Josephine Community Libraries, Inc.

Open the door to knowledge

P.O. Box 1684 Grants Pass, Oregon 97528
info@josephinelibrary.org
(541) 660-6531

How You Can Help

There are many ways you can help reopen the doors of the Josephine Community Libraries.

Become a Member

If 10,000 Josephine County residents became a member at $100 each, we'd have $1 million to operate our libraries. This is not far-fetched--13,000 people voted YES for the 2006 library levy, which would have resulted in an average of $82 per household -- that's $1.06 million. All membership contributions are tax-deductible.

Please make your check or money order to Josephine Community Libraries, Inc. and mail it to:

P.O. Box 1684
Grants Pass, OR 97528

You may also use your PayPal account or major debit or credit card to make a secure online donation.

What does it mean to be a member of Josephine Community Libraries?

In order to assure long-term sustainability for the libraries in Josephine County, we propose a model based on public broadcasting in which we sell memberships to the library. However, everybody will have access to the library and its full services regardless of membership status.

All members will have the pride of knowing they were instrumental in returning libraries to Josephine County. In addition, members enjoy benefits according to their level of membership, as described in the following table.

Member Levels	Amounts	Benefits and Acknowledgements
Sustaining Member	$1 to $200	Thank you letter, car window sticker, and receipt of and acknowledgement in the annual Josephine Community Libraries membership publication.
Bronze Member	$201 to $500	Acknowledgement on the Josephine Community Libraries Web site in addition to Sustaining member benefits.
Silver Member	$501 to $1000	Business window sticker in addition to Bronze member benefits.
Gold Member	$1001 to $5000	Inclusion on the Gold member area of the recognition bookcase in the main library branch in Grants Pass in addition to Silver member benefits.
Platinum Member	$5001 and up	Inclusion on the prominent Platinum member area of the recognition bookcase in the main library branch in Grants Pass in addition to Gold member benefits. Additional recognition opportunities may be available for Platinum members.

Current Requests

Info table volunteers. We always need more staffers for our community event information tables. Tasks include providing information, answering questions, selling tee-shirts and window stickers, and signing up new volunteers. Training is provided and you'll always work with at least one other volunteer.

Office furniture, computer, and copier. Parkway Village has donated office space, and we need office furniture, a computer, printer, and copier (or printer/copier/fax combo) .

Library operations volunteers. We're starting to build our list of library staff volunteers.

For any of these opportunities, please send e-mail to info@josephinelibrary.org or call 660-6531.

Book Travel through Applegate Travel

Applegate Travel is donating to Josephine Community Libraries 25 percent of the commissions for its travel bookings through its Web site: www.applegatetravel.com. Prices are competitive with other travel Web sites such as Expedia, Orbitz, Travelocity, and Priceline. Applegate Travel offers bookings for flights, hotels, car rentals, cruises, registries, concert tickets, vacation rentals, and more.

By booking your travel with Applegate Travel, not only can you get the travel bookings you need at good prices, but your money goes toward reopening and funding our libraries. Many thanks to Dan Martin of Applegate Travel for this generous commitment.

Stay Informed

To keep up-to-date on Josephine Community Libraries happenings, please send e-mail to info@josephinelibrary.org and tell us you want to be added to our mailing list. Tell us your:

e-mail address
phone number
mailing address

Volunteer Your Time

We need people of various skills and expertise. If you would like to be directly involved in the work of reopening the libraries, send an e-mail to info@josephinelibrary.org. Tell us you want to volunteer and also tell us:

e-mail address
phone number
mailing address
what skills or expertise you would like to offer
how much time per week or per month you have to offer

We will add you to our volunteer list and put you to work as soon as possible. You will also be added to our information list so you'll receive periodic e-mail updates about our progress.

Make an In-Kind Contribution

We have needs for printing, copying, paper, office supplies, and so on. If you or your company have goods or services or expertise that you would like to offer to help reopen the libraries in Josephine County, please send e-mail to info@josephinelibrary.org.

Buy Designated Art from a Local Business

Ten downtown businesses and at least seven Grants Pass Growers Market artists and artisans have joined in an effort to raise money for the libraries. Each participant has designated one item per month and will send 20 percent of the purchase price to Josephine Community Libraries when the item sells. Look for notices around town and at the market that show which items have been chosen. Read the press release (pdf, 27kb).

Participating businesses include Chet's Garden Center, Blue Stone Bakery & Cafe, The Glass Forge, Harper Howell Gallery, Tierra Del Sol, Treasured Memories Fine Art & Clocks, Heartsong, Treavor Barnes Tattoos & Fine Art, and The Kitchen Company.

Growers Market participants include wildlife painter Jeanne Warren, wood craftsman Jim Chandler, bird house and bird feeder maker Rock-N-Wood Creations, wooden spoon carver Manuel Lawrence, jam and pet comforter creator Berry Berry Good Produce, glass jewelry company Custom Glasswork, and country primitive sign-maker Gardens of Olde.

The fundraiser will continue in coming months. It kicked off in March with downtown businesses that donated $159.20 from sales. Our thanks go to those businesses for continuing with the fundraiser, and to the new Growers' Market vendors who joined in April.

For more information, send e-mail to Vickie Aldous Moore. Read the press release (pdf, 27kb).

Thank You!

So many businesses and organizations are helping reopen the libraries in Josephine County. Of special note are the following organizations for their substantial contributions and pledges.

Ginny Stegemiller of Parkway Village, who has generously donated office and work space at Parkway Village.
Ron Dowell of Fast Server, who has pledged computer servers for the libraries when they open.
David Fedosky, Sr., who has donated meeting space in the Guild Building for our biweekly board meetings and announcements on the building's electronic reader board.
Willamette Writers and Coalition for Kids, who have donated childrens books. Thanks also to all the individuals who have donated children's books. We now have well over 1000 books, which we will be using as giveaways (with our information inside) at community events.
Zonta Club of Grants Pass, who has committed funds to purchase 10 public-use computers.
Applegate Travel, which is donating 25 percent of commissions for its Internet-based travel bookings.
RogueLink, LLC, who has donated Web hosting and the Web domain names. RogueLink has also pledged high-speed Internet Internet service to one of the branches when it's open.
Elks Lodge #1584 BPOE, which has donated the use of its hall and kitchen.