Donations to the Richland Community Library are investments in the library and the many people it serves. Join us to help further our mission to serve as a community hub by connecting our patrons to all forms of literacy, lifelong learning, and growth.
As the heart of the Richland community, the Library serves as a central hub for information, cultural enrichment, research, programs for all ages, a collection of local history & records, and a place that provides access to technology.
On this page, you will find answers to any questions you may have about various giving opportunities. Please take a moment to explore this site, and then feel free to contact the Library Director, Jack Buck, or call (269) 269-629-9085 to discuss how you can make a difference with a gift to the Library.
How Do My Gifts Make an Impact?
The Richland Community Library has long provided residents with an opportunity to fulfill their wants and needs for information, entertainment, life-long learning, self-reliance, and enlightenment. The Library’s Fundraising Program was established to help enhance the Library’s district-wide programs and services that are funded through local tax dollars. Your involvement can help ensure quality library service for future generations.
Why Donate
Most libraries depend to some degree on the financial support of individuals and businesses to supplement the income that they get from local taxes, fines & fees, state aid, and federal grants. The Richland Community Library is no exception. The Library has benefited from the gifts of many generous donors who have recognized the value of the Library and wanted to support it. By making a monetary donation, you will enable the Library to go beyond the basics that tax dollars can provide and to move into the realm of extraordinary resources and services.
With donor dollars we are able to engage in more innovative and creative programming; purchase additional materials for the collections; acquire new technology that benefits library users, and explore collaborative opportunities that will have a positive impact on the Library and the people we serve. Please remember that all contributions to the Library are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.
Donation Instructions
To give, please print and fill out our (donation form) and mail it or bring it to the Library or click the (donate button) below to give online.
Carole E. Hawk Endowment Fund:
an Endowment for Richland Community Library’s Youth Services Area
Your assistance is crucial for the Richland Community Library to maintain and advance its quality Youth Service programs and collections. Donations to the Carole E. Hawk and Richland Community Library Endowment Fund are tax-deductible to the full extent permitted by law. Our goal is to grow this endowment fund and generate annual earnings that can be used to expand special activities, projects, programs, and learning opportunities for youth, as well as to develop special youth collections and reading resources and to sponsor a youth author visit to the Library. In this way, we hope to enrich the lives of children in the Richland Community and the surrounding region.
You can make a donation to the Carole E. Hawk Children Services Fund and RCL Endowment Fund through the administering agency, by sending it to:
Kalamazoo Community Foundation
Richland Community Library Endowment Fund
402 E Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo, MI 49007
(269) 381-4416
info@kalfound.org
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Memorial and General Donations
Celebrate, remember, or acknowledge a person, an occasion, or an accomplishment by donating to the Richland Community Library.
Your gift to the Richland Community Library to celebrate, honor, or commemorate, is tax-deductible in accordance with applicable IRS rules. Upon receipt of your gift, the Richland Community Library will send you a thank you acknowledgment letter for your tax records and will send a corresponding notification letter to anyone else at your request.
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Planned Gifts
A planned gift can be structured to fulfill a long-desired philanthropic interest and may also allow you to increase income, save taxes, and make a legacy gift to the Richland Community Library that might not otherwise be possible. For more information on arranging a planned gift to the Library, email Jack Buck, Library Director, or call at (269) 629-9085.
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Support Summer Reading
Are you a local business looking for ways to get involved in the community? Consider contributing gift certificates and/or coupons as incentive prizes for youth and teens who participate in Richland Community Library’s Summer Reading Programs. These incentive prizes help motivate children, teens, and adults to read throughout the summer – contributing to a more literate community.
With more than 500 Summer Reading Club participants every year, the publicity exposure and benefit for businesses who make donations as sponsors are significant. For more information about the Library’s Summer Reading Program and sponsorship donations, please call Carrie Dunn, Head Children Librarian or Erica Schiller, Teen Librarian, at (269) 629-9085, or email them at cdunn@richlandlibrary.org and eschiller@richlandlibrary.org. All Summer Reading Program sponsors are publicly recognized.
Book/Material Donation Policy
- We only accept 10 books per person per donation.
- Books must have been purchased within the last 5 years
- We only accept DVDs, CDs, and Audiobooks on disc
- All donated items must be in good condition (no water damage, mold, scratching, smoke smell, or cracks)
- Donations must be dropped off during open hours and NOT placed in the external drop box
- For questions, please call the library at (269) 629-9085 before donating your materials
