Friends Of Wilmington Library Raising Funds For New Furniture, Toys & Games In Children’s Room

Dear Library Supporter,

Inviting community spaces are an important part of a vibrant society. And few places are as inviting as the Wilmington Memorial Library! Years of innovation and redesign by our hardworking staff have created useful and comfortable spaces at our Library — areas that are available for all to use and enjoy. Some of these beloved spaces include:

• The Peggy Kane Reading Garden
• Comfortable seating in the library’s redesigned first floor
• Our Storywalk at Rotary Park
• A Children’s Room enhanced by a mural, specially created by award-winning author and illustrator Bob Shea

All these projects, and much more, would not have been possible without funding from the Friends following a successful Annual Appeal campaign!

This year’s Annual Appeal is in support of a new initiative in the Children’s Room. Our Library has received funding from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners in the form of a Mind in the Making grant. With this award, Library staff will be able to purchase learning toys and manipulatives, furniture and games with the goal of enhancing the educational and social development of our youngest patrons. This grant provides guidelines, with goals and strategies for creating experiences based upon a scientific understanding of child development, how children learn life skills and more. The grant comes with funding, but also the expectation that the Library will match the award with community funding.

Your contribution to the 2024 Annual Appeal will support the Mind in the Making Grant and allow our library staff to create the best possible learning environment for our young visitors. The Library’s Children’s Room is a special place, with the potential to create a meaningful experience in young lives. Please join me in supporting that by donating to our 2024 Annual Appeal campaign!

Donations can be accepted online at bit.ly/friendsappeal24 or you can mail a check to the library at 175 Middlesex Avenue, Wilmington, MA 01887. Checks should be made out to “The Friends of the Wilmington Memorial Library.” Donations are tax deductible.

Thank you for your support!

Sincerely,

Terry McDermott
President