The DeKalb Library Foundation achieved a major milestone this winter, increasing its endowment to fund literacy programs at DeKalb County Public Library by $250,000. Through generous donations from many individuals, corporations, civic associations and foundations, the DeKalb Library Foundation raised $125,000 before Dec. 31, 2009. As a result, the Foundation received a matching $125,000 grant from the Betty and Davis Fitzgerald Foundation. Fitzgerald Foundation Chairman Lin Stradley and Executive Director Jackie Stradley presented the matching grant check to the Library Foundation at a reception February 19 at the Decatur Library.

At DCPL branches:

• Chamblee Library
  Mondays, 12:30 – 4:30 pm and Fridays, 10:30 am – 2:00 pm, beginning February 1
• Clarkston Library
  Mondays and Tuesdays, Noon – 4:00 pm, beginning February 1
  VITA Tax Assistance, Saturdays, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, beginning February 6
• Dunwoody Library
  Mondays and Wednesdays, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, beginning February 3
• Northlake Library
  Mondays and Thursdays, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, beginning February 1
• Scott Candler Library
  VITA Tax Assistance, Saturdays, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm, February 27 – April 10
• Stone Mountain-Sue Kellogg Library
  Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, beginning February 2
• Toco Hill-Avis G. Williams Library
  Fridays, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, beginning February 5

No appointments are necessary. For more detailed information on who qualifies for assistance and what documents to bring, click here.

For additional VITA tax preparation sites click here.

Other Locations:

• Decatur Recreation Center, 231 Sycamore Street, Decatur GA 30030
  • Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., starting February 2

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