Alachua County Library District

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Major Fundraising Activities: Between 2004 and 2010, the ACLD Foundation sponsored a series of well-attended community events known as our Galas. These Galas sewed both to raise funds and to bring recognition of the community to our Foundation. Nationally known authors which appeared were Frances Mayes, Alexander McCall Smith, Erik Larson, Diana Gabaldon, and Michael Connelly, the last two foregoing their usual fees. These galas occurred under the leadership of Laura Shaw.

In 2012, the Foundation began a new annual fundraising event, conceived by Mitzi Austin, Cecilia Caton, and Eve Ackerman and under Foundation Chair Marjorie Alexander. This activity, the Non-Event Gala, has featured Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Patrick O’Brian, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Franz Kafka, Henry David Thoreau, and Mary Shelly, and has proved to be financially successful without the effort required for an actual event.

The “Insuring our Legacy” Campaign in 2013-14, under the leadership of Hunt Davis, Jr., was a major campaign to raise adequate funds for our endowment and succeeded in bringing in donations of more than $100,000. Reaching to members of our Board, our Associates, and the general public, the campaign ensured the financial health of our endowment. Under Marjorie Alexander’s leadership, we were also welcomed to participate in the UF Community Campaign, a continuing activity that provides funds for our activities.

We are also the recipients of many small and not-so-small donations given regularly by citizens wishing to support their library and using us as a means to do so. Our sincere thanks!