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Great news, Harold! Thanks for sharing. Hoping this is a sign of
better times to come for Douglas County. Good work! Your voters best
follow suit...<br>
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Paul<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/25/2015 4:34 PM, Harold A. Hayes
wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Press Release from the Ford Family
Foundation & email from the Oregon Community Foundation:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">A bridge to the
ballot<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">Douglas County
Library System receives short-term funding from
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">The Ford Family
Foundation, The Oregon Community Foundation, others<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">In a highly
unusual move, The Ford Family Foundation has awarded the
Douglas County Library System a $300,000 time-limited grant to
support operating costs. The grant will serve as a critical
bridge to a public vote in 2016 that will decide the future of
the library system. Since 2007, Douglas County funding for the
library has been cut by more than half. By 2019, no Douglas
County general funds will be allotted to the library.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">"The grant is a
one-time exception for the Foundation," said Anne Kubisch,
president of The Ford Family Foundation. "We do not fund
operating costs of a publically funded system due to a
decrease in public funds. However, our Board of Directors
believes that losing the Douglas County Library will have a
negative economic impact on the area. Like good schools,
public libraries are an incentive for businesses and families
to locate in Douglas County."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">The Ford Family
Foundation grant is designed to help keep the main and branch
libraries open at current levels until next November when
voters will decide on a library tax district.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">"This is only a
bridge to the ballot in 2016," Kubisch emphasized. "After
that, the library's fate will be decided by Douglas County
voters."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Other funders are
also stepping up to help support operating and materials costs
until the 2016 ballot. They include: The Cow Creek Foundation,
and The Oregon Community Foundation (OCF) including the Lilja
Family Fund, the Ben Serafin Fund, the Crane Creek Family Fund
and the Whipple Foundation Fund.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">***<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">From Joan Kearns
of the Oregon Community Foundation:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Good Afternoon!
I am pleased to share that the OCF board of directors approved
several grants yesterday in support of the Douglas County
Library System for the Library Tax District Bridge Funding
Project. They are as stated below:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">From The Oregon
Community Foundation (discretionary grant program):<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Douglas County
Library Foundation $73,000 to be used only
to support the Douglas County Library System for the Library
Tax District Bridge Funding project. Grant funds are not to
be used to meet any other request submitted to the foundation
by the Douglas County Library System or other Douglas County
Library Foundation commitments to the stated project, the
“Community Campaign” or the “Enhancement Campaign”.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">From OCF advised
funds:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">Douglas County
Library System for the Library Tax District
Bridge Funding project.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"> $
50,000 Crane Creek Family Fund<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"> $
25,000 Whipple Foundation Fund (with an
additional $25,000 to be considered in early 2016)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> $
20,000 Lilja Family Fund to be dedicated to the
branches in southern Douglas County<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"> $
7,000 Ben Serafin Fund to be dedicated to the
Glide Branch.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:.5in">$175,000
Total awarded now with an additional $25,000 under
consideration.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Award letters and
checks (likely to arrive under separate envelopes) should
arrive by the end of November. I am happy to visit by phone
in the next week or two if you have any questions or
concerns. I would welcome the opportunity to visit with you!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">Congratulations!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We applied for these grants with the intent
to provide support to the library system as Douglas County
significantly cuts the library budget (25% this fiscal year
and an expected 25% cut next). These monies are largely geared
towards augmenting operations. We will be putting these
dollars towards staffing and open hours in the branches and
increases in staffing at Roseburg. These changes will be for
calendar year 2016. We anticipate the PAC “Save Our Libraries”
put a tax district on the ballot in Nov. 2016<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Harold A. Hayes<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Library Director<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Douglas County Library System<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1409 NE Diamond Lake Blvd.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Roseburg, OR 97470<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">541-440-4311<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:hahayes@co.douglas.or.us">hahayes@co.douglas.or.us</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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