Summary
A list of grants received by the Bolton Free Library, the foundations donating the grants, and the projects and improvements they have funded.
Thank you so much to the Lake George Community Garden Club for this beautiful festive wreath! It’s hanging on the front door of the Library and bringing a smile to everyone who comes in!
2024 GRANTS AND GRATITUDE
American Library Association (ALA) Libraries Transforming Communities (LTC): Accessible Small and Rural Communities Round #2 Grant $10,000 to cover the costs of the sidewalk expansion/improvement project
LARAC – For the second year in a row, we are very fortunate to receive a Community Arts Grant from the Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council. Twelve students will attend three evening sessions with Patrice Jarvis-Weber to expand their painting skills. Using photographs depicting subjects of nature, students will learn to paint their own versions using acrylic paints. They will explore brushstroke techniques, color blending, and value to create a finished piece after each class. Students will be introduced to the basics of complimentary colors as well. This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrant Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by the Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council.
NOROWAL Community Fund – Thank you so much to the NOROWAL Community Fund! Their generous support will help fund the costs of replacing our Library desktop computer and two public computers. Our public computers are available to any community member who needs them, and no appointment or sign-up is necessary.
Stewart’s Holiday Match Grant – We recently received a very generous grant from the Stewart’s Holiday Match Program! Stewart’s Shops collects and matches donations from their shops from Thanksgiving until Christmas. Half of the grants are funded by the community members, and then Stewart’s doubles every donation! We will use this grant to help fund our children’s literacy outreach efforts, by providing a Birthday Book to every child at Bolton Central School in PreK-6th grade, as well as holiday books to the children of the Bolton After School Program, as well as other outreach programs.
To learn more about this wonderful program, visit their website at: https://www.stewartsshops.com/community-giving/
Warren County Community Conservation Grant Program – Many thanks to the Warren County Community Conservation Grant Program for a generous $1,000 grant to complete our Native Garden! We received a grant from them last year, which allowed us to prepare the ground on the north side of the Library building, and now we are ready to plant native wildflowers!
To learn more about Warren County Soil and Water Conservation District and their many programs and events, visit their website at: https://warrenswcd.org/
Read With Jenna Book Club – The Bolton Free Library was recently selected to receive 3 cases of #ReadWithJenna books from Jenna’s Book Club on the Today Show, and we are so grateful!!!! This generous gift of fabulous, bestselling books will be a wonderful addition to our shelves. We’re currently creating a special display to highlight the books!
Do you need to print a document?
Thanks to the generosity of a 2023 NOROWAL Community Contribution grant, the Bolton Free Library was able to purchase this high speed color copier. Come by the Library and let us help you with your printing needs!
COME SEE OUR NEW SIDEWALKS!
We are delighted to announce the completion of our sidewalk project!
Jesse Howard / JMB Enterprises did a great job, from demolishing the old sidewalks to putting in our new, wider, more accessible sidewalks, to include a new section of walkway connecting our front entrance area to the side ramp.
This project was partially funded by a very generous grant from the American Library Association for the Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Communities initiative
Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Communities is an initiative of the American Library Association (ALA) in collaboration with the Association for Rural and Small libraries (ARSL).
2023 GRANTS AND GRATITUDE
American Library Association (ALA) Libraries Transforming Communities (LTC): Accessible Small and Rural Communities Grant $10,000 to improve the accessibility of the Library sidewalks to the ramp
Charles R. Wood Foundation – $2,500 to support our children’s literacy efforts
Cloudsplitter Foundation $937 For a new, improved Library Sound System and $500 for Mission Support
LARAC Arts Education Grant $1,170 for a 3 part Painting Series on Georgia O’Keeffe
NOROWAL Community Contribution $2,500 for a new color copier and additional sidewalk costs
Stewart’s Shops $500 in support of the 2023 Meet The Author Series
Stewarts Holiday Match Grant $450 Books and materials for children’s literacy
Price Chopper Golub Foundation $500 Support for Summer 2023 Meet The Author program series
Adirondack Action Pollinator Project Pollinator Kits were distributed for Pollinator Week June 19-25, 2023
American Library Association and Carnegie Mellon Foundation We were selected to receive a BookList Reader grant from the American Library Association and Mellon Foundation. This consists of one year of monthly copies of Booklist Reader for our patrons and a Library subscription to Booklist Reader that will allow us to share digitally through our website. This subscription started in June 2023.
Southern Adirondack Library System Construction Challenge Grant for Air Duct clean and Duct Relocation in the amount of $4,820.
NYSED Grant $8,324 for an outside backup generator.
2022 GRANTS AND GRATITUDE
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
The Bolton Free Library would like to extend our gratitude to the generous organizations – as well as individual donors – who have supported the Library in 2022. Without your contributions, the Library would not be able to offer the many services, programs, and events that we do – and we are steadily adding new programs and events each year! As a small public Library in continuous operation at this location since 1906, we are faced with the combined challenges of maintaining our physical location while updating our services to meet the growing and changing needs of our community.
The grants and donations we received in 2022 have enabled us to continue our mission of meeting the informational, educational, cultural and general needs of the community by offering the following in 2022:
1. The Library supports the Bolton After School Program on Thursdays with storytime, plus other activities and classes.
2. The Library provided each child at Bolton Central School in grades K-5 with a “Birthday Book”*.
3. The Library also provided each child in the Bolton After School Program with two beautiful hardcover books* as a holiday gift.
4. The Library hosted three popular Meet The Author events outdoors on the front lawn.
5. A beautiful new circulation desk was installed, creating an Americans with Disabilities Act ADA compliant checkout area, improving patron traffic flow, and allowing greater organization of the Library’s daily operations.
6. The installation of new windows, doors and insulation, in addition to the upkeep and improvements of the 100+ year old Library’s foundation and siding, all which have reduced energy costs and kept the Library a beautiful and welcoming structure.
*All books were purchased from Northshire Bookstore in Saratoga Springs, our closest local bookstore.
2022 Grants
Adirondack Foundation $1,500 Increasing Children’s Literacy Bolton Central School Birthday Books
Charles R. Wood Foundation $3,000 for the Bolton Free Library Community Outreach
NOROWAL Community Contribution $4,000 Generator Backup Project
NYSED Library Development $19,885 New Windows, Doors & Insulation
SALS Challenge Grant $5,000 New Circulation Desk
Stewart’s Foundation $500 Holiday Books for Bolton After School Program Children
Warren County Community Conservation $1,000 to plant a native garden on the north side of the Library
