Donating to Gates Public Library

Dear Library Supporter,

If you would like to honor a particular person with a gift which will help the whole community, please contribute to our Gift Fund.

We will notify your special person of your gift. When the item has arrived in the library and has been processed with a bookplate honoring your special person, we will notify both you and your honoree so that you may view the item before it goes into general circulation.

Your gift will provide an enduring contribution to the countless people in the community who will enjoy or learn from this addition to our collection for years to come.

Gifts of $25+ will cover the cost of one hard cover book. Gifts less than $25 can be added to the endowment fund of your choice increasing the fund’s principal. Only the interest from an endowment fund is expended annually. Bookplates for endowments acknowledge “gift of (fund name)”.

All gifts are tax deductible. Please print off our Donation Form and include it with your check. Or call to discuss gift possibilities beyond those listed here. You might wish to consider donating to the library in your will.

All gifts are recognized in the library’s annual report to the public.

Library Director
Gates Public Library


FUND CHOICES

Memorial Funds:

Items selected each bear a bookplate with names of both the honoree and the donor. Subject selection open to donor suggestions.

  • Gift & Memorial Fund
  • Pet Memorial Fund

Endowment Funds:

  • Amita Club Fund: for materials of interest to Italian-American community
  • Doty Memorial Fund: for materials on British literature, British history, European literature and European history (in memory of Virginia P. Doty)
  • Freislich Fund: for annual awards to recognize a library employee(s) pursuing formal education (in memory of Eleanor Freislich, founding Library Board member)
  • Gates Grange Fund: for materials related to farming and Grange history
  • Heywood Fund: for mysteries (in memory of Isabel Heywood, former library volunteer)
  • Horatio Gates Fund: for materials on American History
  • Owellen Memorial Fund: for materials on cancer, U.S. Navy, baseball, golf and travel (in memory of Jack Owellen, former library volunteer)