ALFA Awarded Grant

Astor Library Friends Association (ALFA) was recently awarded a $500.00 grant for rural and small libraries from United for Libraries and Penguin Random House. This money will be used to purchase gardening books and tools which can be checked out from the newly renovated library in the fall. ALFA plans to match the grant with another $500.00 in local donations. People can join, donate, and learn about ALFA at their new website www.astorlibraryfriends.org . Donations by check may be made at the library.

 ALFA is a volunteer run, non-profit organization that provides resources and funding for community programming beyond the scope of the library's budget. ALFA finances its activities through an ongoing book sale at the library, the copy machine, donations, and member fees.

 United for Libraries is a national network of enthusiastic library supporters who believe in the importance of libraries as the social and intellectual centers of communities and campuses. No one has a stronger voice for libraries than those who use them, raise money for them, and govern them. By uniting these voices, library supporters everywhere will become a real force to be reckoned with at the local, state, and national.