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With your tax-deductible donation, the Helen Matthes Library can continue to provide materials and services that the citizens of Effingham rely on. Your donation can go to support a specific program, materials, or general operations. Just print our donation form and mail it with your donation today! Help us raise our goal by contributing to our Annual Giving Campaign.
Give to Our Endowment Fund
In partnership with the Effingham County Community Foundation (ECCF), the Helen Matthes Library has established an endowment fund. This is a permanent fund that, once mature, will provide perpetual operating funds for the library. The partnership with the ECCF allows the library to protect funds for the future, to gain greater visibility with a wider donor base, and to realize the advantages of broader investment management. To give to the endowment, just check the "Endowment Fund" box on the donation form and mail it today!
Consider leaving a legacy to the library to support the endowment fund. Remember the Helen Matthes Library in your will or make a different kind of "planned gift." Click here to learn more about leaving a legacy.
Memorials
Memorials are a great way to celebrate a special event or remember a loved one. Click here to learn more about the Helen Matthes Library's memorial program.
Donate Books and Other Materials
Give your gently used books, CDs, and videos to the Helen Matthes Library for inclusion in the library's collection or to sell in book sales. The library builds its collection with donated materials and can also purchase books in needed areas with book sale proceeds. Click here to learn more about our materials donation policy.
The Friends of the Library are the used book sale arm of the library. Donated books and materials that cannot be used in the library's collection are given to the Friends to sell. Proceeds from book sales go towards the purchase of new materials for the library. The Friends are looking for new leadership. To volunteer, contact Library Director, Amanda Standerfer, at amandas@effinghamlibrary.org or 342-2464 x. 5.