AS COUNTY-FUNDED INSTITUTIONS,
OUR LIBRARIES DEPEND ON PUBLIC FUNDING TO OPERATE.
We are sad to announce our library system received a 53% budget cut
effective July 1st, 2025.
Expect reduced hours and services at your local branch as we work to raise funds from all
sources using an “all of the above” approach. While our Board is committed to doing all that we
can to avoid closures, it is possible that one or more branches could be closed as a last resort.
We need to raise $164,000 in order to keep the system operating as before.
What are we doing?
What can you do?
Libraries build communities by providing services and making our towns attractive to
young, working families, retirees, and tourists—all of whom drive economic activity and build up our funding bases, and that is a benefit to businesses and government.
We ask you to consider, if not a library user yourself, the impact libraries have on those with the least to give. Vulnerable people rely on libraries for amenities that most of us take for granted—internet, printing, manuals, tax forms, books and activities for children, meeting rooms, notary service, we have it—for now.
Those services help people achieve upward economic mobility, which in turn keeps the economic engines humming. Please think of them and remember that “a rising tide lifts all boats” .
This is not an ordinary fundraiser. We are doing all that we can with no marketing budget and
without using our limited resources on fancy events or give-backs. Rest assured, every dollar you donate gives back to you in the long run, as a citizen of Carbon County.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
Donate in person: choose your location from the “Locations & Events” menu above.
Carbon County Library System
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