Second Century Fund, Inc.

Book Talk and Signing: Jane Haddam

Date: Sunday, April 11, 2010

Time: 2:00 p.m.

Where: Welles Turner Library Friends Room

Admission: This program is free and open to the public. Please contact Betsy Witteman (860) 633-5973 for further information and/or to make a reservation. (Reservations are requested.)

Jane Haddam is the author of twenty mystery books, including Cheating at Solitaire, Glass Houses, and her most recent book, Living Witness. She has won both the Edgar and Anthony Awards for her writing.

Principal Activity

The Second Century Fund is a not for profit organization which provides both permanent financial support for the Library as well as funding to help meet future large scale needs. As of October, 2006, the Fund totaled approximately $600,000, which included an anonymous gift of $100,000 from a local family.

Donations may be made to either the Endowment Fund to provide a perpetual source of income for the Library or to the Unrestricted Fund where the principal may be used for large scale needs, such as future renovations or additions to the Library. Both funds are used to support this valuable institution, so you may decide to which fund your donation will be allocated.

The gifts come primarily from our annual appeal, memorial gifts, honorariums, and fundraising events. Ways to contribute include:

• Cash
• Securities
• Mutual Funds
• Matching gifts
• Real estate or other personal property
• Charitable remainder trusts
• Gifts through wills
• Bequests

If you have questions, please call Susan Peitrogallo, Treasurer, at 860-633-1546.

Background

The Welles-Turner Memorial Library Second Century Fund, Inc. was established in 1993 by a small group of Glastonbury citizens. Its initial purpose was to raise private donations to help reduce the amount of town funding (i.e. taxpayer cost) for the expansion of the then overcrowded Library. In the beginning, there were eight people and a dream. Within a year they had the support of hundreds, then thousands of town citizens who gave of their time and money to make the library expansion a reality. On November 5, 1996, when Glastonbury voters passed a $5.7 million referendum to finance the project, the Fund was able to donate nearly $700,000 toward the library expansion. The Fund’s cost to raise that sum was less than 4%, a remarkably low figure achieved by the all-volunteer group. The primary goal is to continue generating income forever for this valuable institution.

Activities Sponsored by the 2nd Century Fund

• Celebrate! An Explosion of Ideas, chaired by the late Mary Merritt, conducted a year-long program comprised of lectures (including author Wally Lamb), concerts, poetry and play readings, panels and discussion groups, and art exhibits to celebrate the completion of the expansion and renovation.
• Annual Grants of $250-$1000 that provided educational & outreach programs.
• Tink Henderson Recognition Day - October 6, 2002
• Tink Henderson Award presented annually to a Glastonbury High School Junior who has shown an interest and talent in writing.
• Peg Stone Award presented annually to a Glastonbury High School musician.
• Thomas Cahill Book Talk and Signing: Sailing the Wine Dark Sea - October, 2004 at Smith Middle School.
• Chris Lemmon Book Talk and Signing: A Twist of Lemmon - May, 2006 at the Riverfront Community Center.
• Gala Fundraiser - June 8, 2003 at the home of John and Janet Anagnos.
• Gala Fundraiser - May 23, 2004 at the home of Chris and Gina Lemmon.
• Gala Fundraiser - September 11, 2005 at the home of John and Tonya Meyer.
• MaryAnn Tirone Smith Book Talk and Signing: Girls of Tender Age - January 21,2007
• Patricia Klindienst Book Talk and Signing: The Earth Knows My Name - March 18, 2007
• Gala Fundraiser - September 9, 2007 at the home of Jim and Barbara Morrissey.
• Stewart O'Nan Book Talk and Signing: Last Night at the Lobster, Snow Angels, Circus Fire, Faithful - January 27, 2008
• Nancy Verde Barr Book Talk and Signing: Backstage with Julia, My Years with Julia Child - May 4, 2008
• Wally Lamb Book Talk and Signing: The Hour I First Believed - January 25, 2009
• Candace Bushnell Author Talk and Signing - September 20, 2009
• Lincoln's 200th: A Birthday Symposium - November 22, 2009

Officers

Officers are elected at the Annual Meeting of the Fund, held in the Spring, and serve a one-year term.


President - Ginny Roscoe
Vice-President - vacant
Secretary - Pamela Gambarotta
Treasurer - Susan Pietrogallo
Assistant Treasurer - Richard Marcks

Trustees

Trustees -- totaling not less than ten nor more than eighteen -- serve staggered three-year terms, and are elected at the Annual Meeting of the Fund.

Current Board members are:

Janet Anagnos
Jennifer Hudner
Diane Lucas
Matt Maclean
Nicole McDaniel
Cynthia Merritt
Joyce Miglietta
Barbara Morrissey
John Pryor
Asker Saeed
Andrew Sullivan
Elizabeth Wittemann


Donors




  Welles-Turner Memorial Library Second Century Fund, Inc.
2407 Main Street, Glastonbury, Connecticut 06033
(860) 652-7717



Updated February 1, 2010