Friends & Foundation

After Hours at the Library Fundraiser • FRI, Mar 7 • 7 PMAfter Hours at the Library Fundraiser • FRI, Mar 7 • 7 PM

Celebrate the Library with Hosts Kelley Hunt and Deja Brooks for a night of color, creativity, and community! Enjoy drinks, live music, local food, and artistic surprises. Support our digital library with Fund-a-Need — don’t miss our Basket Raffle on THU, Feb 27.

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After Hours at the Library

Mar 7th | 7:00pm - 9:15pm

Lawrence Public Library

It's time for the library's annual fundraiser! Please join us for delicious bites from local restaurants, tasty cocktails and mocktails, extraordinary live music, audacious hosts, and endless fun—all in support of the library!

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Field Trip: Chip's Chocolate Factory

Feb 24th | 10:30am - 11:30am

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Online Event

Library Book Sales

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LPLFF Board Info

We believe that libraries play a vital role in communities and private donations are needed to enhance public funding libraries receive.

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Book Sales & Donations

Find us at 7th & Kentucky Streets on the back side of the library! Every donation or purchase you make supports the library.

BUY BOOKS

DONATE BOOKS

Volunteer with Us

Give back to the library and meet fellow book lovers. From shelving, working book sales, and greeting patrons, we need you!

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Ways You Can Give

Help support and sustain our efforts at any level, from dropping coins in our Fish Fund, to making a financial gift and including the library in your estate plan.

Online (or) by mail

Help others in our community experience the wonders of the public library. Make a gift today to the Friends & Foundation.

Click here for a full list of benefits.

Online - Click here to give through our secure site using your debit or credit card
By Telephone - Please call 785-843-3833 x 153
By Mail - Please send your check, payable to: Lawrence Public Library Friends & Foundation (LPLFF), PO Box 973, Lawrence KS 66044
In Person - Grab a membership pamphlet at the Lawrence Public Library welcome desk.

Your online recurring donation can be updated at any time. Please contact Logan at LIsaman(at)lplks(dot)org or call them at 785-843-3833 x 153 to update your card, adjust your donation amount, etc.

Planned giving

New Chapter Society

We invite you to join the New Chapter Society, our giving circle made up of the library's strongest supporters.

Two ways to join:

Annual Gift - Donors who make an unrestricted or restricted annual gift of $1,000 or more to the library.

Planned or Deferred Gift - Donors who make a bequest or other planned gift through their estate for the library's endowment.

Membership benefits include opportunities to meet noted authors and recognition on the New Chapter Society donor wall in the library lobby.

Click here to join the New Chapter Society.

Honor with Books

Is there someone special in your life you’d like to honor? Your gift to Lawrence Public Library's Honor with Books program is a thoughtful way to remember a special person or occasion while helping to build the library’s collection. The honoree, or member of the honoree's family, will receive a special card acknowledging your gift and a bookplate will be placed into the donated book acknowledging the donation.

Minimum donation is $25 per book. You can donate online or by mail:

Online - Click here to give online. Fill out all fields as required.
By Mail - If you would prefer to mail your gift, please send your check with honoree's name on the memo line to:
Lawrence Public Library Friends and Foundation
Attn: Honor with Books
PO Box 973
Lawrence, KS 66044

We will send you a receipt for your gift and confirmation that the honoree or their family has been contacted.

IRA Charitable Contribution

If you are over 70 ½ years old and receiving IRA distributions, you can make a tax free gift of up to $100,000 to the Lawrence Public Library Friends and Foundation directly from your IRA.

How it works:

Contact your financial advisor to initiate a transfer. The gift must come directly from your IRA administrator to the Lawrence Public Library Friends and Foundation.
You must be age 70 ½ or older when the gift is made.
The gift must come from an IRA or Roth IRA account.
Total gifts from your IRA in any one year cannot exceed $100,000.
The gift to the Friends and Foundation can count toward your Required Minimum Distribution if you have not already taken it for the year you make your gift.
The gift from your IRA will be excluded from income.
The gift from your IRA will not be available as an income tax charitable deduction.

