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Port Townsend library volunteers detail merger, pledge $165,000 for capital projects
Summary
Friends of the Port Townsend Library described their 2024 merger with the library foundation, long-running Community Read program and pledged $165,000 for capital projects and $38,000 for programs in 2026; officials urged community membership, donations and volunteering to sustain collections and signature programs.
Cindy Johnson, president of the Friends of the Library, outlined the history and recent merger that consolidated the city’s two library-support nonprofits into a single organization and described how the group supports library programs and capital needs.
Johnson said the merged nonprofit—operating under the Friends’ name effective 01/01/2024—combined the foundation’s grant capacity with the Friends’ established membership base and volunteer operations. She told the council that the group’s work ranges from supporting the Community Read to funding capital projects…
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