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Children's Room Library Expansion

Capital Campaign

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Donate to the Children's Room

Your gift to the Friends will help us build a dedicated children's room onto the Lebanon Public Library. This long-term project will provide the Library with much-needed space to host their popular children’s programs, including Storytime, arts and crafts, STEM activities, tween and teen programs, and more.

The campaign needs to raise over half a million dollars to build the addition, and the Friends are doing their part to show community support. You can contribute to this campaign by donating to the Friends and/or purchasing items at our book sales and other fundraisers. Donations can be made online or mailed to the address below. All donations made to the Friends are tax deductible.

Friends of the Lebanon Public Library

55 Academy Street

Lebanon, Oregon 97355

Drawing of the children's room addition and patio from Senior Center parking lot

Drawing of the children's room addition from Tangent Street

Darcy Smith, children's librarian, dancing with a group of preschool age childen and parents waving scarves

Preschool Storytime Activities

Storytime with Lebanon Fire District

Our Contributions

$20,000 Gift to the Library

The Friends of the Library kicked off fundraising for the children's room with a check for $20,000 presented to the Library at our 70th anniversary celebration on March 4, 2023. The Friends presented another check for $20,000 to the Library on May 13, 2024. We hope our next contribution to the expansion fund will be even bigger.

Vandy Roadifer, president of the Friends, presented a giant check for $20,000 to Kendra Antila, library director, on March 4, 2023

Photo Credit: Sarah Brown

Two woman laughing and holding a giant check for $20,000. Another woman is in the background with her back to the camera

The Children's Room

Currently the children's area has inadequate space for the Library's increasingly popular children's programs. During Storytime and other children's activities, access to children's books, the family restroom, children's program office, and storage room is limited. Besides the space issue, the noise level during children's programs is distracting to other patrons in the Library.

Drawing of the children's room addition from the patio

Drawing from inside the children's room addition to the patio

The new children's room provides gathering and activities space for 40+ children and adults. It's designed to be a soundproof space that will foster a distraction free experience for all Library patrons. It also creates perimeter seating for parents, a stroller storage area between the children's room and the Library, and many windows for parents to observe their children from outside.

Drawing from inside the children's room addition into the stroller storage and library. The room has open floor space, padded benches, and storage cabinets along the inside wall. Double doors lead into a vestibule with ample room for strollers. Another set of double doors from the vestibule leads into the library, creating a sound barrier between the children's room and the rest of the library

Drawing from inside the children's room addition into stroller storage area and the library

Drawing of the children's room addition and patio from above

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