 DeKalb Library Foundation
The DeKalb Library Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization supporting the DeKalb County Public Library. Your tax deductible donations support library programs, literacy services and the book and materials collection. For more information
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Support Literacy
Love Your Library from January 17 to February 29 and support library literacy programs. Donate $1 and post a literacy heart at your local DeKalb County Public Library branch. Or donate online and write Love Your Library in the comment box to have your heart posted at the Decatur Library. Your donation supports literacy programs for underserved adults and children in our community. Thank you for your support!
Grow the library collection. Contributions are needed for books and materials for DeKalb County Public Library due to budget cuts.
At the DeKalb Library Foundation ONLINE STORE you can buy books or materials for the library collection. Your purchase is a tax deductible donation to the DeKalb Library Foundation. Read More...
OR buy a library book to recognize a special person (in celebration of a special occasion; in honor of or in memory of). To DONATE ONLINE choose recognition gift or print a downloadable Donation Form and mail to: DeKalb Library Foundation, 215 Sycamore Street, Decatur, GA 30030 Read More...
Leave your mark at the library by donating an engraved brick with your name, family, friends, company or civic association name. Bricks may be personalized in honor or in memory of someone. Engraved bricks at library entry sidewalks can be purchased for the Hairston Crossing, Salem-Panola and Stonecrest libraries in 2011-2012. Patrons viewed their engraved bricks at the Tucker-Reid H. Cofer Library brick and bench dedication on Saturday, August 20, 2011.The Cofer Community Room at the library was also rededicated. Read More...
Bestselling Author Karin Slaughter Steps Out to Help Public Libraries
New York Times and number one international bestselling author Karin Slaughter feels very passionately about public libraries and has launched an all-out effort to help them during these times of steep budget cuts.
On Thursday, August 25, Slaughter appeared before the Georgia House of Representatives’ special legislative session to bring critical attention to the financial crisis public libraries face. Slaughter discusses her initiative SavetheLibraries.com and the importance of libraries on an NPR interview and on this YouTube video
Talk isn’t the only thing Slaughter is doing. Through her pilot program with the DeKalb Library Foundation, she raised more than $50,000 for DeKalb County Public Library in March. She also plans to donate one hundred percent of the U.S. sales from her next project to the DeKalb library system as well. That project is a digital short story titled “Thorn in My Side,” which goes on sale August 25 exclusively as a Kindle Single from Amazon Publishing’s Thomas & Mercer imprint.
Make a difference in the lives of others by supporting literacy and learning. The DeKalb Library Foundation funds library literacy programs in the DeKalb community. In January 2010, a literacy program endowment was established with a generous matching gift from the Fitzgerald Foundation and many other supporters. DONATE YOUR GIFT to this endowment or to literacy programs and share our vision to build a more educated, literate DeKalb County. Read More...
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