Press release regarding Wilsonville Imagination Library For release February 13, 2018 Contact: janrippey@gmail.com Donors honored for supporting Wilsonville Imagination Library for 6 years “Every child who is enrolled in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library that I’ve talked to is excited about reading and about getting something in the mail,” shares Hilly Alexander, board member of Wilsonville Public Library Foundation and library volunteer extraordinaire. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library (DPIL) is a book-gifting outreach that encourages parents to read to…
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The Wilsonville Public Library Foundation Board of Directors elected officers at the Annual Meeting on January 9, 2018. President Caroline Berry Vice President Reggie Gaines Secretary Miriam Pinoli Treasurer Steve McConnel Congratulations! While the Library remodel is in progress our Board Meetings will be held off site. If you would like to attend a meeting, please contact us. 2017 was a successful year for us and we look forward to another successful year in 2018.
By Hilly Alexander Blog
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…