As many of you know, running a nonprofit means that much of our funding comes from the support of our patrons and town. We are so appreciative of our community and the town of Skowhegan for their continued efforts to allow us to provide worthwhile services and an updated collection of materials and to maintain our historic building.

Our donations come to us through many different sources, one of which being our annual appeal which is currently underway.

 

Another source is through fundraising events held in partnership with our local businesses in Skowhegan. In 2024, we were fortunate enough to have four of these partnerships, working with Hannaford, Joe’s Flat Iron Cafe, Brickyard Hollow, Lakewood Theater, and Unwined. The total raised between these partnerships was an impressive $3,724.15!

Throughout the year we also hosted two bake sales and a craft fair which brought in $1,050. With fundraisers of this nature, our community supports us in two ways, by donating the goods to sell, and making purchases!

 

Our annual Book Drive is a huge help to our library and aids in lowering the cost of adding to our collection. This year was our best yet, bringing in $1963.15 in monetary donations and 228 book donations. Rough estimate of $4,600 which equated to 323 brand new books to our library shelves.

 

We closed out the year with our Quilt Raffle! Once again this was a great success. This year, three handmade quilts were donated for the raffle. Thank you to everyone who either sold or purchased tickets or donated money for this event. Because of all of your generosity, $1,365 was raised towards upcoming projects.