Consider giving any amount to the North Platte Public Library (NPPL) Foundation fund at Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation any time of the year. However, May 3, 2023 is the date for the annual North Platte Giving Day – a day when our community comes together and gives any amount to hardworking non-profit organizations and together we help our community continue to be a great place to live.
Update: March 2023 – Progress is moving forward. Some work is being completed in house by qualified City Employees, Otis is installing new equipment, and the Library hopes to have a new working elevator by December 31, 2023. In the meantime, be kind to Library workers and be prepared for some noise if you visit, there is more noise than normal but it means there is progress!
In the fall of 2021, the North Platte Public Library elevator experienced major malfunctions. The Library has spent approximately $5,000 so far in failed efforts to “fix” the aging and heavily relied upon lift. This ancient 1970s technology is hard to find parts for and replace. Therefore, the Library needs new elevator. We want to support their fundraising efforts as this was an unplanned and unbudgeted expense.
The quote to replace just the electronics came in at $112,350 but did not include:
Machine Room work to install HVAC and new disconnect, lighting, and GFCI outlet
Pit Upgrades to install a 50GPM sump pump and additional lighting
Fire Alarm System with smoke heads at each landing floor, in the machine room, and in the top of the hoistway
Therefore, we are estimating the total project cost and fundraising goal to be $300,000.
Please consider donating toward this project through the North Platte Public Library FOUNDATION fund at Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation.
It is with regret that we inform you that the Lincoln County Legacies: A Living History Tour (formerly known as “The Cemetery Tour”) set for September 17-18, 2021 has been cancelled.
However, the Pancake Brunch hosted and supporting the Lincoln County Historical Museum on Sept 18, 2021 at the Lincoln County Historical Museum is still moving forward. Visit the Lincoln County Historical Museum on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/npcanteen to keep updated on Museum events.
UPDATE: The tour was cancelled due to a shortage of actors willing to do the performances, as well as a shortage in time available to write scripts. It takes a lot of behind the scenes work to pull these events off and when nothing was coming together, we decided to cancel it. We hope to try again next year.
Congratulations to the North Platte Public Library on the Grand Reopening of the Creation Station at the Library!
The North Platte Public Library Foundation is proud to help sponsor this important next step in transforming what libraries are to communities.
The Creation Station offers a place for people to use equipment normal citizens do not necessarily have access to and to gain skills needed in this approaching 22nd century. This is not unlike the revolution that brought public computing into libraries nearly four decades ago. People of all ages should be able to learn about older traditions and newer crafts in a creative and welcoming location. We hope these services become as ubiquitous as public computing has today.
So we would like to help the Library celebrate this moment by spreading the word about this wonderful and now permanent new service of the North Platte Public Library.
The North Platte Public Library Foundation is a featured fund participating in Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation‘s 2019 North Platte Giving Day.
Click over to https://www.northplattegivingday.org and help support the North Platte Public Library Foundation. Money raised during the 2019 North Platte Giving Day for the North Platte Public Library Foundation will go towards the North Platte Public Library’s Creation Station capital purchases of equipment, furniture, and supplies.
While you are visiting the North Platte Giving Day site, be sure to check out all the other worthy funds. We are non-profits working hard to make a difference in our community. We do wonderful things with support from people like you!
The North Platte Public Library was busy in 2018! Watch the videos for a synopsis.
The 2019 Jigsaw Puzzle Tournament is cancelled because we have so much exciting stuff going on right now, we don’t have time to organize the puzzle tournament this year! But please check back in 2020 for a Jigsaw Puzzle Tournament.
Many of you may have heard about the new Creation Station makerspace at the Library. That space is currently equipped through a Library Innovation Studios grant funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and supported by the Nebraska Library Commission and Regional Library Systems, UNL Innovation Studio, and Nebraska Extension.
This equipment is leaving our Library on January 22, 2019 to travel on to another community library awarded the grant. We have been happy with the community response for this equipment and want to help the Library by fundraising for new permanent equipment for our Creation Station.
Mail a check to: North Platte Public Library Attn: Creation Station Fundraiser 120 W 4th ST North Platte NE 69101 Please make checks payable to: NPPL Foundation
Make your donation online through the Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation and the North Platte Public Library Foundation at https://midnebraskafoundation.org/how-to-give/donate.html, specify the North Platte Public Library Foundation Fund and if you want your donation to be used for the Creation Station and/or specific equipment, please note that under special instructions or when mailing in your check.
Visit the Library and drop your spare change into a jar at the desk or in the Creation Station, every little bit helps!
Call Cecelia Lawrence, Library Director, at 308-535-8036 x3321 for an appointment to talk about giving opportunities for this and many other projects in the Library.
Email the Library at library@ci.north-platte.ne.us and pledge your donation, please include instructions if you would like us to invoice you for your pledge. An NPPL Foundation member, Library Staff member, or community champion will be contacting you!
The Nebraska Library Innovation Studios: Transforming Rural Communities project is supported in part by the Nebraska Library Commission, partnering with the University of Nebraska Lincoln Nebraska Innovation Studio, Nebraska Extension, and Regional Library Systems. The project is funded through a National Leadership Grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS grant #LG-95-17-0046-17).
The NPPL Foundation has decided to CANCEL this year’s Cemetery Tour.
Library inventory, additional NE150 programming, actor schedule conflicts, and minor renovation closures have impacted timelines to the point we did not think we could do justice to our annual cemetery tour event. Rather than put on a poor event, we have chosen to cancel it for this year.
To our loyal cemetery tourists…this event is slated to return in 2018 so please keep watching.
The NPPL Foundation will have their annual book gift basket sales starting in October. The Friends of the Library fall book sale will be October 26-28, 2017.
NPPL Foundation is a featured organization fund through Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation. Consider making a donation to our organization or one of your choosing on this day. Your dollars working locally help so many! Click the logo below or go to https://www.northplattegivingday.org.
North Platte Giving Day is May 3rd but you don’t have to wait until that day to donate. You can pre-schedule your donation starting today (April 26, 2017) for that day (May 3rd, 2017).
Here’s how:
Visit the North Platte Giving Day website (https://www.northplattegivingday.org) Hint: click the Giving Day logo above to go directly to the NPPL Foundation fund
Click Donate Now and create a profile on the website in order choose your fund(s) and schedule your donation
Your donated amount will be paid by the method you choose at midnight on May 3, 2017
Set up your donation today, avoid the rush, and make it count on May 3rd!
