What Your Money Buys

When you purchase a FOCL membership, give to one of our fundraising campaigns, or shop at one of our sales, you are enriching the lives of so many in our community.  Without generous donors like you, the library would not be able to provide such high-quality programs or such a wide range of materials to the public.  In recent years, FOCL has furnished the library with approximately $25,000 per annum to cover expenses.  Here are just a few examples of what your money went towards purchasing last year. 

By the way, when we say, "FOCL funds...," we really mean, "this is what YOU, the public, are providing for the library with your donations."  So, the FOCL Board of Directors would like to give an enormous THANK YOU to the Corrales Library patronage for your generous support.  The community spirit on which the library was founded is still alive and well today!

  • Website Hosting and Domain: $600
  • Monthly Window Displays: $100
  • Community Outreach: $1200
  • Additional Shelving:  $1250
  • Children's Room Furnishings: $10,570
  • Refurbishing and Preserving the Circulation Desk Artwork:  Still out for bids


  • Purchase of New and Replacement DVDs for Juvenile and Adult Collections:  $1550
  • Supplies for the Summer Movie Festival: $400


  • Author Series Talks:  $500
  • Conversational Spanish Materials: $300
  • Local Artist's Receptions: $200


  • Adult Lifelong Learning Take & Make Kits: $150
  • Lifelong Learning Classes: $1375
  • Monthly Kids' Arts Programming  Supplies:  $700
  • Adult Ukulele Lessons:  $250


  • Prizes and Supplies for Blind Date with a Book: $450
  • Adult Winter Reading Challenge: $200
  • Youth Summer Reading Prizes: $500
  • Trunk or Treat Supplies: $150
  • Kids' Summer Reading Program Tote Bags:  $670
  • Kids' Summer Reading Program Monday and Friday Crafts:  $600


  • Summer Reading Program Performances:  $2,000


  • Explora Nights:  $350


  • The Seed Library and Seed Swap: $950
  • Holiday Gingerbread House Making:  $300
  • Children's Garden: $500
  • Saturday Stitch Club: $500


  • Books from Special Publishers:  $1250
  • Chess and Book Club Supplies: $300

This is just a sampling of what your donations have provided.  When the library, FOCL, and our patrons work together, great things are possible.  Would you like your donation to go towards a particular expense?  Just let us know!  focl@corraleslibrary.org

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