Be a Friends Corporate Sponsor or Business Member

*current sponsors

Dear Corporate Citizens,  As an active member of the business community in greater Greenwood, the Friends of the Greenwood Public Library hope you will be interested in becoming a Business    Member of our organization. By joining the Friends, you announce your personal support for the community by your involvement with the Greenwood Public Library and hopefully help your business’ visibility at the same time.  The impact the Greenwood Public Library has on our community is far reaching,  although sometimes subtle. To have over 4,000 children participate in events and reading over 23,000 hours in the summer has its rewards in their performance when they return to school, and eventually the workforce. This is just one example of how GPL provides a safe, fun, encouraging environment for life long learning, for all ages. As tax dollars shrink, the Greenwood Public Library needs to establish an additional revenue stream for programs and resources that are not within our funding from the government. In an attempt to plan for our future, the Friends have developed gifts that can be in many forms, such as commitments over time, estate planning, purchase of a leaf on the Tree of  Appreciation, naming a room, Business Membership(click here for an application), or sponsorship of an event such as Summer Reading.  If you are interested in helping the Library continue to impact our community in a positive way - please consider joining as a Business Member. There are a few perks listed in the brochure such as free use of our community rooms, an ad in our newsletter (which goes to over 900 households), and a leaf on the Tree of Appreciation. The real gift is to the community with a  Library that is a warm gathering place where information and resources are shared with all ages, economic and educational levels. We hope you will help us continue to provide innovative lifelong learning for the Greenwood Community.  If you have questions, please call Jane Weisenbach at  31....  Sincerely,  J. David Julian, President, Friends of the Greenwood Public Library

GPL Facts: 266,400 items were borrowed in 2007. Average suggested retail price of $20 per item= $5,328,000  309 persons attended 71 computer literacy classes in 2007. Suggested price of $25 per class = $7,725  835 Children’s programs offered in 2007. Suggested rate of $50 per hour = $41,750  2,018 children and adults registered in the 2007 Summer Reading Program. If we had a $5 registration fee (for whole summer, not even per program) = $10,090  28,037 reference questions were answered in person, by telephone and internet by Reference Staff in 2007. Suggested price $2.50 per inquiry= $70,092.50  274,536 is the estimated visits to the Greenwood Public Library in 2007! Value to the Community Priceless!

Give me a Business Membership form Now!

Here are some things we do with our partners and some things we would love

to get a sponsor for to make come true:

• Sponsor Summer Reading (Thanks to the continued sponsorship of Heartland Community Bank, Endress+Hauser, ReisNichols, Community Health Network, Gregory & Appel Insurance, and Duke Energy) More money is always needed for book prizes for everyone who finishes the program especially since we seem to be growing our participation each year.
•  Sponsor the Community Wide Read : 2004 sponsor Reis Nichols, 2008 sponsor Old National Bank. The more sponsorship money we have the more books we can purchase to give away for everyone to share with their family and friends.
•  Establish a continuing Early literacy program for caregivers and preschool teachers.
•  Provide a Bookmobile for outreach to seniors, the homebound, those without transportation and young families.
• Delight our community with great works of art for the atrium or a statue on the grounds.
• Contribute to our permanent Endowment For Our Future to provide funding for the Library in perpetuity.

$25	Can fund the craft for a Storytime or School Age Program (we did 200 children’s programs just in this year’s Summer Reading alone!)
$50	Funds one month for the Tween Craft Club for 6th graders and up.(a great thing for kids to do afterschool in a safe and lifelong learning environment)
$100 to $400	Fund an author visit or special program for adults
$500	Bring a family program like MadScience, the ZooMobile, Jungle John and Alligator Aaron, Muppets theatre, or other extra special fantastic program to the Library
$1,000	Provide Free Computer classes for one year  (in a typical month GPL offers 10 free computer classes ranging from Basic Mouse to How to Sell on Ebay)
$2,000	Fund the Friendly Notes newsletter that lets everyone know what is going on at GPL. At this time it is a bi-monthly publication (available online for members of the Friends.)
$3,000	Pay for half of Summer Reading
$4,000	Pay for half of the Community Read
$$??	The Sky's the limit!!!

Gift descriptions below illustrate the value of gift levels and are not meant to imply that these specific items are purchased with your gift. If you want to designate your gift to a specific purpose: please contact Jane Weisenbach at  (317) 883-4249  to discuss your wishes.