A Message From Our Leadership Team

2014 Report of Giving
A Message From Our Leadership Team
On behalf of the Library Board of Trustees, the Foundation Board and
the library staff we would like to thank you for your support of
Easttown Library in 2014.
Our public library is a place to learn, grow and explore. As part of its
mission, Easttown Library actively supports the educational and
learning needs of every person in our community. We serve as a vital
resource for helping young children learn to read, and provide equal
opportunity to access information, high quality materials, programs, and
online resources. We strive to meet the needs of our diverse community
for lifelong learning, cultural enrichment, and intellectual stimulation
and host classes, workshops and training opportunities for all ages, all
year long. As part of its mission to advance literacy, the library offers
services that can help patrons learn a new skill, prepare for the workforce, or earn a high school diploma.
In addition to your support for the library through the Annual Fund in 2014, we also received funds through
the Commonwealth’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program. Using these funds, the library
has been able to offer a greater number of science and history programs for students in grades K-12. In 2014,
over 1,000 students and their families have participated in EITC funded programming.
Along with an Annual Fund and EITC funding, we are also moving forward in our efforts to build an
endowment for the library. A strong endowment will ensure the long-term stability and continuous support
for technology, programming and library materials now and into the future. It will also help to provide the
funds needed to meet unforeseen expenses. It is our hope that in 2015 you will make a contribution to both
the Library’s Annual Fund and to our Endowment Fund.
In 2014 we added three new members to the Elsie Jardine Legacy Society. This society recognizes those who
have notified us that they have included the library in their estate planning. The library was especially
honored to be a beneficiary in the estate of William F. Ward. Mr. Ward was a Berwyn resident and a
professor of biology at Rosemont College for over 50 years. A portion of his bequest will be used for special
projects now and the remainder has been put into the Endowment Fund helping ensure that the benefits you
enjoy now will be available for generations to come.
Easttown Library embraces its role as a social and educational hub in our community that is useful at every
stage of life. Your ongoing support helps makes so much of what we are able to do possible. It makes the
difference between a good community library and a great community library.
Thank you for all you do for Easttown Library,
Dennis P. Leeper
President, Easttown Library Foundation
Karl A. Romberger, Jr.
President , Easttown Library Board of Trustees
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Julie & Dave Graham
Jack & Priscilla Belsinger
Craig & Kathy Lewis
Mr. & Mrs. James Bennett
Roger Bollinger
Christopher A. Lewis
Patricia & Donald Littlewood
Neil and Susan Margolis
Jim and Jane Martin
Tom & Linda McCarthy
Christopher & Stacey Willits McConnell
Pete and Bonnie Motel
James D. Nelson
Diane Elizabeth Reger
Spa Car Wash Systems
Jeff and Susan Starke
William C. & Heidi Turley
Valerie & Rock Vitale
Brian Walheim & Christina Coughlin
Each week we welcome a crowd in Youth Services Edward and Kathleen Wylonis
for Everybody Read and Sing with Lynne
Hockenbury from The Center on Central.
Wordsmith’s Club
President's Club
($250 - $499)
($5,000 and Above)
Anonymous
Harold G. & Geraldine M. Hurff*
Hoyt & Alice Bangs
Roger & Ellen Brace
Edward E. & Jean J. Brennan
Susan & Stephen D. Brown
Barbara Miller Bugliani
Michael & Linda Burg
Dr. & Mrs. John Chogich
Jake Cole
Michael J. Cowan
Alan & Robin Crawford, 3rd
Alan & Marlene Daum
Chuck & Gretchen Davis
Bonnie Davis
Joseph V. & Anne M. Del Raso
Joyce & Larry DeYoung
Deborah Dooling
John & Barbara Dougherty
Patricia and Jake Dresden
Bruce & Peggy Hart Earle
Ed Forde Service Center, Inc.
Diana Braunstein
Monika Krug & George Edel
Ingrid Deckman
Andrea S. Engle
Dunbar Roofing & Siding Co.
