CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARYF O U N D A T I O N

Dear Supporters,

When I joined the Cambridge Public Library Foundation Board in 2016, I knew that the difference between a good and a great public library was private philanthropy. I believed that in some years Foundation funding would be put towards the realization of a special project or program. In other years, I thought it would help the Library with an unmet need or a particularly thorny challenge. This year, we were called upon to help with both needs and challenges – and, thanks to your generosity, we were prepared to do so.

On March 14th, the Library closed its doors in response to the rapidly spreading coronavirus and since that time it has developed new ways to get books to patrons, provided increased access to online resources, and presented robust and creative virtual programming. To help the Library in these unprecedented times, the Foundation has provided more than $50,000 for PPE, materials for altered operations such as special quarantine shelving and new book bins, and expanded online programming and access. The Foundation has also been spurred to action by the long-overdue movement for social justice and the treatment of Black Americans in our country. We are actively working with the Library to identify and fund initiatives that combat systemic racism.

Were it not for the pandemic and the nationwide reckoning with racial injustice, the big story in this report would be the life-changing programming and world-class spaces that make up STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) at the Library. This remarkable initiative was already under way engaging underserved youth, entrepreneurs and artists in hands-on science, math, and culture experiences. I hope that you can experience this state-of-the-art space and programming when it is safe to do so.

Please enjoy this report and learning about the Foundation’s investment in the work of the Library this year. We couldn’t have done it without your generosity, and you have my most sincere thanks. Together we will continue to support the Cambridge Public Library as it rises to meet the challenges that lie ahead.

Sincerely,

Shippen L. Page President, Library Foundation Board of Directors

LETTER FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT

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From left, Foundation Board member Susan Flannery, 2019 DREAM BIG presenter

Carol Anderson, and Foundation Board President Shippen Page at DREAM BIG 2019.

Despite challenges posed by COVID-19 and the closure of the Library’s physical spaces, STEAM at the Library has had an immensely successful year. In an ongoing partnership with local nonprofit Innovators for Purpose, the Library’s STEAM Academy provided immersive, semester-long after-school courses for youth from underserved communities. This work continued virtually this spring and summer, thanks to high-powered laptops and hotspots from the Library. In addition, the Foundation purchased 75 laptops for the Library’s Tech Bar, a device checkout and help center for patrons originally slated to open in mid-March. Foundation funding also supported the creation of a new mural for the Library’s Hive makerspace by local artist Daniela Gamba, in collaboration with human-based computation game EyeWire.

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$5,000 The Hive makerspace

“neuron art” mural

$25,000STEAM Academy programs

$34,384Laptops, Wifi hotspots

and accessories

$12,952 Other technology

MAKING STEAM ACCESSIBLE IN CAMBRIDGE(SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ARTS & MATH)

INVESTMENT

$77,336

Artist Daniela Gamba creating the new Hive makerspace mural.

When the COVID-19 forced the closure of the Library’s physical buildings, Library leadership jumped into action, thinking creatively about how to continue serving the community safely. At the forefront was a huge effort to quickly procure PPE and other supplies so that staff would be safe coming to work and interacting with patrons and each other. The Library increased checkout limits on the popular media streaming service Hoopla, so that patrons isolating at home could have access to Library content such as books, music and movies. To ensure STEAM Academy students were able to access their virtual classes, the Library shipped laptops to them in April. In May, the Library donated more than 200 books to community members experiencing homelessness seeking shelter at the War Memorial Center. The Library rolled out contactless pickup of books and other materials in June 2020, and in August it began lending laptops and WiFi hotspots.

$31,567 PPE and supplies

COVID-19 OPERATIONS AND RESPONSE

INVESTMENT

$48,841

$14,000 Increased media

streaming

$2,157 Book giveaways

$1,118 Tech for

STEAM Academy Students

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Families safely picking up books outside the O’Connell branch at a Kids Books to Go! event.

$10,966 Robin

DiAngelo lecture

$24,402 Youth programming

and events

$2,872 Seniors

programming

$3,500 Other events and

related costs

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INVESTMENT

$41,740Whether you’re one or 100 (or somewhere in between), there’s something for everyone at the Library! One of the year’s most exciting events took place in January when the Library hosted Robin DiAngelo, bestselling author of White Fragility. The Library relocated the event to the 1,200-seat Kresge Lecture Hall at MIT due to high demand. It was a full house, and even more guests tuned in via a livestream feed.

