Our Mission
The purpose of the Whittier Public Library Foundation is to help secure and maintain the funding required for the Whittier Public Library to realize its mission. It seeks to do that through private and public fundraising, and to serve as a conduit between the Library and the changing needs of a diverse community.
Why Your Membership Counts
Sponsoring Annual Reading Program
Your membership has enabled the Foundation to sponsor Whittier Reads, the Library’s citywide community reading program, every year since 2004.
Supporting Programs and Services
Your membership enables the Foundation to provide ongoing support for Summer Reading Club, author visits, speakers’ series, films, the Library’s annual spring tea, and other other programs and services. Shown on this page are a few of the writers whose visits the Foundation has sponsored.
Funding Up-to-Date Technology
Your membership enables the WPL Foundation to help provide essential technological tools for the community. At the Whittwood Branch, the Foundation paid for the digital information message board as well as for all sixteen new laptops.
Benefits of Membership
These are some of the benefits, tangible and intangible, of membership ―
- Investing in the changing information needs of the community
- Supporting public access to information, literacy, and life-long learning
- Helping all ages of Whittier residents
- Tax Benefits
WPL Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Contributions are tax deductible.