Calgary Public Library Foundation
800 3 St SE T2G2E7 Calgary, AB, Canada

The countdown is on! There’s hours left get a tax receipt AND have your gift DOUBLED! https://libraryfoundation.ca/donate/

We hope that the Library has been there for you during the past year. As we navigate the challenges that lie ahead, Calgary Public Library will continue to play a critical role in our community. Support your Library and your community with a donation. Thanks to the generosity of the Nicholls Family, until midnight tomorrow, your gift will be DOUBLED. Donate at https://libraryfoundation.ca/donate/.

There is still time to help us reach our $100,000 fundraising goal for December. Thanks to the generosity of the Nicholls Family, for the next 48 hours, your gift will be DOUBLED: https://libraryfoundation.ca/donate/

Still looking for a few last-minute gifts? Our Charitable Gift Guide provides a meaningful way to give back to the Calgary Public Library community on behalf of a loved one. You choose the area you want to support and you can send an e-card to let them know! https://libraryfoundation.ca/myfirstbookshelf/ Happy Holidays!

YOU can give a child their first book. Support the new Calgary Public Library My First Bookshelf program and your donation will be doubled. Learn more about the incredible impact YOU can create: https://libraryfoundation.ca/myfirstbookshelf/.

For many of us, it might seem impossible that there are children growing up without easy access to books - but that is the reality, even in our own city. Starting in January 2021, My First Bookshelf - a Calgary Public Library program in partnership with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library - will provide free books each month to children from birth to age 5. These books are the theirs to keep forever. With the announcement of the new provincial COVID-19 restrictions, the pilot will be DOUBLED to reach even more kids. You can make a gift to support this program today and we'll also DOUBLE your donation. https://libraryfoundation.ca/myfirstbookshelf/ Thank you!

It might be hard to imagine, but research shows that up to 25% of children grow up in homes without books. With your help, we can change this alarming figure. Donate to support My First Bookshelf - a new Calgary Public Library program in partnership with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library - and provide a child with a new book every month from birth to age five. The books are the child's to keep forever. Fill a child's bookshelf today: https://bit.ly/3kHmPG3

In celebration of Calgary Public Library's new program, My First Bookshelf - which provides FREE books to children through a partnership with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library - we thought we'd create a little guessing game for you. Can you guess these popular children's book titles? Give it a go! You can learn more about this amazing donor-funded program and provide a charitable gift today: https://libraryfoundation.ca/myfirstbookshelf/

1 in 4 is too many children. Your donation in support of My First Bookshelf can help reduce this number. This new Calgary Public Library program, in partnership with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, provides a free, age-appropriate book each month to children under five. Having regular access to books in the home helps children enter Kindergarten prepared and excited to learn! Will you help? Learn more and make your donation today: https://libraryfoundation.ca/myfirstbookshelf/

What if we told you that you could provide a brand new book to a child for only $5.50 per month? Book-ownership is powerful; it has the ability to change lives. Learn more and make your chartiable donation today https://libraryfoundation.ca/myfirstbookshelf/

What if we told you that YOU could give a child their very first book? That would feel pretty amazing! Book-ownership is a powerful thing. In fact, research shows that the presence of even 20 books in the home helps families develop a love of reading together. It might be hard to imagine, but there are children in our community who are growing up with bare bookshelves. My First Bookshelf, a new Calgary Public Library program in partnership with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, will deliver one free book each month to children from birth to age five. Learn more about this unique way to support the community this holiday season: https://bit.ly/2Iu3CKP