This year’s ever-popular Margret & H. A. Rey Curious George Lecture featured Tui T. Sutherland, the author of the best-selling young adult series Wings of Fire. Other youth programs included “Power to the Princess,” a crafting workshop with author Vita Murrow, as well as dozens of virtual Youth Summer Reading programs. Though cut short by the pandemic, the Library’s programming for seniors remained immensely popular. This year’s Creative Aging series for our 60+ community featured “Dancing Your Stories” and an improv comedy course, in addition to new wellness programs like tai chi and chair yoga.

The Foundation supported a number of other events and speakers this year, including an MLK Day celebration, a talk by Race After Technology author Ruha Benjamin, and a National Indigenous People’s Month lecture by poet Joan Kane.

PROGRAMMING FOR ALL AGES

Participants at the final performance of “Creative Aging: Dancing Our Stories.”

In November 2019, the Library celebrated the much-anticipated reopening of its Valente Branch in East Cambridge. The Valente Branch, part of the City of Cambridge’s King Open Complex, offers over 10,000 square feet of space and was constructed to be a Net-Zero building, aiming to produce as much renewable energy as it consumes. Throughout the month of November, the Library celebrated the new branch with an opening reception, ribbon cutting, and after-school activities featuring local entertainers and musicians.

The Library added several items to its collection this year with Foundation support, including STEAM kits for youth and Chinese language books. We also supported instructor training for the Library’s Adult Literacy programs, and other small discretionary purchases for programs and celebrations throughout the year.

$7,599Valente Branch opening

celebration

$2,031Adult Literacy training

$2,732Library

collections

$1,024 Other discretionary

purchases

BOOKS AND BRANCHES

INVESTMENT

$13,434

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The Valente Branch of the Cambridge Public Library reopened to the public in November 2019.

BY THE NUMBERS & DREAM BIG 2019

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From left, Lawrence Lessig, Rachael V. Cobb, and Carol Anderson on stage at DREAM BIG.

On October 29, 2019, the Foundation hosted the fourth installment of our DREAM BIG series. DREAM BIG 2019 featured guest speakers Carol Anderson, the Charles Howard Candler Professor and Chair of African American Studies at Emory University and author of One Person, No Vote; Lawrence Lessig, the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School and author of They Don’t Represent Us; and moderator Rachael V. Cobb, Chair and Associate Professor of Political Science & Legal Studies at Suffolk University. The event was an illuminating and timely discussion on voter suppression and its impact on democracy.

116,381Reference questions

answered

29,030Hoopla checkouts

(56% increase over last year)

688,299Patron visits

848,407Checkouts of physical items

(print and AV)

8,372New Library

card registrations

2020 FINANCIALS (JULY 1, 2019 - JUNE 30, 2020)

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ADOPTED BUDGET

REVENUE Fines & Forfeiture $65,000Intergovernmental Revenue $450,625 Property Taxes $11,945,115Donated Funds $206,967TOTAL $12,667,707

EXPENSES Salaries & Wages $8,987,795Library Services $3,381,415 Travel & Training $85,150TOTAL $12,454,360

UNAUDITED FINANCIALS

REVENUE Contributions $434,435 Unrealized Investment Income $37,452 Realized Investment Income $17,469 Grants $132,500TOTAL $621,856

EXPENSES Foundation Expenses $216,163 Library Direct Support $191,967TOTAL $408,130

CURRENT ASSETS Cash $411,689 Pledges Receivable $60,000 Grants Receivable $55,937 Prepaid Expenses $10,929 Accrued Interest $902 Investments $1,131,129 TOTAL ASSETS $1,670,586

CURRENT LIABILITIES Accounts Payable $12,619Accrued Expenses $15,549TOTAL LIABILITIES $28,168

NET ASSETS Unrestricted $626,909 Temporarily Restricted $581,014 Permanently Restricted $434,495TOTAL NET ASSETS $1,642,418

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$343,567

$262,803*

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More than 600 donors contributed to the Library this fiscal year. To all, thank you! We recognize and appreciate the following individuals, businesses, foundations and community organizations that contributed. A § symbol designates that the donor has given every year since the Foundation’s inception in 2015. A ǂ symbol designates that either part or the entire gift was for the Endowment. $10,000 +Anonymous Donor (2)Janet Axelrod and Tim Plenk §Brooks Family FoundationCambridge Trust CompanyAmy Domini § ǂEric and Jane Nord Family FundPaul FunkKatie LappShippen Page and Anne St. Goar §Lia and William Poorvu §Debbie Porter and Nicholas Negroponte ǂManuel Rogers, Jr. ǂVerizon

