Participation in Partners in Community is tax deductible in accordance with the Library's 501(c)(3) corporation status.

Participants in Partners in Community may be recognized through reports, media coverage, bookplates, advertising for the sponsored program, and/or certificates on display at the Library. The Windsor Public Library promotes literacy and education in a non-partisan environment. As such, Partners in Community does not represent or endorse any product, service, or viewpoint.

Underwriting covers full or partial cost of program operation for one year.

Where programs include purchase of new materials for the permanent collection, items will be identified with bookplates acknowledging the underwriter. Selection of new materials will be made by the librarians in accordance with program goals and in compliance with the general materials selection policy of the Library.

Costs for programs range between $100 and $3,000 per year. A list of programs follows. Please contact the Library at 802-674-2556 for further information or to suggest a program in keeping with your interests or your ability to give.

Children's Programs

Evening Story Hour
Nine programs per year for children and parents, featuring books and related stories, songs, games, and crafts.

After-School Program
Presented by museum personnel, local community members, and librarians on a variety of topics including foreign countries and cultures, nature, and history.

Pre-School Weekly Story Hour
Forty programs per year for pre-schoolers and parents, featuring books and related discussions, songs, games, and crafts.

Summer Reading Program
Six-week program for pre-school and school-aged children. Activities in age-appropriate groupings for the encouragement of reading. Includes approximately twenty new book purchases for the permanent collection.

Adult Programs

Single-Book Discussion Series
Two programs per year for adult readers featuring a moderator or scholar. Sponsored in association with the Vermont Council on the Humanities.

Four-Book Discussion Series
Four programs per year for adult readers featuring a moderator or scholar. Sponsored in association with the Vermont Council on the Humanities.

Neighborhood Book Group
Nine programs per year for adult readers. Sponsored in association with the Vermont Center for the Book.

Materials and Collections

Children's and Adult's Audio & Video Materials
New purchases for one year of educational and entertainment videotapes and audiobooks. The Library focuses on quality material not usually available through commercial stores, especially audiobooks.

Children's Books
New purchases for one year of picture books, easy readers, fiction, and nonfiction for children.

Young Adult's and Adult's Books
New purchases for one year of fiction, nonfiction, and reference materials.

Newspapers and Magazines
Provides subscriptions to seventeen magazines and four newspapers per year.

Special Collections
Purchase of a special collection. Topics for selection may be based on interests or business activities of the underwriter.

Special

Windsor High School Internship
Provides paid employment and training for one year for a local student in the field of library science. Selection of interns by Library staff based on applications, skills, and abilities.

Windsor Area History and Archives
Provides for cataloging and preparing historical photographs and documents for use by historians and community members.

Hi-Tech Partner
Help underwrite state-of-the-art computer and Internet functionality in the Library, including automated cataloging, integrated productivity applications, graphics and text scanning, and hi-speed Internet connections.