The Brentwood Library Foundation has initiated the Keystone Donor Circle to recognize businesses, service clubs, and individuals who contribute to its work of raising funds for new technology, an expanded book and media collection, public art and furnishings in the new Brentwood Library. The library serves Brentwood, Byron and Discovery Bay.
The Keystone Donors Circle will allow people who join the circle to choose among seven tiers of giving. Names will be listed prominently on a wall in the new library. The library is being built at 104 Oak Street and is expected to open sometime in the summer of 2018.
The tiers that make up the Keystone Donor Circle are named for the geographical and historical heritage of the area. They are:
- Mt. Diablo Visionaries ($25,000 or more);
- Delta Benefactors ($10,000 to $24,999);
- Marsh Creek Leaders ($5,000 to $9,999);
- Los Meganos Fellows ($2,500 to $4,999);
- Los Vaqueros Supporters ($1,500 to $2,499);
- Vasco Trailblazers ($500 to $1,499);
- Brentwood Book Lovers ($100 to $499).
“Opportunities to name rooms and other features of the new library will be available to people and businesses that give $10,000 or more,” said Diane Alexander, President of the Brentwood Library Foundation.
“The Donor Wall will be a permanent reminder of the generosity of our community. Everyone who visits the new library will see the names of individuals, service clubs, and businesses who have joined the Keystone Donor Circle and have made distinctive aspects of the new library possible,” Alexander said.
The new library will have special areas for children and teens. New technology will include such features as a 3D printer and laptop lending machine. The new two-story building will also have a community meeting room, facilities for tutoring, a project room, a café, and an expanded collection of books and other materials.
Through gifts from the community and fundraising events, the Foundation has already raised more than $60,000. “We are grateful for the support we have received. We are pleased that the Art Guild of the Delta has designated the Brentwood Library Foundation as the beneficiary of funds raised at its September 29, 2017 auction of the beautiful banners downtown. These funds will help pay for public art in the library,” Alexander said.
The Foundation is working with the Friends of the Brentwood Library in organizing an author luncheon on November 8, 2017 to raise funds for the new library. The author will be Reyna Grande who wrote the Brentwood CityRead book, The Distance Between Us.
Anyone interested in making a contribution may visit the Foundation’s website, www.brentwoodlibraryfoundation.org. The website has a link to facilitate online donations. Donations may also be mailed to the Foundation at 35 Oak Street, Brentwood, CA 94513. Please call 925-634-5456 if you have any questions.
The Brentwood Library Foundation is incorporated with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Gifts are tax deductible.
