The Board of Library Trustees and the Friends of the Robbins Library joined forces to launch a successful fund-raising campaign that drew sufficient funds to be open from October to May, Katharine Fennelly, chair of library trustees, reported. The campaign was bolstered by an anonymous donor who matched each donation.
[Fennelly told YourArlington that the cost to open Sundays is $36,000. She wrote in an e-mail that the anonymous donor gave half, or $18,000.
[Thus, the effort raised $36,000 for this year, and anything extra "goes into the kitty for next year," she wrote.]
The library had been open Sundays intermittently over the last 30 years using grant funding. Because of reductions in municipal and state funding several years ago, the Robbins Library was forced to cut back hours including Sundays.
"Sundays was always a very popular day with families and individuals who found that afternoon to be a very convenient time to utilize the library¹s vast resources," she wrote to the Arlington e-mail list Sept. 19.
The Board of Trustees intends to continue fund raising so that Sundays can also be offered in continuing years.
Anyone interested in contributing should make checks payable to Robbins Library.
If you would like additional information, contact Fennelly at
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or 781-648-1794.
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Closed a number of years on Sunday because of budget cuts, the Robbins Library is once again open that day from 2 to 5 p.m., thanks to the generosity of individuals and businesses in the community.
