area created by local artist and...
by Amy Mertz | Sep 14, 2023 | Giving, News, Newsletter
A former Madisonian whose mother was a Sequoya Library staff member in the 1960s and 1970s has joined Madison Public Library Foundation’s Epilogue Circle by leaving a percentage of his estate to the organization. Keith White, who lives in Port Townsend, Wash., says he...
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