Vehicles

Wondering what to do with your used car, boat, or truck? Donating your old vehicle to the Lawrence Public Library Friends & Foundation is convenient, easy, and tax deductible. Best of all, your donation will make a big difference in supporting the Lawrence Public Library.

We have partnered with Denver-based Vehicles for Charity. If you have a usable but unwanted vehicle, call VFC's toll-free number 1-866-628-2277 or fill out this online form and VFC will arrange to have your vehicle picked up, transfer the title, and provide you with a tax-deductible receipt, all at no charge to you. The vehicle is auctioned and the library receives 70 percent of the net proceeds. It’s an easy way to give.

Questions? Contact Kathleen Morgan , opens a new windowat the Library Foundation, 843-3833 x131.

More Ways to Give

The Friends and Foundation can accept many kinds of gifts, including appreciated securities, real estate, works of art, life insurance policies, charitable trusts, memorials and bequest provisions. In addition, many companies support the library by matching employee contributions. As a 501 (c)(3) organization, your donations to Friends & Foundation may be deductible for personal or corporate tax purposes. Please discuss the deductibility of donations with your tax advisor.

We also recommend that you consult a finance professional for advice on the methods of giving that are most appropriate for your benefit as well as the long-term growth of the library.

For more information, please contact Kathleen Morgan at 785-843-3833 x 131, or by email at kmorgan@lplks.org.

What We Fund

In 2023 we gave $476,000 to the library, including funding 100% of all library programming.

• $151,000 in block grants to the library

• Beach Author Jacqueline Woodson

• Children’s picture book room completion

• Kanopy movie streaming service

• All Ages Summer Reading Program

• RetroActive Program for retirees

• Kansas Reads to Preschoolers

• Deja’s Reading Rainbow

• eBooks and eAudiobook support

• Dolly Parton Imagination Library Grant

• Feeding the fish

• MLK Day celebration

• Public technology upgrades

• Booktoberfest / Dracula Community Read

• Library WOC Mural preservation

• SOUND+VISION Studio equipment

• Junior Author Camp

• Coffee gift cards for staff birthdays

• Library Landscapes art project / Joelle Ford's Unfurled

• Sing & Rhyme Storytime

• Dr. Bob READs kid giveaway books

• Dottie Mobile Outreach programs

• Data Axle database for business

• Seed Library

• 780s Series featuring David Lowery

• Staff Day support

• Library School tuition assistance for staff

• Teen Zone blinds

• Auditorium microphones

• Wakarusa Wetlands program

• Movie license

• Booklist Review magazine subscription

• Spanish classes for staff

• Urban Libraries Council conference; dues

Learn more about how you can support your library

Questions? Contact us at friendsfoundation (at) lplks (dot) org.

VIEW UPDATE

The Lawrence Public Library Friends & Foundation, opens a new window (LPLFF for short) does a lot and we have a lot of fun doing it.

Our board meetings are held every fourth Monday of the month at 5:30 pm in the library's Meeting Room A (no meetings in July and December). You are welcome to join us.

YOUR SUPPORT MATTERS.

Access to information, resources, and technology is both essential and critical. Without it, the world is harder to navigate, people and help can feel out of reach, and keeping up with advances in technology can make all the difference in finding employment and staying connected.

The Library Friends & Foundation (LPLFF) provides access and opportunities for Lawrence to learn, connect, create, and grow and you can help sustain our efforts at any level. From donating books, making a financial contribution, or including the library in your estate plan — your gift will make a life-changing impact.

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After Hours at the Library Fundraiser • FRI, Mar 7 • 7 PMAfter Hours at the Library Fundraiser • FRI, Mar 7 • 7 PM

After Hours at the Library

Retiree Events

Field Trip: Chip's Chocolate Factory

Fun & Games!

After Hours at the Library

Second Saturday Book Sale

Stitch & B*tch

Gray Anatomy: Topic TBD

Library Book Sales

Second Saturday Book Sale

Spring Book Sale

Spring Book Sale

Questions? Contact us at friendsfoundation (at) lplks (dot) org.

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