The Library’s books and materials budget is given to us by the state. When the state budget is tightened, so is ours. Of course, the past couple of years have seen our budget decreased again and again. Over the course of the past five years, the county has been cut $37,460 from what our “full-funding” would have been had the Library of Virginia been able to follow the funding guidelines determined by the General Assembly. And each year, the cuts, being cumulative, get worse.

Therefore, this year, our Christmas tree will also have paper “book angels” with titles that we would love to have in our collection. We ask anyone who would like to participate to bring us either a copy of the book or a monetary donation to the Library for the purchase of the book. We will put a bookplate with the donor’s name on the title page.

Thanks for helping the Library and for reading! Have a great Thanksgiving and GOBBLE GOBBLE GOBBLE!