Here’s how you can help the James V. Brown Library continue to bring the best library service to the greatest number of people in the community at the lowest possible cost. We strive to enrich, inform and empower every person in our community, to respond to changing needs with agility, to seek out opportunities to make the library essential to every member of the community and to nurture an institutional value of customer service.

I want to help ensure the work of the Brown Library continues. I want to become a member of the Benjamin Franklin Society and support the library by contributing at least one thousand dollars a year for five years to the Library. (+ More )

I want to help bring the best library service to the greatest number of people in our community. I want to become a member of the Century Society and support the library's Annual Fund. (+ More )

I want to Adopt-a-Magazine - Over 1,000 people use the library every day and you can get your business in front of them throughout the year by adopting a magazine title that relates to your enterprise. Make library customers your customers as they recognize your support. (+More)

I want to help children maintain their learning over the summer months. I want to Adopt a Summer Reader. (+More )

I want to give every child born in Lycoming County a book at birth. I want to support Books and Babies. (+ More )

I want to help build the children's collection in the new Children's Wing, I want to participate in Little Donors. (+More)

I want to honor someone with a Memorial Book or Book Endowment. (+More )

I want to support the new Children’s Wing by buying a brick. (+More )

I want to Endow a Collection of Library Materials that reflects my interests.(+More )

I want to help more pre-school children read. I want to join the Tale of the Month Club. (+More )

I want to join the library’s Century Fund , making the library part of my estate plan, to provide for the library’s future. (+More)

I want to learn more about Joining the Friends of the Library. The Friends of the Library brings together library supporters for activities that enrich and promote the library, especially their bi-annual book sales and support for Children's Programs. (+More )

I want to Volunteer at the Library. Volunteers help behind the scenes, at children‘s events, helping users, delivering books, and more. We‘ll match your abilities with our needs. (+More)

If you are 71 or over, you can make a tax-free gift to us from your traditional IRA. You won't pay income tax on the amount of your gift. Tell your traditional IRA administrator that you want to make a "qualified charitable distribution" to us; we can provide the tax id and legal name you will need. The administrator will send your tax-free gift directly to us. Thank you very much!

Note: We do not advise on personal income tax issues. Please consult your tax advisor for full information. Only your advisor can give you definitive advice based on your personal financial circumstances.

Robin Glossner
Development Coordinator

To review a portfolio of underwriting opportunities for new services and collections the library would like to offer to our community, please contact Robin Glossner or Janice Trapp at 570-326-0536.

To discuss confidentially how a major gift can help preserve the Library and its menu of services, please contact Development Coordinator, Robin Glossner at 326-0536 ext. 135 or Janice Trapp.