Kaltreider-Benfer Library seeks same or larger borough contribution after strong year
Kaltreider-Benfer Library reported a busy year — $85,081 raised, 42 volunteers contributing 5,720 hours, and 64% of borough residents holding library cards — and asked Council to consider the same $10,000 borough donation for 2024–25 or more if the budget allows.
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Rick Bogart, representing Kaltreider-Benfer Library, updated Council on the library's 2023 operations and fundraising and asked the borough to consider funding for 2024–25. He said the renovated library operates at full capacity with public access to 40,000 books and other materials, that the library raised $85,081 through fundraising in 2023, and that 42 volunteers provided 5,720 hours of service. "Currently, 64% of Red Lion residents have library cards, and in 2023, had borrowed 16,347 items," Bogart told Council.
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