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Library staff proposes Amazon wish list and a 'Sip Night' fundraiser; trustees give informal OK
Summary
Library staff proposed an Amazon wish list for consumables and small items and pitched a ticketed 'Sip Night' with local wineries and meadery to raise funds for downstairs refurbishing and Friends seed money; trustees discussed insurance, one-day pour license, ticketing, supervised babysitting and earmarking proceeds.
Library staff told trustees she has created an Amazon wish list for classroom-sized supplies and small items—markers, crayons, cleaning supplies and a cubby unit for children’s shoes—and asked trustees if the library may publish the list to accept donated items directly to the library.
Trustees raised one administrative concern: donors’ receipts and town-record reporting. Staff said Amazon provides donor receipts and that gifts ordered from the list would be delivered to the library, not to staff residences. Trustees agreed that the wish list can be used but suggested the Friends group could assume broader fundraising coordination if the Friends…
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