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Cape
Girardeau County’s Lamplighter’s FCE Club donated a $500 HEED
Grant they received, plus $600 the Club added to that grant, to give
$1,100 worth of Easy Reader books for Central’s children’s
collection.
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Barnes & Noble Book Store in
Cape
donated approximately $100,000 worth of shelving to Central in
November from the store they closed down before moving into their
new store in the mall.
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TG Missouri donated $3,000 to the Perryville
Branch.
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The Perryville newspaper
donated 4 books for the Book Buzz Reading program.
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The Sunny Village Garden Club donated the book
How Does Your Garden Grow to the Scott City Branch.
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American Family Insurance Co. has donated 10
magazines to the Perryville Branch.
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Scott
County
Central
School,
donated two van loads of books to
Riverside.
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New microfilm reader-printer donated to
Perryville Branch by Perry County Historical Society.
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Many thoughtful patrons donated funds to purchase
books in memory or in honor of their friends and loved ones.
Our sincerest appreciation to these lovely people.
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Patrons have contributed to the library’s
funds by being faithful customers of our on-going book sales at
Central, Perryville,
Benton,
and
Scott
City
libraries.
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Some of the area businesses, organizations, and individuals who
donated cash, prizes or time to our
Summer Reading Club.
In
Altenburg:
Altenburg Hardwood Company, the Brazeau
Extension Club, the Altenburg Extension Club,
East Perry Lumber Company.
In
Benton:
Agriculture Womens Club of Benton, Dr. Shivley who donated his time
to do a program. In
Scott
City:
Wal-Mart, The Ice Cream Corner; Teresa Mirgeaux who donated her time
to do a program for the kids,
USDA Rural Development. In
Jackson: Burger King,
McDonald’s, Jackson Tire, Walmart, Cracker Barrel.
In Perryville: the
Perry
Park
Center
let us use the theater at no cost.
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Technology and Networking of Scott City donated a year's
subscription for eight magazines to Scott City Branch.
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The
Cape
Saturn
car dealership in cooperation with the National Education
Association donated Cat in the Hat posters for each library.
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Wal-Mart in
Cape,
Jackson,
and Perryville for donating prizes for our June is Audio Book Month
drawing.
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Mike
and Ryan Brock of
Scott
City
temporarily loaned their collection of southeast
Missouri
fossils for the glass display case at the Scott City Branch.
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Joel
Evans donated three dozen
Scott
County mousepads
to the Benton Branch.
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A
Scott
City
patron donated $100 to purchase DVDs for the Scott City Branch.
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Jackson Noon Optimist Club
donated $200 to Central to purchase children’s books.
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A patron of the Oran Branch
has donated plants and landscaping there for several years, making
the yard beautiful.
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Several loyal patrons at some of the branches donate magazine
subscriptions every year.
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This is just a sampling of the types of donations
Riverside
receives each year. We are
grateful to our many generous patrons who donate money, books,
magazines, newspapers, audios, videos, and their time to our
libraries.