Kitsap Regional Library Foundation | Annual Report 2019

KITSAP REGIONAL LIBRARY

2019 ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT

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The Kitsap Regional Library Foundation proudly supports our community by facilitating charitable gifts that advance our Library’s mission: Inspiring our community to dream more, learn more, do more and be more.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Brian Wicks PRESIDENT Kathy Cocus PAST PRESIDENT Kara Hops TREASURER Adele LaCombe SECRETARY Sheila Danielson Erik Fong Wendy Hampton Ilys Hernandez Ann Vogel

STAFF

Wendy Kile EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Kari Driskell ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Kelly Eastman ADMIN ASSISTANT

Impact Report Letter March 23, 2020 Dear Library Supporter, As a donor, you are a vital and valued member of the Library family and your generosity has a profound impact on the patrons we serve. Because of your support, Kitsap Regional Library is able to expand services and programming year after year and engage our community in new and exciting ways.

Last year, more than 87,000 community members attended library programs, our cardholders borrowed more than 2.3 million items and our Home Delivery team made 2,665 home visits. Your gifts make these accomplishments possible, plus so much more.

You create opportunities for our youth to excel in reading, ensuring they develop a life-long love of learning. You empower our teens to explore new ideas and learn first-hand about topics they find interesting, topics that can lead to future educational and workforce opportunities. You help us engage in conversations that lead to better understanding and compassion; and often new friendships.

Thank you for investing in our community, helping each of us to dream more, learn more, do more and be more.

With gratitude,

CONTACT US (360) 405-9150 foundation@krl.org KRL.org/foundation

Wendy Kile Executive Director

STEM MEGAN BURTON, STEM AND LEARNING SUPERVISOR: “STEM is more than science, technology, engineering and math, it is about building the skills it takes to be successful in 21st Century jobs.”

Beginning in 2013, Kitsap Regional Library took steps toward becoming a local leader in informal STEM education. At Kitsap Regional Library, we provide interest-based, community-led, informal STEM learning opportunities through a variety of modes: through public programs facilitated by librarians, in clubs or classrooms at all of the Kitsap-area school districts and through intentional outreach to local service organizations to meet people where they are in our community.

One of the best illustrations of how we are applying our work in collective impact is during Camp Create. In partnership with Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, US Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Keyport, SEA Discovery Center, Puget Sound Navy Museum, USS Turner Joy and U.S. Naval Undersea Museum we co-design and implement a summer camp that features exciting STEM activities for tweens. Campers participate in various STEM activities, librarians act as the social glue to connect the tweens to what they’re learning and to each other while community partners facilitate engaging, hands-on STEM activities.

Libraries play an important role in facilitating learning environments outside of the classroom, but we couldn’t do it without you. Camp Create is an example of how your support helps youth in our community connect their interests to career pathways. Thank you!

Impact in Numbers SUPPORT TO KITSAP REGIONAL LIBRARY PROGRAMS & BRANCHES The combined impact of your support totaled $118,942.28 to Kitsap Regional Library, providing the needed funding for essential programs and projects.

TOTAL REVENUE Last year, you were one of the 350 donors who contributed more than $1,068,000. We are truly inspired by your generosity in support of Kitsap Regional Library and deeply appreciate your commitment to our library and our mission.

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Summer Learning Grants

Branch Program & Support

9%

New Silverdale Library One Book, One Community

64%

To The Library

47%

52%

Public Support Other Revenue

With your support last year 1,830 third-graders in Kitsap County participated in the To The Library program. The third-graders are so grateful for their experience and we thank you for helping them make the critical transition from learning to read to reading to learn.

Creating New Stories EACH OF US HAS A LIBRARY STORY, SOME WAY OUR LIVES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED, CONNECTED OR ENRICHED. More than 30 years ago, the need for a new, expanded library in Silverdale was identified.

Since then, it is estimated the population in Central Kitsap has tripled, while the community has transformed into a thriving hub for Kitsap. Operating out of very limited space, Kitsap Regional Library has reached the limit of possibilities in the current Silverdale location. In order to meet the ever-growing community needs, it is time to write a new story by building a new library in Silverdale.

In 2018, Kitsap Regional Library and Central Kitsap School District joined in partnership, creating a new story for Silverdale with the renovation of an existing building on the Central Kitsap High School campus. This new story includes exciting chapters such as: more than doubling the size of the library, dedicated space for children and teens, indoor and outdoor space for programming, meeting rooms available to the public at no charge and much needed additional parking.

“We know that this community has been waiting for a new library for generations. This will set a new standard in Kitsap County for what a library can be.� Jill Jean, Library Director

Architectural rendering of new library in Silverdale

Thank you to all who have invested in the campaign for a new library in Silverdale to date. With your generosity, we have raised 80% of our $5,500,000 goal and are now launching the Kitsap Regional Library Silverdale Community Campaign!

Learn more at KRL.org/foundation

Architectural rendering of new library in Silverdale

Ways to Give 1. Explore creative ways to support Kitsap Regional Library:

► Transfer stock directly to Kitsap Regional Library Foundation.

► Give a gift through an IRA rollover. ► Ask your employer if they match gifts to nonprofit organizations.

2. Consider becoming a monthly donor. Visit us at KRL.org/foundation/ways-give to learn more.

3. Support the Library while you shop. Fred Meyer, QFC and AmazonSmile give a percent of their sales when you designate Kitsap Regional Library Foundation as your charity of choice.

4. Start building your legacy by making a gift through your estate.

A planned gift is a powerful way to impact your community by helping to ensure programs and services offered at Kitsap Regional Library are available for generations to come.

5. Share your time and talents by volunteering at your local branch or with a Friends of the Library group.

Thank you to everyone who attended Kitsap Uncensored: A Banned Book Affair. With your generous support, we raised $36,000 for Kitsap Regional Library!

Please save the date October 16, 2020 to join us at A Novel Affair!

Legacy Giving One of the most powerful ways to invest in the future of your community is to give back through your estate. Leave 10 Kitsap is a movement to educate and inspire people in our community to leave at least 10% of their estates to nonprofits they care about. A Transfer of Wealth study completed in 2018 estimated the net worth of households in the Kitsap area to be $93.6 billion and that approximately $12 billion of those assets will be transferred between generations in the next 10 years.

If everyone in Kitsap leaves just 10% of that $12 billion, it would provide local nonprofits an additional $1.2 billion to support their amazing work over the next 10 years.

Imagine… your planned gift to Kitsap Regional Library could help:

► Fund an endowment to provide annual operating and programming dollars forever.

► Fund the purchase or construction of a new Library. ► Provide a revenue cushion during hard economic times. ► Sustain programs into the future and allow for the launch of new major initiatives.

If you are interested in learning more about how your planned gift could impact Kitsap Regional Library please contact us at: (360) 405-9150 | foundation@krl.org | KRL.org/foundation

DALE LIBR ARY

Create a new story for Kitsap We are excited to launch the Kitsap Regional Library Silverdale Community Campaign during Kitsap Great Give! For 30 years Friends of the Silverdale Library have been selling used books to save for a new library in Silverdale; they are are ready to challenge the community to join their efforts by matching every gift made to the Campaign dollar for dollar - up to $100,000!

Architectural rendering of new library in Silverdale

Plan your gift today!

Join us by making a gift to Kitsap Regional Library Foundation during Kitsap Great Give and write your place in the new story for Kitsap.

Donate online at KRL.org/foundation