$5,000 - $9,999Anonymous DonorEd Belove and Laura Roberts §Carly and Sam BerkKay Calvert and Jim ManziEast Cambridge Savings BankLuise Erdmann §Kate and Benjamin Flaim

Richard Miner and Corinne NagyChristian Nolen and Susan DennySusan PovermanStan and Susan Twarog §Nancy and Fred Woods § ǂ

$2,500 - $4,999Anonymous DonorCathy Chute §Donna Davis § ǂNellie Mae Education FoundationSuzanne OgdenBetsy Rudnick and Bruce Posner §

$1,000 - $2,499Anonymous Donor (4)Glenn Batchelder and Candace YoungBarbara BogerMissy and Marshall Carter, Sr.Juliana CastedoKelly and Liz ConlinJared and Lauren CosulichKristina DakosLulu and Thad DavisJames and Nancy-Ann DeParleLisa DrapkinJean EntineDena B. FeldsteinSusan Flannery §Marnie and Seth GaleAndy Goldberg and Suzi WojdyslawskiTunie Hamlen §Bob and Kristine HigginsCarol and Michael Hirsh

Lauren Holleran and Katie SalterRosemarie and Stephen JohnsonJoseph Kahan and Claudia DavidoffEdward Kerslake and Melinda GrayEllen KramerBill and Elisabeth LaskinJane and Wayne LiJane and George MetzgerKyra and Coco MontaguCeleste Ng and Matthew FoxThe Patricia Weiland Stavely Memorial Book FundKaren RichardsDavid Sandberg and Dina Mardell §Carol Sandstrom and Christopher SmallEllis Seidman and Jenny NetzerJill Slosburg-AckermanThe Steinert FamilySaul Tannenbaum and Genevieve Berumen Katie and Ryan WelchLeah and Brian Williams

$500 - 999Anonymous Donor (5)Judith and David BarrettPaul and Joyce BarringerDavid Bass and Susan HallCatherine Bird and Jonathan DelgadoGrace and Lawrence BoutonStefanie and Anish DhandaFrederick and Kimiko EkMartin Elvis and Guiseppina FabbianoJulia and Lansing Fair

Elissa Freud and Steven WillisJeffrey GarlandErin Graves and Brian CareyKathleen HayesWendy Holding and Lindsay MacIndoeJaqueth Hutchinson §Isaiah and Helen JacksonMartin and Marci KarplusKirk Documentary GroupJane KnowlesSonia Kowal and James WildashDeborah KriegSally and Stuart Lesser §John and Kristin MacomberMaria and Micah McCauleyThe Louis FoundationLynne and Neal MillerJane and Robert Morse §Michael NortonVictoria and Mark OlivaTonya Orme and Orhun MuratogluSusan PainePatricia Pratt Gail RobertsAbby Rockefeller and Lee HalprinAnn and Jim Roosevelt, Jr. §Edye RulinJames and Susan RussellJoshua Sanes and Susan CorcoranEllen Semonoff §Julia Sheehan and Errol MorrisNancy and Rae StieningAlice and Robert WolfSusan B. Wood

THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS

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$250 - 499Anonymous Donor (3)Peter and Mary Lee AldrichHolly and David AmblerAdam BaratzJerry BernhardDorian BowmanAnri and David BrenninkmeyerBarbara BristolFederico Capasso and Paola Salvini-CapassoJohn F. Cogan, Jr. and Mary CornilleDennis and Maura C. Colling

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Arthur and Elaine Alexander Grace and Lawrence Bouton Barbara Bristol Dave Butler James and Nancy-Ann DeParle Jill Drew Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy

Katherine Fernelius David Finkel Stefanie Fisher-Pinkert Frontline WGBH Kristin Goss Tracy Grant John and Candace Hembrough John and Genevieve Hewson Jennifer Howland

Elizabeth Hurwit and Mark Muro Betty Jake Robert Kaiser and Hannah Jopling Kirk Documentary Group Deborah Krieg Mack and Donna McLarty Ann and Joseph MountJames and Kieran Norton

