by Amy Mertz | Apr 20, 2021 | Giving, News, Patron Stories
Rick Chandler has been an instrumental volunteer and donor to Madison Public Library Foundation over the last 15 years. He is a former board of directors member, a Silas Pinney Legacy Society member and a current member of the Donor Development Committee. He was also...
by Amy Mertz | Mar 11, 2020 | Giving, News, Patron Stories
Susan Policello knew dedicating a bike rack outside the new Pinney Library was the perfect way to honor her 97-year-old father, Donald H. Korn. As the doors of the new library prepare the open to the public for the first time, we look fondly at Pinney’s past and...
by mplf intern | Jan 29, 2020 | News, Patron Stories
Students like Kazuyuki Negishi are proof that libraries are for everyone, and learning is lifelong. Within the last year, Negishi relocated to Madison from his home country of Japan. Since his move, he has been taking classes to learn English. Negishi frequents...
by Amy Mertz | Oct 11, 2019 | News, Patron Stories
We recently received this story from Pamela Phillips Olson (pictured above, second from right), one of our library patrons and donors, and thought it was a lovely story to share with all our supporters! Pamela recently celebrated her 50th wedding anniversary with her...
by Amy Mertz | Oct 15, 2018 | News, Patron Stories
Joan Zieger of Middleton is a self-described Wisconsin Book Festival “nut.” She’s been attending free author events since the festival began 16 years ago, and has even served as an author escort. Zieger, a Middleton and Sequoya libraries patron, is a big reader and...
by Amy Mertz | Oct 12, 2018 | News, Patron Stories
Louisa Kamps, who recently became a Wisconsin Book Festival Ambassador, has been attending festival literary events for several years. A Madison resident for 13 years, she’s an avid reader of mostly nonfiction. “I’m interested in ideas and in cultural reporting,...
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