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Tolland Public Library Foundation details grants, digital resources and donor wall plan

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Volunteers from the Tolland Public Library Foundation updated the Town Council on grants, digital subscriptions (Hoopla, Ancestry, mobile hotspots), the foundations endowment-driven grantmaking and plans for a donor wall and oral-history project.

Leaders of the Tolland Public Library Foundation told the Town Council on Oct. 14 that the volunteer foundation has moved from active fundraising to grantmaking from a growing endowment and outlined a set of programs funded to supplement the town library budget.

Linda Bayham, president of the foundation, said the group now focuses on providing grant support for programming, digital subscriptions and modest administrative costs that sustain the foundations…

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