Fund

What It Means For You, Your Family, and Your Community

We Need You!

With your help, we can continue to build on our reputation as a library that serves
as a gathering place for all age groups with a variety of interests.

With your help, we can continue to maintain and upgrade public access computers and software subscriptions.

With your help, we can continue to expand our offerings of best-sellers and
non-fiction books so they are available soon after publication.

With your help, we can continue to provide the latest audio books and the newest video and DVD releases.

With your help, we can continue to accomplish even more.

What is the Supplemental Services Fund?

The Peru Public library Supplemental services Fund exists for the sole purpose of providing a special legal depository
for gifts in the form of bequests, charitable donations, or estate settlements from individuals, families, or other entities.
Our fund functions apart from the annual fiscal operations of the library and uses this resource for the benefit
of all patrons of the library and the community it serves in the Illinois Valley area.

Whether young or old, you will someday plan for your future.
If you've enjoyed our many services and recognize the importance
of libraries to their communities, we hope that you think of us when working with your attorney or estate planner.
For further information, please call the library at 815-223-0229.

Here's what we do with the tax dollars we receive.

From $120,000 in property tax allocation and $148,000 from a city subsidy, we pay
$175,000 in staff salaries and another $45,000 in benefits for our employees.

From these same tax dollars we spend $35,000 a year to update our
collection of 40,000 books and 140 periodical subscriptions.

We also spend $8,000 a year to maintain our online connection to the prairie Area Library system, a network of libraries
that makes it possible for us to get books and other items requested by patrons. With just a keystroke, we process
more than 9,000 orders each year to other libraries with to satisfy our patrons. In turn, other libraries
borrow over 6,000 items a year from us. This system is an integral part of the service we provide.

Did you know...

Each month, more than 500 patrons use our free public access computers to write letters, use email, surf the Web,
or research information on special databases for homework, special projects, or personal use.

During the summer of 2004, 400 children had an opportunity to read 16,000 books in our annual Summer Reading Program.
Throughout the year, an average of 500 children attend our Story Hours.

From your home computer, you can order books from the Peru Library or from any library in the Prairie Area Library System.
You can pick up your order at the Peru Library.

Library cards are free. After you obtain your library card, you may use it at any library within the Prairie Area Library system.

You Can Make A World Of Difference