Monica Klien, a beloved member of the Cambridge Public Library’s English as a Second Language (ESL) family, passed away in January 2020. A professor of languages and Latin American literature who taught at Georgetown University, MIT, and Wellesley College, Monica started teaching ESL at the Library in 2015 and described it as the most rewarding experience of her career. “I feel alive,” she wrote, “connected to these people who give thanks after every class without knowing I am a volunteer…I feel connected to them by the purest form of transmission, without all the constraints that many American higher education institutions have fallen into. Yes, yes, I give these students a little. I wonder if they know how much they give me.” Monica was born and raised in Peru and, like her students, discovered English as a secondary language. Monica taught ESL at the Library until weeks before her death and many of her friends and family honored her life with a gift to the Library Foundation. A bright light gone too soon, we are honored to remember Monica with this special tribute and to recognize those who gave in her memory.

Joel and Martha Pierce Leslie Rose Kathleen Ryan Annie Silverman Nathaniel Spiller Ellen Stutman Nathaniel WiceLouis Wiley Callie Wiser

REMEMBERING MONICA KLIEN (1958-2020)

Elizabeth Coxe and David ForneyMonica and Matthew CurtisJessica Daniels and Paul BlackborowDavid and Katharine Davis §Tamara and Tony RogersAnne Ellsworth §Meade FascianoMicheline FedermanJohn and Linda FelterCarol L. FishmanDebra FoxJoan Friebely and Elliott Bursack

Frontline WGBHMargaret and Bruce GelinNeva GoodwinLindsay and Garth Greimann §Betsy GrobanTimothy GrovesSally and Theodore HansenSusan Hartnett and Wayne RailaJohn and Catherine Henn §Jill HeroldArlyne JacksonSaj-Nicole Joni

John and Sharon KochJudy Kramer and Mark WagnerWynn LeeTom LehrerWinifred LenihanHambleton and Michelle LordYo-Yo Ma and Jill HornorAndre Mayer and Joan KrizackMack and Donna McLartySue-Ellen and Douglas MyersMartha and David Osler §

THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS

Barbara D. Petery §Susan Pharr and Robert MitchellGail and Jeremy PoolJacqueline PotusBarbara and Art PowellMary Pat and Gervasio PradoPeter and Helen RandolphMiriam ReederGabriela and Bob RomanowLeslie RoseRich and Jane RossiRoberta Rubin and Don AbramsEllen Sarkisian §Susana SegatNancy Seidman and Claude BardenMary Ann SerraRobert N. ShapiroJanet St. GoarSteven J. Stadler and Ginny RothFredericka and Howard StevensonRobert B. Straus §Patty and David Straus §Charles M. Sullivan and Susan MaycockTadhg and Edith SweeneyNatashia TidwellEllen and Derek Van BeverAndrew VerardoAlicia and Robert Von RekowskyLilla WaltchToni Wolfman §Laura Zimmerman and Joe ShayElizabeth Zucker

Under $250Anonymous Donor (32)Gretchen Adams and Robert HayesJohn and Leslie AkulaArthur and Elaine AlexanderRosanna and Gustavo AlfaroLouise AmblerPeter Ambler and Lindsay MillerKumkum AminElissa AronsSilvia Arrom and David R. OranJanet and Bernard AserkoffJeannette and Charles AtkinsonSteven Atlas and Lestra LitchfieldJeannette Austin and Richard LazarusDeborah AvantEmily AxelrodLawrence BacowH. Whitney BaileyMaria Balinska and Wojciech SzczerbaMelania BarangeJoel and Betsy Bard §Joyce and Peter BarkinKim Barnette and Glendon FoleyMonica and Michael BennettJane BernsteinJean BerryMichael and Elizabeth BiererAlfred B. BigelowWilliam BitopoulosRobin BledsoeJoanne BlondinLarry Blum and Judy SmithPeggy and Gene Blumenreich

In Honor of Ava and Lawrence Adler By Emily Friedman

In Honor of Janet Axelrod By Martin Elvis and Guiseppina FabbianoBy Judy and Doug Weinstock

