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THANK YOU TO CLAUDIA MOTT

This month the Library Foundation celebrated the incredible tenure of Claudia Mott.  Claudia was instrumental in creating the Foundation & Friends of the Long Hill Township Public Library. She has served on the board since its inception as a fierce advocate, innovator, and in various roles as treasurer and president.  Effective immediately, Claudia has transitioned to honorary trustee status.  The board greatly appreciates her years of invaluable service!

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THANK YOU TO OUR 2022 APPEAL DONORS!

The Foundation and Friends of the Long Hill Township Public Library would like to thank the generous contributors to our 2022 annual appeal allowing us to meet our goal of $22,000. Thank you to all of our benefactors!

Benefactors:

Michael & Lisa Hoffmann

David & Arlene Kaplan

Claudia Mott

The Waldele Family Foundation


Publishers:

Rohit Jayachandra & Saumya Gupta

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Scott

Richard & Theresa Verdino

David Weuste


Editors:

The Diamond Family

Thomas Graves & Heather Gillis 

Ernie Lettieri

Jeremy & Charlotte McGuire

Francis McGrath

Patrick Pierson & Andrea Petti

Colleen Shea

Muriel Tokarzewski

Kevin Walsh


Authors:

James Ahlstrom

Gregory & Maria Allen

Martin Allen

Diana Andreola

Annemarie & Piero Armenante

Melissa Azarian

Daniel & Kate Balboni

Sukanta Banerjee

Christopher & Anna Barry

Howard & Rosemary Beekman

Thomas Boemio

Kathy Borecki

Joan & John Borinski

Alice Britt

Glen & Mary Brown

The Bundonis Family

Melanie & Jack Burdorf

Lisa Butler

Roseanne Calluori

Sean Carlin & Kelly Ann Lynch

Timothy & Kaitlin Casey

Albino Cerqueira

Dana Chavkin & Robert White III

Li Chen & Jing Tang

Nick & Elena Cicchetti & Family

David & Frances Condit

Kevin & Beth Conlon

Joseph & Diane Costa

Thomas Cunningham

Christian & Lisa DeFazio

Angelo & Marie De Gaetano

James De Jesus                

The DeMizio Family

Hester De Voogd & Brenda AukjeMeijer

Dr. & Mrs. Donald DeFabio

The Dellureficio Family

John III & Lindsay Delutis

Wanda Diehl

Jennifer & Michael Eggers

Donna & Bob English

Thomas & Flora Feitel

Douglas & Patricia Frank

Stephen & Joan Fronapfel

Phyllis & Fred Frohmann

Mary Jane Fullerton

Michael & Julia Gallagher

Nitish Gangoli & Katherine Harihar

Roy & Renate Garms

Maria Giacona

Raymond & Karen Gil

A. Parker Godwin

James & Mariana Golden

Goldcon, Inc.

