2024 Giving Tuesday

Giving Tuesday is a holiday dedicated to helping those who help others. During this time, people gather and donate to organizations that positively and meaningfully impact their lives. This year's Giving Tuesday, please consider donating to the Palatine Library Foundation.

This year’s focus for Giving Tuesday is to raise money to purchase “Sensory Kits” , particularly for use by children with special needs.

2024 Annual Campaign

Our annual holiday-season fundraising campaign is now in its third year. Monies raised through your donations are used by the library to provide enhanced programs and services. Starting from Giving Tuesday through the end of December your donations can help us achieve these goals.

The theme for this year's annual campaign is ‘Experiential Learning’, where we seek to supply hands-on type resources, such as the ‘Sensory Kits’ that constitute our specific focus for your Giving Tuesday donations.

To donate: you can use the donate button on this page (If you would like your donation to be specifically directed to the purchase of the Sensory Kits, please indicate this on the 'special instructions' line).

For the past 100 years, the Palatine Library has been a cornerstone of our community. Since 1993, the Palatine Library Foundation has played an important role in assisting our Library to provide our community with services over-and-above its basic mission. During that time, the library has provided more than just books and references. It has provided: programs that teach important skills; services that help users improve and enrich their lives; and community, a space for all who enter its doors.

As in the past, your donation will help the library expand upon its services and amenities, making life-changing materials and experiences accessible to everyone.

Any donation you give us helps the library continue to provide enhanced services that benefit the lives of our community members. Each dollar makes an impact.

Thank you so much for your support!

For questions, please contact Ed Kerr at president@ppldf.org

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Why donate to the Palatine Public Library District Foundation?

• The Library provides a great array of materials and services to cardholders, including business owners, residing in the Library’s service area
• Library programs and resources enhance the quality of life of residents and business owners by supporting their educational, informational, and recreational pursuits
• The tax levy funding which the library receives from property taxes is capped and limited by legislation
• Tax objections and foreclosures delay or eliminate tax revenues that would otherwise be paid out to the Library
• The Library’s service area is essentially built out so no substantial increase in taxes due to new construction is expected
• Few industries are in the Library’s service area so the tax revenue from them is more modest than many other communities receive
• Funds traditionally received from the state are in jeopardy and the fate of the annual per capita grant is very uncertain
• Low interest rates impact earnings on invested fund balances

The Foundation has provided funding for a number of projects that would not have been possible for the Library to fully fund including: computers in the children’s area of the Main Library, shelving and furnishings for the Freeman Road Branch renovation, the Library’s bookmobile, furniture at the Main Library and support of the proposed Main Library meeting room renovations.

• The Foundation is a 501c 3 entity chartered by the Palatine Public Library District. All donations to the Foundation go directly to benefit patrons of the Library
• Donations may be tax deductible and will be receipted and recognized
• There are a variety of ways to contribute via the Foundation: endowments, single gifts, annual contributions, contributions to a specific fundraising campaign in support of a project, etc.

Just print, fill out, and return this donation form (PDF).

Or use PayPal to pay with a credit card or set up a recurring donation