In Honor of Maria Balestrieri By Andy Goldberg and Suzi Wojdyslawski

In Honor of the Cambridge Public Library Staff By Maria and Micah McCauley

In Memory of Ulla Engels By Van and Alice Lanckton

In Honor of Kate Flaim By Phillip Devlin

In Memory of Rosalyn Granowitter By Denise Granowitter and Vicki Volz

In Memory of Julie Green By Virginia Talbot

In Honor of Katie Lapp By Lawrence Bacow

In Honor of the O’Connell Library Staff By Edye Rulin

In Honor of Rebecca Olson By Ellen Murphy

In Honor of Shippen Page By Isaiah and Helen JacksonBy Janet St. Goar

In Honor of Shippen Page and Katie Lapp By Barbara and Art Powell

In Honor of Shippen Page and Anne St. Goar By Ned and Margaret Handy

In Memory of Coach Pfieffer By Charles and Kim Burke

In Honor of Susan Poverman By Karen Forslund Falb and Peter Falb

In Honor of Kelly T. Sherman By Jill Slosburg-Ackerman

In Memory of Ruth and Harry Sidel By Alan Natapoff

In Honor of Alan Steinert By Susan Poverman

In Honor of Claire Silvers By Wynn Lee

In Memory of Patricia Weiland Stavely, Edwin Weiland, and Sue A. Weiland By Skip and Angie Weiland

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TRIBUTE GIFTS

Salvatore J. Bonacci, Jr.Rustam and Maggie BoozAnne BoveAlexandra Bowers and James LiuLillian Bowers-LiuCynthia and Joel BradleyValerie BradleyAnnie and Cameron BrandtAnn Braude and Andy AdlerLouise H. BrayStephen and Joanna BreyerCarol BrownJennifer BumpCharles and Kim BurkePhil and Hilary BurlingJill Burrows §Lewis Bushnell and Karen DavisJames Butler and Kayoko Shimura-Butler

Dave ButlerDaniel Calano and Kate ThompsonCathleen CarceoRalph ChapmanRobert ChewCelia ChinJohn and Ann CobbNathan and Margery CobbPolyxane S. CobbArmond Cohen and Emily DexterDayl CohenLindsay Leard Coolidge and Charles A. Coolidge, IIIDavid Cooper and Adelaide MacMurray-CooperPaula CortesNancy CottLiz CoxGenevieve and Joseph Coyle

Ann and Alfred CromptonAllison Crump and David SolomonAnn CurbyMark L. CurbyKathleen Curran and Lawrence ChenBarbara and Richard CurrierMargaret CurtisTaylor Curtis and Jessica RosenblattRichard DalyAlice Daniel and Harold JarmonAdam Pool and Kristina GjerdeMary-Catherine DeibelAlice DeLanaJan Devereux and Peter JohnsonPhillip DevlinNancy and Tom Dingman

Estelle DischRuby P. DonohueElsa Dorfman and Harvey SilverglateMichael Downing and Peter BryantJill DrewEleanor DuckworthDuke University Sanford School of Public PolicyJulie DuncanAlan and Suzanne W. DworskySuzanne and Leo DworskyMary and Felton EarlsCynthia and Peter EllisJudy ElsteinCynthia EnloeJean EvansPaul and Mimi EzustSandra and Toby Fairbank

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“For me, being a Board member of the Library Foundation is a tribute to my Dad, Raleigh Morgan, Jr., who was born in 1916 in a deeply segregated Nashville, Tennessee. At 13, he found the local library to be a safe haven where he could learn and find solace from the challenges in his life. Through self-study, he became fluent in French and German, and graduated from high school at 16. His early introduction to languages at the Library played a pivotal role in shaping the rest of his life. After obtaining a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in Romance Linguistics, and serving as the chief of cultural operations at the American Embassy in Bonn, Germany, he taught at the University of Michigan for 30 years as a world authority on French spoken in the New World. He shared his love of language and learning with generations of students, and I hope that by serving on the Foundation’s Board I can help the Cambridge Public Library provide opportunities for children and young adults to foster their own lifelong love of learning.”

—Jill Burrows, Foundation Board Member since 2015

THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS

Iris and Robert FangerLenore Feigenbaum and Simon KleinHelen and Richard FeinDaniel FeingoldKatherine FerneliusSylvia FineDavid FinkelStefanie Fisher-PinkertJerry Flannelly and Dorothy KingMerton Flemings and Elizabeth ten GrotenhuisLanita Foley and Kaija LangleyVirginia and William FooteKaren Forslund Falb and Peter FalbDonald and Marjorie ForteMarian FoxKate FrankEmily FriedmanShanti Fry and Jeffrey ZinsmeyerCharles and Constance GagnebinSarah and Gopal GallivanNancy GalluccioHenry and Jacqueline GatesPam and Don GillerElizabeth and John GilmoreSusan GlassmanAlison Goldberg and Jon LewisMax GoldbergEve Golden and Kenneth KronenbergJudy Ann GoldmanMyra and Roy GordonKristin GossGeorge GovermanDenise Granowitter and Vicki Volz