Mr. & Mrs. John R. Eppinger
Drs. Mike & Patricia Free
Mr. Jack H. Fisch
Bert & Cherryl Graham
Kristi Fontaine
Beverly S. Hattersley
Lawrence & Virginia Frame
Dorrie & Bruce Hopper
Steven & Kara Frech
Brendan & Andrea Howard
Philip Friedman & Maryanne Noel
Edd & Jean Hyde
C. Herbert Fry
Donald & Elizabeth Kirkland
David and Judith Fultz
Kenneth M. & Margaret Rose G. Kistler
Anne Marie Gallagher
F. Gibbs & Jane LaMotte
Gary & Marcella Generose
Christopher A. Lewis
Bayard & Ruthann Graf †
Naturescapes
Rody Gratton
Joseph & Elizabeth Reger*
David & Trudi Graves
Schiano Family
Kathie & George Guenther
Claudia & Alan Silverman
Brett B. Gutsche, MD
Steve & Lisa Sugarman
Mr. & Mrs. Edward F. Guza
L. Pierre & Margaret Teillon, Jr.
Charlotte & Henk Hameka
Peter & Elizabeth Unger
Frederick W. & Bridget M. Hartmann
Scribe’s Club
Dr. Carmen Wickland*
Matthew & Ginger Heim
($500 - $999)
Anonymous (3)
Poet’s Club
William & Jane Heintzelman
($100 - $249)
Anonymous (13)
Paula Henthorn
Peter & Karen Appicciafuoco
Ming-Chun Hsu
Maureen & Robert C. Ball
Harold & Patricia A. Ikeler, Jr.
Tom and Beth Beckett
Jack & Lynn Israel
Editor's Club
($2,500 - $4,999)
Anonymous
Robb & Tara Boland*
Ronald L. Mintz & Jessica L. Cahen Mintz*
Biographer's Club
($1,000 - $2,499)
Anonymous
Joe & Julia Fisher
Van Hoang*
Thomas & Janice Keon
Dave & Lisa Knight*
Robert S, Lake
Dennis & Mary Leeper
Michael & Nancy McLelland
Tim & Kerri Martin
Michael & Barbara Miles
Barbara & Fred Sutherland
Chris & Jeanette Alwine*
Ellie & Jeff Barger
Simon Blake & Anuk Das
Kathleen & Nicholas Chimicles
Gary and Joan Ellis
Donald & Mary Ann Heimark
Jane & Steve Heumann
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Rita & Richard Jacoby
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Kasznel
Amy & David Rafferty
Thomas & Janice Keon
David & Laraine Reid
Roy & Jean Kim
Margaret Esther Sardinas
Richard & Nancy Klavans
William F. Schoenhut, Jr.
Ginny Koch
Carol M. Schreck
Barbara Korenblatt
Daiva & Valdas Sevelis
Roman & Laura Koropey
The Shipp Family
Daniel & Laura Koster
Ellen & Ed Simek
Michael & Cathy Kunsch
Bradford Smith, III
Chuck & Diane Ladner
Spa Car Wash Systems
Marie H. Lambeck
Robert D. St. George
Joel R. Lang
Mrs. Anne M. Steidle
Bob & Mary Lawler
Drs. Bari Brandt & Mitchell Stein
Arthur & Joanne LeGar
Richard & Patricia Streeter
Ruth & Andy Levy
Hank & Candy Stringer
James & Maureen Lok
Edward Strogen
Madeleine L. Long
Mary Ann Sturdick-Jones
Manuel A. & Shannon Lopez, Jr.
Peter C. & Mary Frances Trenham
Judy Lupinski
Nancy & Jack Trimmer
The MacKenzies
Ken & Anne Tucker
Ms. Helen Mankowski
Paul & Christine Tufano
Glen & Barbara Marshall
Nancy N. Ulrich
Jeanne May
Joe & Diane VanderVeer
McCarley Family
Jud & Ginni Vosburg
Andrew & Courtney Rau
John & Barbara McCown McClintick Mr. Edward Wagner
Claire & John McCormick
Jeff & Cammy Wagner
Mr. & Mrs. Thorley C. Mills
Joe & Jolly Waterman
Penny B. Moldofsky
Arun & Sunita Multani
Shirley A. Weaver
Matthew P. Kinsella &
Anne Van de Weghe-Kinsella
Francis J. Murphy
Ellen L. Weissberg
Dolores A. Narcisi
R. Kelman Wieder
Amy & Blaise Narducci
James & Hilary Wilson
Robert Nicander
J. Woodcock
Maureen F. Mulhall
Bruce & Stella Niccolo
John & Dot Norbury
Novelist’s Club
Ethan & Marianne Norris
Tim & Sue O'Reilly
($50 - $99)
Anonymous (17)
Debbie Orlov
Estelle Abrams
Franklin & Priscilla Osgood
Kenneth & Carren Abrams
Bob & Peggy Owen
Til Albrecht
The Paseltiner Family
Peg Alzamora
Jenna & Mike Persick
Carl & Joanne Annas
Nancy & Bruce Phillips
Katie Apgar
Mr. & Mrs. S.J. Pilotti
Don & Roberta Barnett
Allyn & Ann Plambeck
Milton Becket
Jeffrey M. Preston †
Meg Begley
Robert & Joanne Priem
Lawrence & Julie Berger
Don K. & Virginia Black
Sheila Leith
Lorna Bosin
William & Patricia Boyer
Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Lynch*
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lynch
Sarah Buckley
Paul Macht
Kevin & Lori Butko
Caroline Bruckner Madden
Marty & Joyce Cappelletti
Joseph Makowski
Joyce L. Rehorst
Allen & Diane Martineau
Dr. Benjamin W. Champion
John & Elizabeth McCann
Joyce McCullough &
James D McCullough†
Robert & Nanette Chappelear
Kenneth P. & Deborah L. Chiarello
Mrs. Patricia A. Collins
Barbara T. Crawford
James E. Dalberg
Alan & Susan DeJong
Robert H. Dempsey
Joseph DiGeorgio
Michele G. Doll
Oleg & Genevieve Dudkin
Katherine, Andrew & Benjamin Elkin
Regina Esposito
Stephen & Beth Fenwick
Rita & John Fisk
Bob & Judy Fisk
Lisa K. & Stephen C. Fox, MD
Edward & Helene Gallagher
Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Grob
Tim & Gretchen Guttman
Mr, & Mrs. Wm. G. Happersett, Sr.
