January / February 2014

  Community Initiative for Homeless and Runaway Youth,

 and Aging Out Foster Youth.

Virginia City Pulls Together to More than Match Partnership Grant and Re-Open Library.    

-Mark Twain Letter to the Millicent [Rogers] Library, 22 February 1894

Sometimes you don't value something until it is taken from you.  

How did they raise such an impressive amount in such a short time? Fundraising activities included a "Friends of the Board" fundraiser at the Core at the Cider Factory, presentations in front of community groups and housing associations, and direct mail appeal letters. The Community Chest engaged the residents of Virginia City to bring back the library.People responded to the call. This link to an article in the "Las Vegas Sun" features great photos: The Gold Hill Hotel collected donations on their ceiling and donation jars could be seen on counters up and down Main Street. 

Mark Twain would be proud. 

Reports Abecrombie, "Donors appreciate knowing just where their gift is going and how it is helping build our library. We created a sense of ownership between donors and the library."

"This is not your mother's library. It is a vision of libraries in the 21st century-a vibrant, multi-use facility that will attract many people with modern technology. We plan to implement creative library programs that engage residents of all ages. Programs include: garden 'seed library", book field trips, story time, 'how to' demonstrations, computer classes, art/poetry workshops, free books exchanges, etc. We intend to think way 'out of the box' for library programs and library use. We plan to expand library services to all the communities in Storey County and that includes Mark Twain, Virginia City Highlands, and Lockwood in addition to Virginia City."

The grant impact is what the Community Foundation hoped would happen when the Program Committee decided to enlarge the Partnership Grants and make them contingent on raising new matching funds. The grant, in Community Chest's capable hands, built a larger donor base, engaged donors and strengthened the community in a powerful and lasting way.

Your gift to the Partnership Grant Fund made this grant possible. Thank you. 

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