Tracy GrantGeralyn and Rob GrayLinda and William GreenMary Greer §Sharon Grollman and Nathaniel NovodPam Haltom and Harry IrwinBill and Nancy HammerJim HammonsSuzanne and Easley HamnerNed and Margaret HandyFay and David HannonRichard Harriman and Kristen WainwrightEllen HarringtonGregory HeidelbergerGlenn Heinmiller and Cathy PateJohn and Candace HembroughDavid HerderDudley R. and Georgene HerschbachCornelia HerzfeldJohn and Genevieve HewsonAlejandro Heyworth and Frederica TunerPatrice Louis-Rene HigonnetJoanne HilfertyRoger J. and Ruth HobeikaAnnette and Paul HodessDan HoganGerald and Nina HoltonMadeleine and Marc HolzerThomas Horrocks and Elizabeth Carroll-HorrocksArch HorstJennifer HowlandJohn Hubbell and Kathleen ReistKeith L. and Catherine B. Hughes

Elizabeth Hurwit and Mark MuroCraig and Katherine HylandJean JacksonNancy Jacobson and Ann ParksBetty JakeElizabeth A. JamesonGish Jen and David O’Connor §Vida and Dean JohnsonCaroline A. Jones and Peter GalisonIleana Z. JonesRobert Kaiser and Hannah JoplingAnne Kaplan and Susanna DonahueMadge Kaplan and Patsy BaudoinHerman KenskyLoulie and George KentJoyce KlineKaren and John Kosko §

Thomas and Amy KweiJean Kwo and Javier de LuisRichard Lacoss and Cynthia Oldham §Bonny LambAnnette LaMond and Joseph MooreVan and Alice LancktonElise LandauKathryn Lasky and Christopher KnightJennifer LawrenceCatherine LeamySuzette and Robert LevensonSusan M. LewinnekAnn Lewis AustinCatherine LinardosNancy LippincottForbes and Jane LittleWarren and Jean LittleAlba LopezMargaret A. Lourie and Joel Couch

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Director of Libraries Dr. Maria McCauley (left) with Robin DiAngelo, author of White Fragility.

Lydia LoweAnne LowellKim and Mark LuiggiCarol and Henry LukasNoah LutherKenneth Lynch and Emily TalcottRoseanne MacDonald and Arthur BergerWanda and Richard MacnairCharles MaierPolly MalcolmAdam Manacher and Carol BirnbaumCatherine MannickWendy Mariner and Toby NagurneyThomas and Jane Martin §Jean MartinMichele Martinez and Peter NohrnbergJean MasonLaura Matlack and John DykemaPraxedis Mayr Von BaldeggSharon McBrideGerald McCue and Ruth FieldsRuth and Victor McElheny §Hilary and Peter McGheeElizabeth McNamaraSusan Mead §Risa Mednick and David HildumZonda MercerElizabeth MeyerElizabeth MielLaura MillerMartin MillerMarianne and Ronald MortaraJohn MoukadAnn and Joseph Mount

John and Lucia MuddClaire Muhm and Rory O’ConnorMargaret MulkerinEllen MurphyKaren MurphyZuzana Nagy §Alan NatapoffJean and David NathanJudith NathansRonald NelsonAllan and Spencer NinebergAndres NinoCarol NoonanJames and Kieran NortonBeatrice M. OakleyPete and Pamela OldhamJacqueline Olds and Richard SchwartzGerald O’Leary and Rosemary BoothElinor and Neil OlkenJohn O’ReganLeslie and Joan OttingerSue and Tom OwenLewis PatchiavosDiane PaulBirch PavelskyLaurie PessahAmanda Peters and David EmersonPenny and Jim PetersJeanne PetropoulosJoel and Martha PierceGeorge Pillsbury and Mary TiseoJohn and Helina PitkinVirginia Popper and Greg Morgan §Mary and Bradford PowerPraveen Prasanna and Karen Sum