Margaret Havens
Lunetta Headley
Hoffman Family
Mr. Henry A. Homont
Mary Hopkins
William H. Howard
Mr. & Mrs. James P. Hughes
Marie-Louise G. Ingersoll
Bob & Terry Jenkins
Tricia and Jay Jennings
Gerald & Zdenka Jonak
Geri $ Alan Joseph
Mr. & Mrs. David Kaslow
John J. & Mary G. Kiely
Robert E. Killen
Judith H. Koch
Marie H. Lambeck
Mark S. Lare
Peter & Susan LaRosa
John & Barbara Latu
Eleanor & James Lee
William & Katherine McGarry
Nora McSweeney
Roberta & John Menapace
Chris & Betsy Metz
M.D. Moore
Timothy & Christine Moran
Margaret & Alvin Morris
Anne N. Neilson
Missy Norcini
Ruth O'Keefe
William & Nicole OBrien
Ohanyan Family
Sonia & James Padget
Catherine D. Parker
John & Marita Parthemore
William J. & Sandra Patterer
Marjorie Payne
Barbara M. Pettinos
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pogyor
Stephen R. Popielarski
Laurie Nishimura & Rob Price
Elsie & George Rayl
George J. Rayl
Clarence R. Reed
Cathy Roach
Betsey & Mitch Robin
Deborah F. Rollins
Roy & Patty Roseberry
Joe & Betty Santoleri
Jack & Barbara Schaefer
Julie S. Schwartz
Frank & Sally Scorzetti
Adele Bane Seiscio
Ann J. Seybert
Sandra H. Richard P. Shiners, II
Barry & Joanne Shumaker
Bambi Siegfried
Robert M. Starr
A.G. Steinmayer, Jr.
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Charles P. Stone
R. Streeter
Jeanne & Doug Swope
Joe & Pat Tartaglio
Henry J. & Victoria Taylor, 3rd
Rita Thompson
Lois L. Tobin
Tom & Anne Toscani
Curtis Tredennick
Denise & Jon Waite
Ward B. Burnside & Co.
Ms. Deborah Holt Weil
Mary Westervelt
Wieser Family
Mr. & Mrs. Phillip H. Wilson
Patricia Wood
Gerald & Patricia Yantis
Richard & Debra Young
Barbara & Paul Zimmer
Brian & Diane Zwaan
Michael Burns
Virgina A. Cappelli
Debbie & Jim Carboni
Qi Chen
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Curry
Touran Dalili
Anne M. Dees
Anna M. DeHaven
John J. & Pamela C. DeLuccia
Mr. Edward S. Dentremont
Beth Zachai & Rick DiSimone
Linda & Drew Dutton
Eleanor S. Erskine
Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey Felahi
Mr. & Mrs. David Fiorello
Kari Francione
Friends of Easttown Library President Margaret MacKenzie,
landscape designer Careen Wright, Easttown Library
Foundation President, Denny Leeper and Easttown Library
Director Alan Silverman cutting the ribbon on the library’s
court yard redesign. The Woodlea Garden Club designed and
installed colorful, new planting in the space with the help of the
Public Works Department of Easttown Township. With a gift
from the Friends of Easttown Library, beautiful and functional
seating with tables was also added.
