FLX Gives has ended!
Another FLX Gives fundraiser has ended. It has been a long 24 hours, but all our hard work has paid off. Our total of donations is $5200.00. Add in a prize, we won this morning of $500.00 our final total should be $5700.00!! This fundraiser has been the best one we have had in a long time. We could not have done it without everyone pitching in with donations, spreading the word and putting up with my updates for the last 24 hours. Thank you for all of your support and help now and throughout the years. Austin is extremely grateful to all of you. Thank you.
FLX Gives Has Officially Started!
FLX Gives has started! We are at $460.00 in online donations before 6 pm. We have had $550.00 off line donations added. There is currently a $100 prize given away every ten minutes during this hour (randomly picked) for an organization receiving an online donation.
To make a donation go to: https://www.flxgives.org/organization/benedek-memorial-library
Thank you for your support.
FLX Gives, a 24-hour on-line fundraiser begins November 13, 6:00 pm to November 14, 6:00 pm!
Hello, I’m Austin. Frankie, the story time gorilla, here is reading a story to me. Did you hear about FLX Gives! FLX Gives is an online fundraiser for non-profits in the Finger Lakes area. It starts this Thursday, November 13 at 6 pm and continues to Friday, November 14 at 6 pm. You can make a donation and have set amounts of the donation to go to one or more participating non-profits. Benedek Memorial Library is participating and our page is: Benedek Memorial Library | FLXGives . You make donations by using a credit card, debit card, or a pay service like Pay Pal or Apple Pay. There will be a small service fee charged at the time of the donation. If you want to make a donation by check or cash you can drop it off at the library or mail a check to the library with FLX Gives in the memo line. We have a goal to raise $3000.00 for youth programming. Our budget increase did not go through for this year, so we are trying to get enough funding to keep our youth programming.
This year we have a couple of matching grants totaling $800.00. If you make a donation then the matching grant will double what you donated, up to the total of the grant. You make a $5 donation the grant will release $5 to match your donation. The matching grant will keep releasing donations until it reaches the limit.
I am so excited for the coming of FLX Gives! Remember during FLX Gives our Director, Candy will send out updates throughout the fundraiser. Please consider giving during FLX Gives and ask your family and friends to help us reach our goal.
Mobile Family Resource Center Coordinator–
Working with children and families is inspiring and something I love doing! Being there for support, a friend, helping hand when needed, and most of all providing a space for families to enjoy, connect, be silly, learn, laugh, play and grow is the joy that fills my heart!
WHAT IS A Family resource center (FRC)
Family Resource Centers (FRC) offer early and comprehensive support for parents and caregivers of young children.
Family Resource Center programs are based on the needs of families, and services are provided in collaboration with community members.
FRC programs emphasize building strengths and abilities in order to maximize the capacity of
families to raise healthy children and contribute to their communities.
We are Fine Free!
The Benedek Memorial Library has gone fine free! Do you hate when you thought you brought an item back to the library, and you find it is still in your home? You know it is late, but you are afraid of the late fines that may have incurred. Relax; all of us have made mistakes. Bring the item back and do not worry about late fines. We no longer have late fines. If you feel that you should make amends for keeping the items too long, you can make a donation (small or large) to the library. Any donations made helps us to be able to add programming and new items to our collection. Enjoy our collection; take items out without worry of late fines. Just do not keep the items too long. After an item goes four weeks beyond the due date, your account will be billed for the item. If you get billed, your account will be blocked from use by all the libraries in the Southern Tier Library System. To get unblocked bring the items back to the library or you can arrange to take care of the funds due. If you pay the bills, the library will be able to replace the items. Don’t stress out, come to the Benedek Memorial Library and enjoy the collections.
Welcome to the Benedek Memorial Library!
Welcome to the Savona Free Library website. If you are coming to our website you are looking for information on the library. You can find our hours, events, what is new to our collection, access your account, order items to pick up at the library and many other things about the library. But when you think about a library what is the first thing that comes to mind? If you are like many other Americans it would be physical books. While we do have a collection of books there is so much more to libraries these days than just physical books. We have computers and public WI-FI hot spots available for public use. We also lend out audio books on CD, music CDs, movies and television shows on DVD. Coming soon, there will be Kindle Fire tablets to borrow. All of these items are available at the library, but right now you are in cyber space. Guess what, you can still borrow from the library. Just put your pointer on “E-Library” and click to find out. Remember the library is much more than just a place to find books. We offer many other items for borrowing and many different services to the public, through your Savona Free Library card or any library card in the Southern Tier Library System. Also you can access the library not only during the days the library is open, but even when the library is physically closed. Need a book to help you to fall asleep at 2:00 am? Down load a digital book and start reading. Need to get authoritative information for a research project due real soon, check out our databases for articles from many different sources. Look around, try something new, the Savona Free Library is available for your entertainment and informational needs.
Benedek Memorial Library Dogs: Austin, Ruby and Slim
