Groton Public Library Gets 21K in Grants – Ithaca Times : News Groton Public Library Gets 21K in Grants

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The Groton Public Library recently announced that it was awarded two grants: One comes from The Bernard Carl and Shirley Rosen Library Fund of the Community Foundation of Tompkins County, and the other grant comes from the Children & Youth Fund of the Community Foundation.

Groton Public Library Manager Sara Knobel said the check came in last week. She explained that the money coming from the Bernard Carl and Shirley Rosen fund is actually an endowment, and part of a collaborative effort between Groton Public Library, Southworth Library Association in Dryden, Powers Library in Moravia and the Cortland Free Library. This grant will bring two authors to each Library for a presentation, and each family will receive a free autographed book by the author. It will always go to the 33 libraries in the Finger Lakes Library System.

The monies will however help the Groton Public Library host Sean Fay Wolfe, a 17-year old self published author of the novel, Quest for Justice, A Minecraft Novel, Book One of the Elementia Chronicles. Itas going to take off.a The library will also host childrenas author Suzanne Bloom, a popular author of the aGoose, Bear and Foxa stories.

Knobel said it is absolutely critical for the Groton Public Library to receive grants, and that without them, the library couldnat do the things it does. She was proud to admit the library in Groton has served as an example of what a small town library can be.