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Special Gift Opportunities:



      If you would like to hear more about these or other opportunities for special giving that may be available, please contact Executive Director Diana Chapin or Associate Director Peter Wayne at 718 480-4273 or e-mail Diana.Chapin@queenslibrary.org or Peter.Wayne@queenslibrary.org .

      $10,000:     Fund a special collection of Children's Books

      $15,000:     Sponsor a weekend ethnic festival at the largest branch library in New York State, illuminating native art, music, learning, and culture

      $20,000:     Fund the BOOST (Best Out Of School Time) After-School Program for one year at a Queens Library location

      $30,000:     Create a Pilot Literacy Program for Individuals with Learning Disabilities

      $50,000:     Fund eight ESOL Computer Literacy class sessions for one year.

      $75,000:     Launch needed Adult Basic Education classes to help those whose literacy skills are below 5th grade level and who desperately want to learn to read and write.

    $100,000:     Fund a Youth Empowerment Program for an entire year, serving more than 500 at-risk youth at one of eight library sites in low income neighborhoods.

    $200,000:     Delight your community with a completely refurbished Children's Room at a local Queens Library branch.

    $275,000:     Give 50 young people who need worthwhile employment jobs as Library Pages, Teen Tutors, or Computer Assistants throughout the Queens Library system.

    $300,000:     Provide a new Bookmobile accessible to people with disabilities to deliver books to the homebound, elderly, senior centers and homeless shelters and to provide services when libraries are closed for construction.

    $500,000:     Name a special space in the innovative Children's Library Discovery Center at the Central Library which opens in 2008.

    $750,000:     Create a permanent endowment to provide a local mid sized community library with books in perpetuity.