WPL Lift Installation and Accessibility Project
A nonprofit fundraiser supporting
Windsor Public LibraryHelp the Windsor Public Library become fully accessible as we install a lift!
$1,680
raised by 21 people
$100,000 goal
Library Giving Day
April 7th is Library Giving Day, a day to celebrate public libraries and the many gifts they give to our communities. This Library Giving Day, we at the Windsor Public Library (WPL) are asking for a special gift from you towards our Lift Installation and Accessibility Project. This project will allow Windsor residents and anyone who visits to have full access to all that our library has to offer, including our children's room, meeting room, historical records room and bathroom (all located in the basement.) The Windsor Public Library has already received over $57,000 towards this project but we need at least $50,000 more. We hope to complete the lift installation this year.
We were so touched recently to receive an unexpected donation towards this project from the adult children of a long-time library volunteer. They wrote:
"Our mom... volunteered at the library in the late 1990's and early 2000's. She died at 95 almost 5 years ago. My sister and I saw the accessibility project and knew that would be something our mom would have heartily supported. So we rounded up our remaining siblings and are sending this contribution in her memory."
Our hearts were filled as we received this donation. Do you also have a friend or family member you would like to honor with a gift towards the Windsor Public Library's Accessibility Project? The WPL has been serving Windsor since 1882 (139 years) and since 1902 in our current historic building. Can you help us ensure that during our next 139 years, the Windsor Public Library is fully accessible to all? You can donate online at https://www.mightycause.com/story/Liftinstallation or send a check to the library at Windsor Public Library, 43 State St, Windsor, VT 05089.
We thank you so much for your support.
WINDSOR PUBLIC LIBRARY RECEIVES $45,000 IN GRANTS FOR LIFT INSTALLATION AND ACCESSIBILITY PROJECT
February 10, 2021 – The Windsor Public Library is proud to announce that it has been awarded grants from 3 different foundations towards its Lift Installation and Accessibility Project: $25,000 from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, $10,000 from the Mascoma Foundation, and $10,000 from the Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation. These funds will be used to install a lift in the library, redo the stairs to the basement, and make the bathroom ADA-compliant, so that finally the library’s children’s room, bathroom, historical records room and meeting room will be accessible to everyone.
Following is some information on each of these foundations.
$25,000 was awarded as part of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation National Paralysis Resource Center (PRC) 2020 2nd Cycle Direct Effect Quality of Life grants. Fifty-one grants totaling $925,492 were awarded. The Quality of Life Grants Program supports nonprofit organizations that empower individuals living with paralysis. Since the Quality of Life Grants Program’s inception, more than 3,300 grants totaling over $32 million have been awarded. Funding for this new cycle of grants was made possible through a cooperative agreement with the Administration for Community Living (ACL grant #90PRRC0002-03-00).
The Reeve Foundation National Paralysis Resource Center has several grants under the Quality of Life program awarding grants in different category areas, varying in different amounts. The Direct Effect Quality of Life grants program organizations up to $25,000 to support a wide range of projects and activities that will clearly impact individuals living with paralysis and their families.
The Mascoma Bank Foundation provides capital funding to not-for-profit organizations that will contribute to the long-term benefit of its communities. Each year, the Bank and the Mascoma Bank Foundation donate more than $1 million to hundreds of area organizations.
The Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation generously supports nonprofit organizations in the Upper Valley.
The Windsor Public Library is honored to receive these grants and is so grateful to the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, the Mascoma Foundation, and the Byrne Foundation for helping our library better serve our patrons and community members.
We have raised about half of the money needed for this project. Can you help us reach our goal of becoming fully accessible? Thank you so much for your support!