Guess who has a birthday on Valentine’s Day? The State of Oregon and the Wilsonville Public Library, and probably a few other noteworthy institutions. The Library Foundation and the Friends of the Wilsonville Library invite you to celebrate the Library’s 35th birthday. Please join us for cake and coffee on Tuesday February 14 starting at 2pm in the Library Board members from the Foundation and the Friends will be on hand to serve cake until we run…
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I invite you to attend the Wilsonville Public Library Foundation Annual Meeting on Tuesday January 10, 2017 6:30pm – 8:00pm at the Wilsonville Public Library, Rose Room This is a great opportunity to meet the Board of Directors, look back on our accomplishments of 2016 and get a preview of the goals and activities for 2017. Happy Holidays and my best wishes for a peaceful and prosperous New Year! Hilly Alexander President Wilsonville Public Library Foundation
Ms. Mitsui Asai who is 83 gave a great talk on Japanese Internment during WWII at the February History Pub. She included many personal notes from her experience as a young deportee and what it was like being shunned in the Hood River area after the family’s return. She sent us the following note: “Dear Wilsonville Foundation members, Thank you for the honorarium for my slide presentation yesterday. As one of the founding members of the Friends…
Jan Rippey is holding a birthday cake to celebrate the 4th Anniversary of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Wilsonville. There are currently about 700 Wilsonville kids signed up to receive books once a month until they turn 5 years old. Over the last 4 years nearly 500 kids have graduated from the program. The program was brought to the City by the Kiwanis Club of Wilsonville. It receives significant funding from Joe Restic of Wilsonville Orthodontics, the…
Our January Artist of the Month is local artist Rinse de Koning. Rinse’s work can be seen on the Art Wall next to the New Books shelves. About the artist: Rinse Jan de Koning was born in The Hague, The Netherlands (also known as Holland) in 1941. He was educated through the Montessori system and then attended the College of Hotel-Restaurant Management there. He emigrated to the United States in 1965 and first made his home in…
OrePac Building Product’s recent donation of $5,000 for technology improvements and Xerox’s donation of $5,000 for the endowment fund will help the library thrive. The continued support from these local businesses of the Wilsonville Public Library Foundation makes a heartfelt and positive impact on our community.