The Richmond Public Library is a 2007 recipient of the Libri Grant. The Libri Foundation is a nationwide non-profit organization which
donates new, quality, hardcover children’s books to small, rural public libraries in the United States through its BOOKS FOR CHILDREN program.
The Foundation works with the library’s Friends of the Library or other local organizations because we believe in community involvement and want to encourage and reward local support of libraries. The Friends, or other local sponsors, can contribute from $50 to $350 which the Foundation matches on a 2-to-1 ratio. Thus, a library can receive up to $1,050 worth of new, quality, hardcover children’s books through the Foundation’s BOOKS FOR CHILDREN program.
Thanks to the Libri Foundation and the Friends of the Richmond Library group the library has received 38 new hardcover children’s books. Books this library would not have been able to afford without help from others. It takes a lot of support to keep a library open.
A list of these new books along with others the library has purchased or received in the last month can be found on our new books and movies section.
