As president of the Board of Trustees of the Roeliff Jansen Community Library, I want to invite everyone who can do so to attend our annual gala on Saturday, Sept 10, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Theater at Camp Pontiac in West Copake, NY.
The proceeds from this fund raiser will be used to improve every aspect of our service to the communities we serve: Ancram, Copake and Hillsdale.
This year's event is especially important. Times are tough for many in our service area. Many are out of work, many more are experiencing difficulty paying their mortgages or rent. Its precisely in times like these that more people that ever take advantage of the library's resources -- to log onto the Internet, to apply for unemployment insurance, to search for jobs, to access training materials to start new careers, to attend our many free programs and workshops, and to increase the love of learning and reading among their children and grandchildren.
To meet the increased demand, we have added staff, opened our doors on Sundays so that we're now open seven days a week, and added many free programs and events for adults and children. Plus our wonderful corps of volunteers is working even more hours than usual!
The gala promises to be a great evening. It includes a musical performance by Broadway stars Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley, live jazz with the George Mandel Jazz Quartet, delicious food from more than 30 area restaurants and caterers, and a live auction with Copake Auction's Mike Fallon. Items include producer seats (and backstage tours) for The Book of Mormon, The Lion King and Mary Poppins, a Vermont ski vacation, an overnight trip to Foxwoods with a professional tournament poker player, oil paintings by HM Safer and Dennis Wheeler, dinner for six at Rao's famous NYC Italian eatery and many more.
If you don't have tickets yet, there's still time to purchase them, either at the library, or online at
www.roejanlibrary.org. And remember -- every penny we raise benefits everyone who uses our library.
Thanks again for all that so many of you do for our community!
Howard Van Lenten
President, Board of Trustees
Roeliff Jansen Community Library
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