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2020 Annual CampaignThroughout good times and challenging times, the Library remains a free, public resource that provides educational and recreational resources, technology access and so much more. By donating to the Mars Area Public Library’s Annual Fund Drive, you are ensuring that our Library is able to continue to meet our community’s changing needs.
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Approximately 80% of the Library’s yearly operating budget is dependent on the contributions made by local municipalities and our donors. The remaining is funded primarily by the state and county government. Based on those figures as well as rising operational costs, we are asking you to help the Library raise $50,000 for our 2021 Annual Fund Drive.
This year alone, we ...
were the first library in Butler County with an app.
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Striving to be a leader in library services, Mars was the first library in Butler County to offer our patrons a mobile app. The Mars Area Public Library App allows card holders to more conveniently search our online catalog, view their borrowed items, due dates, view and place holds, use their digital library card for check outs and even use the self-checkout feature, if desired.
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safely resumed in person events. |
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In person story times, books clubs, and events were able to resume safely. Infants born during the beginning of the pandemic, who were unable to have social interactions for the first months of their lives, attended Baby Bounce and Play where they interacted with other children for the first time. It is a privilege to be a place where these meaningful interactions occur every day.
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created a teen zone in our library.
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In the previous year, we held a fundraiser to help raise money to purchase new furniture with the purpose in mind of creating an area within the Library specifically for teens. This year, the furniture was ordered and a small, yet comfortable place for teens and the teen book collection was created.
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