Ellen Goldstein

Raymond & Carolyn Good

Ybich Granados & David Malanga

Carole Gray

Tom & Jill Hackett

David Hands & Anne-Marie Mastaglio

Donald & Allison Hansen

Terry Heide

Marilyn Hepplewhite

Mary Herrmann

Edward & Ramona Houck

Nicholas & Catherine Impalli

Paulette Irlander

Thelma Jarnagin

Jonathan & Susan Jeans

Julian Thomas & Mary Elaine Jova

George Kalb

Allison Kempe

Alis Kilkenny

Jeanne Kilroy

Joseph Jr & Susan Kinsella

Alison Kole

Barbara Komoroski

Roger & Suzanne Kosempel

Brian Kulig

Bob & Allison LaHoff

Joseph & Emily Giaimo

Sharon Hollfelder

Tzong-Yih & Wen-Hwa Li              

Jane Ligums & Ed Berberich

Michelle Link

Ching-Hsiang & Wen-Ching Liu

Dennis & Lorraine Lockwood

Richard Marchisio & Susan Bovan

Tom & Anna Marko

Mark's Auto Service

Ruth & John Mazur

Mr. & Mrs. Landon McDonald

Mark & Kathleen Mckenna

Joanna Askey & Nick Mehler

Doris Mertz

Jill Miller

John & Natasha Miller

David Modoski

Gail & Charles Moizeau

James Mulvey

Wendi Mulvey

Stephen & Barbara Napholtz

J.A. Northington

Judith O'Donnell

Gary Oeters & Jody Mullen  

Linda & Jerry Ondrusik

The Osmonds

James & Sharon Osowski

Lawrence & Ann Oster

David & Melissa Pagliaro

Carter & Suzy Parker

Thomas & Janet Parziale

The Paschke Family

Barbara Pavlo

Michael Jr & Deborah Javlo

N. Bradford & Joyce Payeur       

Celine Penn

Laurence & Jacquie Petras

Nancy Phillips

John & Marie Quinn

Mary Ann & Whit Ranger

Steven & Karen Remington

Mrs. Cynthia Retotar

Gregory & Christina Russotti

Dennis & Kristina Ryan

Jeffrey & Deborah Ryan

Sandra Sadowski

Christopher & Tara Fahy Salerno

David & Melissa Saul

John & Lindsay Schlegel

Lilas Schmidt

Bruce & Lynette Schneider

Sally & Jim Semper

Joan Shyers

Margaret Smith

Dennis & Arleen Soldati

The Spencer Family

Nick & Janet Spinelli

Hernan & Florencia Squizziato

Robert Jr & Joyce Stapperfenne

Kelly Stevens

Stirling Hotel, Inc.              

Prasad & Ramchandran Subramaniam

John & Cynthia Sullivan

Elaine Seckler

Christopher & Hilary Tait

Michael & Caren Tolleth

Anne Tritz

Marilyn Turnamian

Markus & Lisa Vaga

Daniel & Shuchen Voo

The Vreeland Family

Kelly Walker

Jo Ann Wall

Michael & Kristen Weaver

Alexandra Wein

David Wilbur

John & Leslie Yetsko

Michael Zanchelli

Candace  Zeman

Vintage Tavern Restaurant


Readers:

Michael Abbondandolo

John & Caryn Armstrong

Barbara Aroneo

James & Elizabeth Bride

Mead Briggs & Andrea Aroneo

John Castagna

Wayne & Kimberly Celeste

Dorothy Chin

Kathryn Colao

Arthur DeLotto

Catherine Devlin

Carol Pavlo-Echandy & Luis Echandy

Peter & Barbara Falzarano

Nicholas Ferrara

Pauline Filippone

Robert & Marion Fish

Bernice Fisher

Thomas Flatley

Richard Forbringer

Raymond & Geraldine Fotschky

Paul Garavente

Todd & Erin Givens

Patricia Goldsmith

Kathleen Graback

Jennifer Heinl

James Hoagland & Marie Cassese

Frederick Hunt

Kamalesh & Rekha Johri

Robert & Bonnie Sue Jordan

Chris & Alexis Kelly

Mindy Kielich

Ellen Kiell

Diana Kolfenbach

Rosanne & Bill Krais

Kathleen Larkin

Kevin & Stephanie Linder

Anita Loureiro

Mirko Majcen

Ms. Carol Marano

Anthony Margotta

Antonio & Antonietta Marino

The Martinez Family

Paul & Corinne Miller

Kristine Nester

Karen Ann Nyquist

Pamela Ogens & Raymond Monahan

Susan Orshan

Helen Pillion

John & Christine Quinn

John & Carol Rizzi

Carol & Richard Settar

Jim Shanley

Michael & Jill Shannon

Gary & Barbara Sherman

Margaret Smith

Pamela Plath-Soroka

Particia Steger

Frederick & Mary Synold

Paul Tamburri

Aaron & Jenna Utman

The Webbe Family

Mark Whitney

John Wilkins

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2021 ANNUAL APPEAL INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL!

The Foundation and Friends of the Long Hill Township Public Library would like to thank the generous contributors to our 2021 annual appeal allowing us to surpass our goal with donations totaling $28,432. Thank you to all of our benefactors!

BENEFACTOR $1,000+

Michael & Lisa Hoffmann
Claudia Mott
The Arlene and David Kaplan Fund
The Waldele Family Foundation


PUBLISHER $500-$999

Christopher Caiazza
Jeffrey & Stephanie Conroy
Robert & Sherry Scott
Richard & Theresa Verdino


EDITOR $250-$499

John III & Lindsay Delutis
Sean Diamond & Lauren Mazur
Ryan & Sandra Ehlert
Christopher & Nicole Feneli
Stephen & Joan Fronapfel
Thomas Graves & Heather Gillis
Jeremy & Charlotte Mc Guire
Francis Mcgrath & B.K. Stocker
Christopher Nascone


