THE FRIENDS OF THE KINGSTON FRONTENAC PUBLIC LIBRARY
HOW TO BECOME A MEMBER
MEMBERSHIP: STUDENT/SENIOR $5, INDIVIDUAL $ 10, FAMILY $ 25. TAX RECEIPT FOR ALL DONATIONS
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PLEASE MAKE CHEQUES PAYABLE TO: FREINDS OF THE KINGSTON FRONTENAC PUBLIC LIBRARY AT
130 JOHNSON STREET, KINGSTON, K7L IX8
HOW THE FRIENDS RAISE AND SPEND YOUR MONEY
THE FRIENDS HAVE FOUR MAIN SOURCES OF INCOME LISTED IN DECENDING ORDER OF IMPORTANCE:
1… BOOK SALES ARE HELD DAILY AT CENTRAL AND TURNER LIBRARIES DURING LIBRARY HOURS. IN NOVEMBER THERE IS ALWAYS A
SPECIAL SALES WHICH IS STAFFED FOR THE FIRST THREE DAYS.
2… TAX RECEIPTED DONATIONS FROM MEMBERS. WE KEEP MEMBERSHIP FEES LOW SO THAT MEMBERSHIP IS NOT PRECLUDED BY
COST.
3… MEMBERSHIP FEES.
4…GIFT SALES
THE FRIENDS HAVE TWO MAIN CATEGORIES OF GIFTS TO THE LIBRARY
1 … ANNUAL GIFTS: THESE FUNDS ARE BUDGETED EVERY YEAR
CHILDREN’S SUMMER PROGRAM $ 8,500
ADULT BOOK CLUBS $ 3,500 THE FRIENDS BEGAN FUNDING IN 2004 ORIGINALLY WITH 10 SETS NOW WITH OVER 100 THE
CIRCULATION OF SET RISING FROM 54 TO OVER 500
IN TOTALTHE ANNUAL BUDGETS RUN TO ABOUT
$ 20,000
2…SPECIAL GRANTS, THESE VARY IN SIZE AND PURPOSE: EXAMPLES FROM OVER THE YEARS
$ 25, 000 FOR THE TEEN CENTRE AT TURNER
$ 75,000 FOR CALVIN PARK: WHICH HELPED RAISE OTHER SUPPORT
$
4,000 FOR ART RESTORATION
$ 4,000 TO FOUR LOCAL WRITERS FOR FOUR ORIGINAL PLAYS PERFORMED OVER A MONTH AT CENTRAL