JOSEPH T SIMPSON PUBLIC LIBRARY
EIN 23-1652343 · Libraries (B70)
What they do
SERVING A RAPIDLY GROWING COMMUNITY IN SOUTHCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA, THE JOSEPH T. SIMPSON PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVES AS A VITAL COMMUNITY RESOURCE for LEARNING and LEISURE. BY PROVIDING ACCESS to AN ARRAY of TRADITIONAL and INNOVATIVE PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICES, SIMPSON LIBRARY IMPROVES THE QUALITY of LIFE for OVER 156,000 VISITORS EACH YEAR. IN 2024, SIMPSON LIBRARY CHECKED OUT 583,988 to LIBRARY CARDHOLDERS and PRESENTED 2825 PROGRAMS for ALL AGES WITH MORE THAN 48,000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1970
- Location
- 16 N WALNUT ST, MECHANICSBURG, PA 17055-3362
- County
- Cumberland
- In care of
- PATRICIA LEIB