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A Foundation for
Our Future
NEWS
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!
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
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!
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.
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!
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.
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