El Cerrito Library Foundation • P.O. Box 2611 • El Cerrito, CA 94530-5611 • www. eclibraryfoundation.org

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DeLoach & Troy Trust LGBT + Special Collection

L to R: Mayor Gabriel Quinto, Council member Paul Fadelli, Senior Community Library Manager Heidi Goldstein, Contra Costa County Dist.1 Supervisor John Gioia.

Senior Community Library Manager Heidi Goldstein

On September 4, 2018, over 110 people came to the El Cerrito Library to mark an historic event – the grand opening of Contra Costa County Library's first LGBT+ Special Collection housed at the El Cerrito Library! This event was made possible by a very generous donation from The Deloach and Troy Trust. This special collection includes fiction and non-fiction books for all ages that relate to gender identity and sexual orientation. While housed at the El Cerrito Library, individual volumes are available to all CCC Library cardholders. Supervisor John Gioia, Mayor Gabe Quinto, City Council Member Paul Fadelli and Library Manager Heidi Goldstein cut the new collection's Rainbow Ribbon. The El Cerrito Library Foundation and The Friends of the El Cerrito Library sponsored the event.

Hundreds of readers who use these chairs each week thank you for the clean and comfortable feeling after a successful Adopt a Chair Campaign. Sixty-four chairs and three benches were repaired and re-upholstered with donations from our generous friends and supporters. Each chair and bench is adorned with an engraved plaque honoring its donor.

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Top photo: Librarian Alison Peters enjoys an adopted chair, memorializing Lynn L. Marshall.Bottom photo: The El Cerrito Police Officers Association adopted a bench which was restored andreupholstered at the El Cerrito Public Library.

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DeLoach & Troy Trust LGBT + Special Collection, September 4, 2018 Grand Opening

Thank You El Cerrito Library Foundation Donors!

The First Wednesday refers to the day the El Cerrito library expanded library services to seven days per week. The celebration was held on April 4, 2018 and included frozen custard, cookies, music, games, magic, balloon animals and face painting. Thank you to the El Cerrito City Council for providing the ongoing funding needed to support seven days a week operation.

The First Wednesday Open 7 days a week

Expanded El Cerrito Library Hours:Sunday................................1- 5 pmMonday/Tuesday.................Noon - 8 pm Wednesday / Thursday.......10 am - 6 pmFriday / Saturday.................10 am - 5 pm

Festivities celebrating The First Wednesday the El Cerrito Library expanded their services to 7-days a week.

The El Cerrito Library Foundation is a community based, non-profit organization

building support for a modern public library in El Cerrito that will meet the learning,

cultural, and recreational needs for persons of all ages. We believe that a great community library cannot be created with public funding

alone. That is why we are raising private funds to buy needed equipment and materials for

our new library. These are things bond proceeds cannot, by law, fund. We also are raising

funds for an endowment to support robust Library programming in perpetuity.

To see how you can help, please go to www.eclibraryfoundation.org and click on

How to donate.

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*Visionary: All donors who gave $1,000 or more prior to the 2016 library bond measure are marked with an asterisk.

Benefactor $100,000 and up*Anonymous

Sponsor $25,000 - $99,999*Rotary Foundation of El Cerrito

Platinum $10,000 - $24,999*East Bay Sanitary Co, Inc.*The Freethy Family*Marlene Keller & Christian Fritz*Ann Goolsby*Grace MacNeill*Al & Barbara Miller*The Panas Family*Gary & Jean Pokorny*Nancy & Steven Poulos*Amy Rogers & Tom Rogers

Gold $1,000 - $9,999*Jane & Rich Bartke*Peter Meyer & Cathy BleierBob & Cindy Brittain*Val Cuevas*El Cerrito Community Garden Network*El Cerrito Historical Society*Mary Ann JawiliGreg & Mary Lyman*Liz Ruhland & Josh Miele*Steve & Sally SchroederMary TysonClem Underhill

Silver up to $999Abbey Carpet & Floors of El CerritoJanet AbelsonJeff AtwoodBuddy Born/Bacstrom Import CompanyJoni Hiramoto & Peter BakerDave Weinstein & Mary BarkeyJoann Steck-Bayat & Hossain BayatScott Lyons & Rebecca Benassini Eugene & Myrna BinnallRosemary BlaylockLiz & David BlockJerold & Dianne BrennerJanet BruceBetty BuginasHelen CagampangKazume & Thomas CainWilliam & Lucille CainNancy CaytonArthur & Ruby ChenMarvin CollinsSteve & Juel Craig Tally CraigHilary & Kip CrosbyMartha CroweThe Cunningham Family

Loraine DairSandra DellafioraNerisa De JesusAnn De RosaHelen DickeyJanet Duckart Deborah DunhamGeorgina EdwardsDavid Styers & Chong EeEl Cerrito Police Officers Assoc.Mitchell & Silke EvanErin EverettRenata EwingPaul & Michelle FadelliMichael FischerBarbara & Ronald ForsstromBarbara FosterFriends of the El Cerrito LibraryEd & Sharon HarrisLloyd McGrady & Aarin D. HarrisMarcia HatayeMollie HazenJudy & H. Dean HeyengaLily HoTsun-feng L. HuangGlen Price & Rita HuybrechtsRichard Brooks & Janet JohnstonJenny K Alan KaplanJenny KeithNancy KelleyLynne KesslerJohn Barry & Delianne KoopsBob & Judy KridleNorman La ForceDelfina LaidigLeilani LauMike LeachChristy Feigenbutz & Lisa LealTP & J. LeeSharlene LoretzAndrea LucasEve MaRobert & Ruby MacDonaldBonnie MacKenzieJulia MaddenConnie & Dick MankMichele MantynenGerald S. MartinAlan Lazare & Toni MayerGregg L. Mayer and Company, Inc.Meltzer FamilyDawne MerkesDwight & Gloria MerrillKarnig Mikaelian & FamilyConnie MillerJonathan MiresGeorge & Linda MossGabriel Quinto & Glen NethercutBeatrice O'KeefeRochelle Pardue-OkimotoHide & James W. OshimaJames & Susan PereroGale & Julie Pokorny

Gene & Margaret PokornySteven H. PriceHelen ReadRed Door UpholsteryScott RobinsonRich SandvickRandy SchekmanIngrid SchultheisLori SchweitzerJoanna Kim-SelbyMarianne SelphNiran G. ShahPatricia ShawGarrett Grant & Jennifer SobolFrank StornoMarty SuessJudith TannenbaumPat TrumbullPatrick & Tracy TaylorPaul Radosevich & Elise ThomasArthur & Susan WalentaDr. Andrew B. WallachHarvey & Susan WittenbergTeddy Li & Mei Lan YeDavid ZuckermanAnonymous ( 22 )

In -Kind DonorsEl Cerrito RoyaleFat Apples Restaurant & BakeryKarol Doi DesignsRory Dean, Info. Strategist & Media Liaison

Board Members:Alan C. Miller ..............PresidentThomas Rogers .........Vice President Marlene Keller ............Financial OfficerGary F. Pokorny .........Secretary Mark Figone ...............MemberGrace F. MacNeill ......MemberTom Panas .................MemberAmy R. Rogers ..........Member

Honorary Board Members:Heidi GoldsteinSr Community Library Mgr

Michael A . FischerEC Library Commissioner

Foundation Board Members

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Financial Statements can be found on our website at

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