FRIENDS OF CLEVELAND HTS UNIVERSITY HTS PUBLIC LIBRARY
EIN 34-0308686 · Education (B7043)
What they do
FUNDED GENERAL and SPECIFIC PROGRAMMING and SERVICES for THE HEIGHTS LIBRARIES READING COMMUNITY and STAFF; FUNDED THE OUTREACH PROGRAM AT THE NOBLE ROAD BRANCH; PAID for A PORTION of THE SEED BANK AT ALL LIBRARY BRANCHES; and PAID for A PORTION of THE PEACE PARK CAPITAL. SPONSORED or CO-SPONSORED COMMUNITY EVENTS ON BEHALF of and to RAISE AWARENESS of HEIGHTS LIBRARIES, INCLUDING THE HEIGHTS LIBRARIES TEAM IN REACHING HEIGHTS SPELLING BEE, and EVENTS HIGHLIGHTING THE FRIENDS of THE CLEVELAND HEIGHTS BOOK BIKE. RAISED MONEY for THE HEIGHTS LIBRARIES THROUGH: ONGOING and FIRST FRIDAY BOOK SALES, MAY and DECEMBER MEGA BOOK SALES, RECEIPT of COMMISSIONS ON VENDING MACHINE SALES to LIBRARY PATRONS, AS WELL AS FROM MEMBERSHIP FEES and DONATIONS. DONATED BOOKS to VARIOUS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. CELEBRATED and ADVERTISED FRIENDS NEWS and ACCOMPLISHMENTS ON OUR ONLINE WEBSITE and THE OCTOBER ANNUAL MEETING.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1974
- Location
- 2345 LEE RD, CLEVELAND HTS, OH 44118-3434
- County
- Cuyahoga
- In care of
- SUSAN FORD