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An investment in the Library pays dividends for generations, and because of your generosity, the Library is changing lives.

BECAUSE OF YOU

Fifth Third Bank shifts MoLi into the next gear

Branch Enhancement, Community, Giving, Partnerships

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Cincinnati, Ohio-based bank will supercharge the Mobile Library with much-needed upgrades

Home, Work and … Library?

Community, Giving, Home Page, Libraries Matter, Library Locations

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This #LibraryGivingDay, a one-day fundraising event on April 3, we make the case for the Library as a great “third place.”

Activate your birthday with the Library

Because of You, CommonSpark, Community, Fundraiser, Giving, Home Page

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Your birthday is on the horizon, and everyone is asking you what you want. If you’re a Library lover, the answer is as easy at 1-2-3. Turn your birthday into an event for good. Create a fundraiser with the Library Foundation. It’s simple, meaningful, and easy to do. We’re here…

Giving Tuesday 2023

Community, Fundraiser, Giving, Home Page

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We encourage people to contribute to our libraries and library staff on #GivingTuesday as they create educational, safe and inspiring spaces year-round for everyone in Mecklenburg County.

Verse & Vino’s tenth anniversary celebration

CommonSpark, Community, Events, Fundraiser, Giving, Home Page, Partnerships, Verse & Vino, Verse & Vino Archive

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The tenth annual Verse & Vino brought together seasoned attendees, newcomers, library advocates and great authors in one room!

PNC Foundation awards $500,000 grant to bolster early literacy support for local children

CommonSpark, Community, Giving, Home Page

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Grant builds on PNC Foundation’s longstanding commitment to help prepare children from birth to age 5 for success in school and life.

Principal Foundation Invests $500K in Charlotte’s New Main Library

CommonSpark, Giving, Home Page

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A relatively new investor in the Charlotte region, their gift will be used as a challenge to the entire Charlotte Mecklenburg Library community during Around the World in 21 Branches, a traveling festival promoting the campaign.

Amazon stops “Smile”-ing: Turn incremental gifts into local impact with this easy (and better) alternative

Giving, Home Page

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An email from Amazon went out to AmazonSmile users about the discontinuation of their charity-donation program in February 2023, citing that “with so many eligible organizations—more than 1 million globally—our ability to have an impact was often spread too thin.” While we applaud Amazon’s efforts to maximize their philanthropic efforts,…

Circulation Superstars

Because of You, Community, Home Page, Libraries Matter

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Our social media post on The Brooklyn Public Library’s most requested books of all time got a lot of attention, so we thought you’d enjoy a peek at Charlotte Mecklenburg Library’s most requested books of 2022. Are your favorites on the list? Are there books that will be added to your TBR list? Any surprises?

Giving Tuesday 2022

Because of You, Community, Events, Giving, Home Page, Libraries Matter, Library Locations

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As the caboose of the weekend following Thanksgiving (starting with the infamous Black Friday, then Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday) Giving Tuesday is an opportunity to focus on and celebrate the places and people who strengthen and support our community. Obviously, here at the Library Foundation, we want to shine a spotlight on our libraries and library staff.