AUTHOR $50-$249

Prema & Raja Achari
Andrea Adams
James Ahlstrom
Gregory & Maria Allen
Martin Allen
Diana Andreola
The Anthony Family
Piero & Anne Marie Armenante
Daniel & Kate Balboni
Christopher & Anna Barry
Howard & Rosemary Beekman
Catharine Black
Thomas Boemio
Joan & John Borinski
Alice Britt
Glen & Mary W. Brown
Thomas & Nancy Burtnett
Lisa Butler
Carmen Carballo
Sean Carlin & Kelly Lynch
Regina Carney
Albino Cerqueira
Dr. Dana Chavkin
Chimney Rock Inn Gillette
Chu's Academy of Martial Arts
Nick & Elena Cicchetti
David & Frances Condit
Kevin & Beth Conlon
Joseph & Diane Costa
Thomas Cunningham
Debora Dasilva
James De Jesus
David & Jennie De Mizio
Hester Aukje De Voogd & Brenda Meijer
Donald & Jill Defabio
Chris & Lisa Defazio
Marie Degaetano
James & Diane Dellureficio
Susan & Henry Demczuk
The Dias Family
Wanda Diehl
Francis and Anne Dill
Matthew & Carla Dorsi
Melinda Duensing
Jennifer & Michael Eggers
Bob English
Peter & Barbara Falzarano
James & Irene Farrell-Towt
James Fasola & Stephanie Weintraub
Lawrence & Phyllis Fast
Matthew & Alison Filik
Russell & Paulene Fowlie
Douglas & Patricia Frank
Phyllis & Fred Frohmann
Mary Jane Fullerton
Roy & Renate Garms
George Gergulas
Maria Giacona
Parker Godwin
Ybich Granados & David Malanga
Carole S. Gray
Allan & Jill Hachey
Tom & Jill Hackett
David Hands & Anne-Marie Mastaglio
Donald & Allison Hansen
Terry Heide
Mary Herrmann
Chad Ho
Sharon Hollfelder
Edward & Ramona Houck
William Hudzik & Maryann Nergaard
Nicholas & Catherine Impalli
Intertek Laboratories Inc.
Paulette Irlander
Jean Digrande Agency
Jonathan & Susan Jeans
Kamalesh & Rekha Johri
David & Arlene Kaplan
Alis Kilkenny
Alison Kole
Barbara Komoroski
Roger & Suzanne Kosempel
Robert & Allison Lahoff
Sidharth & Nisha Lakhani
Dennis & Mary Lenahan
Tzong-Yih & Wen-Hwa Li
David, Lena & Charli Licata
Michelle & Harry Link
C.H. & W.C. Liu
Keh-Fan Liu
Larry & Laura Lukaszek
Yong Ma & Yi Yun Gu
Diane Macritchie
Richard Marchisio & Susan Bovan
Mark's Auto Service
Ruth & John Mazur
Ceri Mccarron
Landon Jr. & Lois Mcdonald
Patricia Mcpherson
Nicholas & Joanna Mehler/Askey
Robert & Leslie D. Mensak
Chad & Jill Miller
John & Natasha Miller
David Modoski
Gloria Campion Mossberg
Stephen & Barbara Napholtz
Valerie Novales
Judith O'Donnell
James & Sharon Osowski
Lawrence & Ann Oster
Vasilii Pankratov
Willy Parolari
Thomas & Janet Parziale
Louise Patregnani
Barbara Pavlo
Michael Jr. & Deborah Pavlo
N. Bradford & Joyce Payeur
Celine Penn
Andrea & Christopher Piazza
Pinnacle Motor Works
John & Marie Quinn
Ilija & Bozana Radenkovic-Hadzic
Joseph & Arlene Rafalko
Whitney Jr. & Mary Ann Ranger
John & Leslie Reiman
Steven & Karen Remington
Cynthia Retotar
Robert & Christina Roche
Martin & Olga Ruppert
Gregory & Christina Russotti
Daniel Ryan & Joanna Hayes
Tara & Chris Salerno
Andrew & Mary Ellen Salthouse
Earle Sandberg
The Saul Family
Fred Schaan
John & Lindsay Schlegel
Lilas Schmidt
Robert & Kaye Scholl
Marilyn Schreiber
Eleanor Schubauer
Donald & Kathryn Schuler
Robert Jr. & Kathleen Schwarz
James & Sara Semper
James & Christine Shanley
Diane Silvia
Antonio & Silvia Simoes
Charles & Carol Skidmore
Allen & Irmhild Smith
Michael & Margaret Smith
Dennis & Arleen Soldati
Robert Jr. & Joyce Stapperfenne
Patricia Steger
Nicholas & Kelly Stevens
Katherine Stinson
Stirling Hotel Inc.
John & Cynthia Sullivan
Frederick & Mary Synold
Marylou Szivos & Elaine Seckler
Christopher Tait
Muriel Tokarzewski
Michael & Caren Tolleth
Suzanne Traub
Anne Tritz
Markus & Lisa Vaga
Daniel & Shuchen Voo
Jo Ann Wall
Kevin Walsh
David & Cathleen Wilbur
John Wilkins
The Yetsko Family
Candace Zeman