Betty Freedman
Howard & Elizabeth Friend
Cecil Jones
Thomas M. Sagges
Marilyn Furfari
Pauline R. Jordan
Julie Samuels
Sameer Gaikwad
Stavros & Maria Kalisperis
John & Anita M. Savoy
Joyce Garbarino
Brittany Kleckner
Charlotte Schmucker
Essayist’s Club
Pat & Bill Graham
Ruth E. Kravitz
Karen Schultz
(up to $49)
Anonymous (25)
Judy Hamilton
Kristin S. Lent
Avis J. Yuni & David G. Schwartz
Sharon V. Hampton
Donna M. Loyal
Melissa Y. Shaner
John Adams
Wesley M. Heilman, III
Ed & Diane Hoey
Cathleen Arnt
Donald & Shirley Hough
Evelyn Babcock
Cathie Hozinez
Susan Anne Macaleer
Mark Chiu &
Maria MacWilliams
Nancy Magee
Elizabeth Sutherland
Donald & Anna Andrews
Mr. & Mrs. James M. Bergquist
Regina Hurley
Peggy Mahan
Cecelia Doherty
Robert & Dolores Hytha
Carl M. Mazzocone
Anita D. Biondi
Impriano Roofing & Siding
John J. McKeown, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. James M. Boyce
Mark Inserra & Catherine Bergan
Barbara Mekenney
Clinton H. Brown, Jr.
Madeline Irizarry
Judith Millsaps
The Burns Family
K. Maxine & Edward R. Jex
Gerald & Whitney Murphy
Jean Taylor
Paul & Elizabeth P. Tenaglio
Jim Tinneny
Samuel C. & Suzanne Wasson, Jr.
Karen L. & Edward H. Williams, III
Robert B. Wolfe
Thomas J. Wolfe
James R. Pierson, Jr.
United Way Contributions
United Way of Greater Philadelphia
and Southern New Jersey
United Way of Chester County
David G. Poe
United Way of Delaware
Fran & Peter Neall
Donna Nichols
Thomas Poore
Margaret Purdy
Matching Gift Companies
Aetna Foundation
Mr & Mrs Richard Purkiss
GE Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Reber, Jr.
ING Charitable Giving Program
Andrew C. & Sarah Reindel*
Johnson & Johnson
Howard M. Rice
Merck Foundation
Grace Richter
Network for Good
Scott & Suzanne Pugh
Pennsylvania State Representative Duane Milne presenting a citation
from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Ann and Al Plambeck.
Al and Ann were named Library Champions of the Year. Being
named as a Library Champion acknowledged the many ways, both
tangible and intangible, that the Plambecks have supported their
community library.
William J. & Elizabeth Ristey Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts
Truist
Gailmarie Rizzo
Dorothy G. Rolph
Vanguard Charitable Foundation
Robin Rosecky
Vanguard Group Foundation
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Lance & Susan Sabouni
Voya Foundation
The Elsie Jardine Legacy Society
Library Foundation
President Denny Leeper;
Easttown Library Board
Vice President Ron
Mintz, John Bogle &
Kathryn Lewis,
former Easttown
Library Board President
at our first Lunch &
Learn Event.
The Elsie Jardine Legacy Society recognizes
those who have notified the Easttown Library
Foundation that they have included the library
in their estate planning.
The Society’s name honors Easttown’s first
librarian, Elsie Jardine. Named Librarian in
1906, it was Elsie Jardine’s job to move the
Library to its first independent home in the
Yerkes Building located at Berwyn Avenue
and Main Street in Berwyn.
Gifts in Support of Special Projects
As a donor, you have the ability to specify
whether your gift to the Elsie Jardine Legacy
Society will be invested in the Easttown Library
Foundation Endowment Fund or if it will
be used to support current operations of
the library through the Annual Fund.
Current members of the Elsie
Jardine Legacy Society include:
The Estate of Harry S. Alwine, Jr.
Diana M. Braunstein
Dr. Dennis P. Leeper
Dr. Madeleine L. Long
Peggy J. Mahan
Edith Finton Rieber
Charles S. Stone
Robert & Patricia Thomas
The Estate of William F. Ward
Berwyn Devon Business &
Professional Association
Elizabeth Huston Fadem
The Friends of Easttown Library
Patricia G. Birchard
Hoover Financial Advisors
Decorating Den Interiors
RBC Wealth Management
Eadeh Enterprises
Lloyd M. & Emily Perry
Memorial Gifts
Laura Bassone
Dottie Shoemaker
John B. Fitzgerald
Charles M. Silverman
Nancy Drinkwater O’Brien
William F. Ward
Gifts From Our Community Partners
American Assoc. of University Women
Main Line Geneology Club
Devon Elementary PTO
Rotary Club of Paoli-Malvern-Berwyn
Dunbar Roofing
Spa Car Wash
Ed Forde Service Center
Woodlea Garden Club
Impriano Roofing & Siding
Ward Burnside & Company
Planned Gifts
D & S Charitable Lead Annuity Trust
Easttown Library Foundation is Recognized as an
Educational Improvement Organization (EITC).
