The Rochester Junior Women’s Club designated the Friends of the Rochester Hills Public Library as one of three beneficiaries of their 2012 – 2013 fundraising efforts. The Junior Women presented a check to Friends’ Secretary Sally Giacobbe for $5,900. The money will be used to enhance the early literacy area of the Rochester Hills Public Library.
“Robin Moore, one of our Board members, wrote a funding proposal to the Junior Women on behalf of the Friends, and we were thrilled to be selected as one of the recipients this year,” said Friends President Kathy Dorn.
The Friends have used the $5,900 to purchase learning materials for the early literacy area of the Rochester Hills Public Library. “Preparing children to read has become a primary goal of the Library over recent years,” said public library director Christine Lind Hage. “We know that parents are a child’s first teacher and our goal is to help parents in that effort through the provision of training, resources and activities.” The wood toys and learning manipulatives purchased with the money raised by the Junior Woman will be put out for public use later in June once the Library has competed re-carpeting the Youth Services area.
Since becoming a Family Place library last fall, the Library’s goal has been to develop lifelong learners while fostering home/library/community connections and to provide community support for families with very young children. Family Place Libraries™ acknowledge the power of the family in a child’s development and equips them with the necessary tools to implement the progressive Family Place Libraries™ model nationwide.
“We truly appreciate the ongoing support that the Friends give the Library and also the impressive community work done by the Rochester Junior Women,” said Hage. “Groups like these two make the greater Rochester area a great place to live and raise a family.”
The Rochester Hills Public Library is located in downtown Rochester off of University Drive and three blocks east of Main Street. The Library is open from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. The Library’s website (www.rhpl.org) has information on how to register for a card and access all the Library’s services.