READER <$50

Barbara Aroneo
Charles & Trudy Berman
Mary Ann Bonilla
James & Elizabeth Bride
Philip & Susan Brodziak
Melanie Palmer Burdorf
Joan Burns
Roseanne Calluori
John & Vera Castagna
Kimberly Celeste
Susan Crum
James Cullen
Arthur & Aileen Delotto
Robert & Wendy Di Sarno
Nicholas Ferrara
Pauline Filippone
Bernice Fisher
Thomas Flatley & Mary Grungther
Richard Forbringer
Raymond & Geraldine Fotschky/Et Als
Paul Garavente
Andrew & Cynthia Giordano
Elaine Giordano
Ellen Goldstein
Ruth Gombas
Kathleen Graback
James & Cassese Marie Hoagland
Carol Horincewich
Frederick & Sherrill Hunt
Thelma Jarnagin
Robert & Bonnie Sue Jordan
Ellen Kiell
Joseph Jr. & Susan Kinsella
Cathy Kopecki
Klara Kosempel
William & Rosanne Krais
William & Kathleen Larkin
Kevin & Stephanie Linder
Jane Mahr
Mirko Majcen
Carol Marano
Anthony Margotta
Antonietta Marino
Assunta Marino
Peggy Martinez
David & Katherine Mclennan
Donnie Jr. & Kathleen Miller
Paul Miller
Kathryn Murdoch
Kristine Nester
Pamela Ogens & Raymond Monahman
Wayne & Tanya Lee Paschke
Laurence & Jacquie Petras
John & Christine Quinn
Debra Reiss
Sandra Sadowski
Carol & Richard Settar
Stacie & Dorrielan Wilking Shivers
Margaret Smith
Hernan & Florencia Squizziato
Paul & Grace Tamburri
Gabriel & Mariella Totino
Michael & Kristen Weaver
James & Deborah Weiler
Alex & Sandra Wein

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THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION MAKES ANNUAL DONATION TO THE LIBRARY

Thank you to all our wonderful donors that made this year's annual appeal a record-breaking success!

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REMEMBERING ARLINE MOST

Message from the library staff:
We received sad news at the library today. Arline Most, the Director of the Long Hill Township Library from 1993 to 2005, has died. Arline, along with a band of dedicated volunteers, was responsible for the library as you know it today.
It's hard to imagine now, but over two years Arline orchestrated big parties at The Stirling Hotel, a teen talent show, a toddler walk, cupcake and rummage sales, a small auction, dances, and penny jars at the elementary school, to raise $500,000. That's how the Long Hill Public Library was rebuilt at 917 Valley Road!
Arline gave tirelessly of her time in managing the day-to-day operation of the old library, while directing the many details of construction, and the move to the new library.
We love you Arline.

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SUPPORT NJ LIBRARY FUNDING

From the New Jersey Library Association:

Help support libraries in New Jersey today!

We only have a short window of time this fall to get this bill out of Assembly Appropriations and Senate Budget committees and get it passed. That's why we are working with the New Jersey Library Association and asking for your support for Libraries in New Jersey by using this petition to send an email to your state representatives.

Click here to show your support!

https://action.everylibrary.org/njla2019?utm_campaign=njla2&utm_medium=email&utm_source=votelibraries

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THE LIBRARY BY THE NUMBERS

Our library relies on local and state funding for financial support.  Local township tax allocations comprise 99% of our Library budget and have decreased more than 7% over the past decade.  Funding from the state has decreased more than 57% since 2010.

This infographic illustrates some of the ways our library supports the residents of Long Hill and surrounding communities.

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THE LIBRARY IN 2018

  • 15,000 Square Feet

  • 63,347 Volumes

  • 4,753 Registered Users

  • 12 Public Computers

  • 13 Part Time Staff

  • 4 Full Time Staff

  • 6 Volunteers

  • 124,554 Walk In Users

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