For Immediate Release
October 20, 2011
Contacts:
Martina Murphy 703-324-8300
Fairfax Library Foundation Raises Over $80,000 at its Library Jubilee!
Fairfax, VA –The Fairfax Library Foundation held its Library Jubilee! Let Loose in the Library! on Saturday, October 15th at the Thomas Jefferson Library in Falls Church. More than 120 business and community leaders, elected officials, library patrons, benefactors and Friends groups from Fairfax County and the City of Fairfax attended this special celebration to raise funds to enhance programs and services of the Fairfax County Public Library. Guests enjoyed hors d’oeuvres and musical entertainment as they bid in live and silent auctions, which offered vacation packages, event tickets, dinners, autographed books, and other items made available from in-kind donations.
“Our Library Jubilee brings together a diverse array of stakeholders who recognize the importance of the library to the high quality of life we enjoy in Fairfax County. They support the library’s educational and cultural programs and services that benefit those who live, work and study in Fairfax County,” says Susan Harman, executive director. “We are fortunate to have a supportive community.”
This year marks the third year of this highly successfully annual fundraiser. All proceeds from the Library Jubilee, co-chaired by Sally Merten and Sushma Shenoy, directly support library programs such as Early Literacy Outreach, Summer Reading Program, Changing Lives through Literature, All Fairfax Reads, scholarships, e-books and other electronic resources, and more.
The Library Jubilee! was made possible through generous sponsorships. ExxonMobil and Dr. Alan and Sally Merten were major sponsors at the Publisher-level. Editor-level sponsors included IMC, Friends of the City of Fairfax Regional Library, Friends of the Kings Park Library, Friends of the Pohick Regional Library, Friends of the Richard Byrd Library, A.J. Dwoskin & Associates, Booz Allen Hamilton, and Thomas and Susan Harman. Friends of the Oakton Library and Ken and Alice Starr were Author-level sponsors. Book Club-level sponsors were Susan and Paul Thorniley, Charles and Shirley Fegan, Kristin Cabral and John Beaulieu, Sushma Shenoy and Amit Saluja, Richard and Jeanne Brady, Jim and Martina Murphy, John and Mary Petersen, CareFirst BlueCross Blue Shield, Datatel, First Virginia Community Bank, Friends of the Burke Centre Library, Friends of the Centreville Regional Library, Friends of the John Marshall Library, Interstate Worldwide Relocation, LeonLoard, LT Services, Matthews Carter Boyce, NOVEC, Peterson Family Foundation, and TD Bank. Many others contributed to the success of the event.
Fairfax County Public Library Foundation, Inc., doing business as Fairfax Library Foundation, is a private, nonprofit corporation committed to providing supplementary support to the Fairfax County Public Library. The Foundation, while reinforcing the need for continued and increased public support for the library, serves as a catalyst for attracting private funding from individuals, businesses, organizations and foundations to enhance library services for our community.