Frances G. and Harry PrattAdele PressmanSarah PutnamDaniela PutnamCathy and Jim RaffertyMallika RanderiaNancy RaphaelMina ReddyMarion ReineEd and Dianne RiceAlison Riddoch-KennedyRobert RiordanCharles RitzArnold RobbinsMartin RobertsBridget Rodriguez and George AndersonEmily Romney and George HeinRodolfo and Silvia Rosales

Judith Rosen and Chuck DresnerDiane RubinKathleen RyanJamie SabinoLester Sackett and Virginia JonasJames Sandler and Judith Opert Sandler §Judith Saryan and Victor ZarougianNeil and Carlota SchechterGeorge ScialabbaRobert SedgwickBrinda SenMarion Severynse and R.L. Philbrick, Jr.Sandra Shapiro and John KirschMartha and Tim ShawJulie Silberman and Dianne Pearlmutter

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The Foundation is deeply grateful to the members of our Scribe Society who choose to leave a generous legacy gift to benefit the Cambridge Public Library. Their generosity will provide essential support for generations of Library patrons to come.

If you would like to become a member of the Library’s Scribe Society, or receive recognition for your legacy gift to the Library, please contact the Foundation at 857-235-9278 or email info@cplfound.org.

Anonymous (2)Janet AxelrodEd BeloveRuth ButlerDonna DavisLuise ErdmannMarjorie and Donald ForteTunie Hamlen

Susan Hartnett and Wayne RaliaKatie LappShippen Page and Anne St. GoarPatricia PayneBarbara PeteryBetsy RudnickChristine J. Spadafor

SCRIBE SOCIETY

THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS

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Jane S. SillmanAnnie SilvermanO. Bob SimaKristina SimmonsMargaret and Tom SimonsLisa and Murray SmithMelissa SmithAnne and Edward SmithJo and Mike Solet §Adam and Phyllis SonnenscheinMarci and Jonathan SpectorNathaniel SpillerMary Alice and Vincent StantonJulia Stearns and Umberto De RosNan Stein §Barbara and Toby SteinAlex Steinbergh and Jeanne Bedell

Rosanne and Randall SternCarole SternMonica Strauss Vangel and Mark VangelEllen StutmanJoan and Steve SubrinMichael SullivanEve Odiorne SullivanLucy SutherlandTee Taggart and Jack TurnerVirginia TalbotTheoharis TheoharisJudy ThomsonBeverly Thornton and Richard LandauMonika Totten and Joseph HarrisRobert ToveRona Troderman-KingSandra Louise Bunt Uyterhoeven

Judith van IngenJanaki VaradhanHelen VendlerJudith VollmerJessie and Eric von HippelRenata Von Tscharner and Peter MunkenbeckEric and Sarah WardAnn WardSusan and Don WareAlvin and Judith WarrenJudith WechslerDavid WegmanSkip and Angie WeilandJudy and Doug WeinstockOren Weisberg and Tamara CharmCarol WeissElizabeth WerbyMarjorie WestermanSharon and David White

Nathaniel WiceLouis WileyMary WilkesNora Willcutts and Martha WilliamsAndrea WilliamsJane WilliamsSteven WinterCallie WiserJohn G. WoffordBetty and Gil WolskyChing-Wah WongCarolyn Woollen-Tucker and Louis Tucker §Dalena WrightJoseph WrightMarjory WunschAnn and Mead WymanEvelyn Wyman

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From left, author Tui Sutherland, Director of Libraries Dr. Maria McCauley, Manager of Youth Services Julie Roach, donor and friend Lay Lee Ong, and

Foundation Director Katie Welch at the 4th Annual Margret & H.A. Rey Curious George Lecture.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORSShippen Page, PresidentKatie Lapp, Treasurer David Sandberg, Secretary

Ed BeloveJill BurrowsKay CalvertCathy ChuteAmy DominiKate FlaimSusan FlanneryIsaiah JacksonLauren HolleranDebbie PorterBetsy RudnickStan Twarog

Janet Axelrod, ex officioMaria McCauley, ex officio

STAFFKatie Welch, Executive DirectorMaddie Doctor, Development Associate PHOTO CREDITS: Cover, pg. 6, 7 (children’s room photos), and 8 by Stu Rosner. Pg. 2 and pg. 7 DREAM BIG photo by Emily Goldhammer. Pg. 3 photo courtesy of Daniela Gamba.

DESIGN: Brian Thomas

CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARYF O U N D A T I O N

“You are never alone when lost in

the magic of a book.”—Marie Lu