The Easttown Library Foundation has been approved once again by the
Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development as
an educational improvement organization. As such the library is eligible
to receive contributions through Pennsylvania’s Educational
Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program which allows eligible
businesses to make donations to participating educational nonprofits
in exchange for tax credits. Funds received through EITC support
expanded youth (K-12) science programming at Easttown Library.
The Franklin Institute brought their interactive
program, Animals With Bad Reputations to
Easttown Library. This program was made
possible with EITC Funding.
To inquire about making an EITC donation to Easttown
Library contact Angela Scully at
[email protected].
In 2014 Easttown Library Foundation was honored to have received
EITC support from: First Priority Bank and Waste Management.
In 2014 the library hosted 9 EITC sponsored science programs reaching
over 1,000 people. Presenters included the Franklin Institute, Academy
of Natural Sciences and Wondergy. This year we will be adding an art
conservation program from Winterthur Museum.
* Denotes matching gift donor
† Denotes deceased
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Message from Alan Silverman, Library Director
Over the last decade many of us have embraced the digital revolution. We read on devices and
we access movies, music and information online.
Easttown Library has not stood still either. We support technological advancement by
providing training in the use of computers, e-readers and other devices, and making space
available for people to connect to our wireless network. But we haven’t abandoned our more
traditional role of building a vital, up-to-date collection of materials in a variety of formats and
offering creative programming that engages our community. We are currently exploring new
ways to organize our materials and we are adding more public meeting space. In all of this, our
goals are constant. We support literacy for all of our customers, young and old, and we serve
as a resource for learning new skills and enhancing the well-being of our community through `
our programming.
All of us at Easttown Library – our boards, staff and volunteers – work hard to provide you with the information, materials
and services that you need for a lifetime of learning, civic engagement and the exchange of ideas. Our strength as a
community resource lies in our ability to adapt while at the same time maintaining and enhancing longtime community
ties. The relationships we build with our customers guide how we develop our programs and services.
Now in our 110th year, we are continuing to evolve to meet the rapidly changing needs of our community.
Thank you for your support of our library.
Alan Silverman, Library Director
Endowment Fund Continues to Grow and Will
Support Easttown Library Now and Into the Future
Anonymous (8)
Kenneth W. & Margaret Rose G. Kistler**
Martha L. & Andrew W. Allen, Jr.
Dave & Lisa Knight**
Ellie & Jeff Barger**
Roman & Laura Koropey**
Brenda & Dave Bartlett
Bob & Mary Lawler**
John C. Bogle
Mary & Dennis Leeper**
Mr. & Mrs. James M. Boyce**
Craig & Kathy Lewis**
Robert & Nanette Chappelear**
Donald & Patricia Littlewood**
Richard & Betsy Cohen
The MacKenzies**
Palmer & Margaret Dalesandro
Tim & Kerri Martin **
Mr. & Mrs. Charles S. Davis**
Paul C. & Susan Schautz McCabe
Gary & Susan DiLella
Ronald L. Mintz & Jessica L. Cahen Mintz**
Gary & Joan Ellis**
Amy & Blaise Narducci**
Drs. Mike & Patricia Free**
Bruce & Stella Niccolo**
Joseph E. & Elizabeth Reger**
C. Herbert Fry**
Janet L. Nolan
Julie S. Schwartz**
Bert & Cherryl Graham**
Kathryn L. Nothacker**
Scott & Evelyn Shreve
Lawrence J. & Susan M. Harris
Wendy & Jim Oram
Elizabeth Silvius
Marcia C. Herrick
George & Andrea Papadopoulos
Jack & Nancy Trimmer**
Margot F. Hitchcock
Marjorie Payne**
Valerie & Rock Vitale**
Andrea & Brendan Howard**
Fred & Kathy Pioggia
Estate of William F. Ward
Rita W. Ingersoll
Allyn & Ann Plambeck**
Barbara A. & Dale R. Weigand
Robert E. Killen**
Chris & Kathy Polites
Elsie & George Rayl**
Ms. Deborah Holt Weil**
Roy & Jean Kim**
In May 2014, Chris and
Kathy Polites hosted
an event in their home
to benefit the Easttowm
Library Foundation
Endowment Fund.
Sally A. Wood
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** Denotes both an endowment
gift and an annual fund gift