Friends of Tennessee Libraries
GRANT APPLICATION
Applicant must be a Friends Group that is a member in good standing of Friends of Tennessee Libraries. Applications
must be received by November 15 to be considered for a grant to be utilized in the following calendar year. ALL
GRANTS WILL BE FOR $200.
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Application Date:
November 12, 2013
Friends Group Name:
Friends of the Tellico Village Library
Tax Exempt Status?
501 (c ) (3) corporation
Area Served:
Loudon County TN and surrounding communities
Contact Person:
Becky Haile
Telephone:
865-458-5199
Mailing Address:
300 Irene Lane
City/Zip Code:
Loudon, TN 37774
Email Address:
tvlibraryquestions@hotmail.com
TYPE OF GRANT REQUESTED
(One grant per application)
DESCRIPTION
Fund Raising:
To assist with the expense associated with fund raising for your friends group.
Advocacy:
To assist with expense associated with advocating on behalf of your
community library.
Membership:
X
To assist with expense associated with retaining existing members and
securing new members.
11. Project Title:
Membership Newsletter printing
12. Project Budget:
$450
13. Project Starting Date:
September 2014
14. Project Ending Date:
September 2014
15. Describe how the grant will be used:
The $200 grant from the Friends of Tennessee Libraries will be used to help defray the printing costs of a special
membership newsletter that is published in September 2014 to advertise the beginning of the 2015 membership
campaign. This newsletter contains the membership form as well as information on the importance of a Friends
membership and its significance in the funding of The Public Library at Tellico Village. It is delivered to over 3,500
mailboxes by Friends’ volunteers.
16. Date Application Received:
Mail to Dwight Shepherd PO. Box 1014 Kodak TN 37764-7014
Or email dewhitesheep@hotmail.com