Kellogg library gets some new friends!
Friends of the Kellogg Library members Debra Gibler, Mary Cobb, Dawn Mclees and Janet Lake stand with the quilt they will be raffling off to benefit the Kellogg Public Library.
Photo by CHANSE WATSON
KELLOGG — It was about a year ago that Mary Cobb and three other motivated women got together to determine what they could do to help out the local Kellogg Public Library. Even with a recent infusion of grant funding, the Kellogg library still could use funding for various other projects or expansions.
With this in mind, Cobb, Debra Gibler, Dawn McLees and Janet Lake decided they could help by forming the "Friends of the Kellogg Library."
Officially coming into existence Oct. 1, their foundation is a nonprofit, charitable organization whose primary function is to secure financial and in-kind donations for the library's many programs, services, collections and capital projects.
Cobb explained that she first got the idea to form the group when she received a letter from an individual who wanted to donate money to the library. From there, Cobb looked into what it would take to create a group that could handle the responsibility of raising money for the library.
A year later and many conversations with a lawyer later, the Friends are now happy to introduce themselves to the community.
"We just hope to grow this library for the whole community," Cobb said. "We want to make the library ADA compliant and just make it a nice place for people."
The motivated foundation is currently accepting donations for the library and offers donors a reliable vehicle for tax-deductible contributions. They also have kicked off their first fundraiser in the form of a quilt raffle.
Tickets for the raffle are $1 a piece or six for $5. Tickets can be purchased with one of the Friends of the Library directors or at the library itself. The drawing will be on Oct. 29 and the quilt will be on display at the library.
Cobb would like to send out a special thanks to Michael Peacock and Mark Absec for their role in creating the foundation.
If you would like to support the Friends of the Kellogg Library, donations can be made to Friends of the Kellogg Library Foundation Inc., 16 W. Market Ave., Kellogg, ID 83837.