Princeton Public Library’s Stewardship Fund has received a $100,000 donation from Princeton University.
Launched with a $1 million challenge grant from longtime library supporter Betty Wold Johnson, the Stewardship Fund is designed to establish an endowment to renew and refresh the Sands Library Building, which has served as home to the library since 2004.
In a letter to library executive director Leslie Burger announcing the gift, Princeton University president Christopher L. Eisgruber said the university was pleased to continue a long history of partnership with the library, which dates to the formation of the library in 1909.
The library welcomes more than 850,000 visitors each year, including Princeton University students, faculty and staff. More than 1,000 non-resident faculty and about 1,500 undergraduate and graduate students receive free library membership each year.
The library and the university collaborate in many areas, including after-school homework help for schoolchildren, free public programming featuring university scholars and shared facilities use.
For the first time in 2013, the library joined with the Princeton Merchants Association in hosting a freshman orientation event on Hinds Plaza.
More information is online at princetonlibrary.org.
