18. COMMUNITY ROOMS
Meeting Rooms were used by community groups 110 times.
Rooms are used for classes and programs daily.
Quiet Study booths were booked 318 times (double last year!)
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19. AFTER-SCHOOL CENTER
The Baker Teen After-School Center is open Monday
through Friday 2-5:30 p.m.
815 teens used the center
Teens watch movies, play Mine Craft and other games,
chat and do homework in a supervised, safe
environment.
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20. OUTREACH
Books and movies are brought to residents of senior
housing and nursing homes, and the homebound.
We serve three (3) residences and eleven (11)
homebound patrons.
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21. Donors Help the Library Carry
out its Mission
34 Donors gave us $100 or more this year.
2 Anonymous Donors gave us $1,000 and $500
We received $12,996 in Membership Dues and
Contributions.
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22. Grants
The Champlin Foundations gave us $37,000 to replace our
shingled roofs.
Thomas K. Winsor Memorial Fund: $2,428—Books
Mattie A. Walcott Memorial Fund: $5,046—Books & Freegal
Shirley Steere Memorial Fund: $ 288—Children’s Books
David & Eleanor Battey-Campbell Fund:$298-Children’s Books
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23. Endowment & State GIA
The Library’s operating budget was supplemented by:
Library Endowment: $10,000
State Grant-in-Aid: $154, 672
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24. New Services
Universal Class—On-line Courses for the public
Hoopla—Streaming video, audio, and music
MAKER SPACE
3D Printer
VCR to DVD Dubbing Station
Record to MP3 Dubbing Station
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26. Operational and Capital
Improvements
New Strategic Plan—2014-2019
15-Minute parking spots near the building
Outdoor Wireless Internet Patio—Eagle Scout Project
New Shingled Roofs—Champlin Grant
Rooms on the Lower Level were Painted
Fiber Optic Internet Cable Installed—BTOP Grant
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31. Volunteers
We utilize the services of volunteers. This year we were
fortunate to have 645 hours of work donated to the
Library.
Weekly adult volunteers: Anna Martin, Marc Miller,
Betty McCool, nancy Crytser, and Roberta Rylander.
Weekly teen volunteers: Alex Iannuzzi, Ben Iannuzzi,
and Amy Ahlberg.
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32. Friends
Sandi Brenner President
Deborah Adler
Nancy Crytser
Elaine Farley
Sarah Paquet
Dorothy Swain
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34. New Staff
Benjamin Hanley: Reference Librarian
Donna Pontrelli-Larrabee: Library Assistant
Barbara (Babs) Wells: Children’s Librarian
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35. Board of Trustees
Stephen Cicilline President
Terri Kless Vice-President
Elaine Farley Secretary
Nicholas Loring Treasurer
Domine Vescera Ragosta President Emerita
Julianne Ip, MD
Barbara Lysik
Virginia Harnois
Milo J. St. Angelo
George Kelley
Leslie Cashel, MD
David Brush
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36. Acknowledgements
Apple Blossom Garden Club
Town Manager, Dennis Finlay
Town Department Heads
Trustee President, Stephen Cicilline
Trustee, Milo J. St. Angelo
Trustee, Domine Vescera Ragosta
Library Staff
Friends of the Library President, Sandi Brenner
Generous Donors and Volunteers
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