Opening Doors To A World of Information & Opportunity A Message from our President, Chris Selin

A BANNER YEAR!

As we approach the end of 2017, The Foundation wishes to thank all of our supporters, who believe, as we do, the words of Henry Ward Beecher, “A Library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.”

This summer I had the privilege of officially presenting a check for $100,000 from the Foundation to our beloved Library. Your generous donations, together with the proceeds from the Appleyard Endowment Fund, allowed us to make this substantial grant this year. Our Spring Match Campaign was also highly successful and gave us a strong close to our fiscal year.

Today’s Foundation is not only an advocate and fundraiser for the Library but we also host the successful Cocktails & Conversation series moderated by Dr. Amy Bass, Professor of History at the College of New Rochelle, and the Law At The Library series, cosponsored with the New Rochelle Bar Association.

Each year Tom Geoffino, Director of the Library, and his staff come to the Foundation with a ‘wish list.’ On Tom’s list are items that the Library desperately needs but has no public funding to support. This is where the Foundation steps in. Every year, guided by our mission to keep our library vibrant, up-to-date and able to meet the diverse needs of the New Rochelle community, we try to fund as many of the projects on the Library’s list as possible.

In the pages that follow, we are pleased to present our first Annual Report recognizing our dedicated supporters and listing the grants you have helped us fund during our 2016-2017 fiscal year.

I hope to see you all at the Library.

2016-17 NRPL Foundation Grants:

TECHNOLOGY4 Six New

Computers in Children’s Room

4 Create Family Computer Center

4 Pilot Program to Upgrade Homework Help Center with purchase of five Chromebooks connected to the New Rochelle School District.

4 Update Early Literacy Stations. 4 NEW automated Chromebook Lending Kiosk

in Teen Room4 10 New Desktop Computers in Computer

Center Classroom4 Three Additional Laptop Computers for The

Handelman Business Opportunity Center4 Digitization of Archives in the E. L. Doctorow

Local History Room 4 Automated Cash Processing for Copy Center

COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING4 Family Museum Pass Program 4 Teen Summer Programming in the Digital

Media Center 4 Library Card Application Drive 4 Adult Summer Reading Drive

CAPITAL PROJECTS4 Furnishings for Family Computer Center4 Installation of Electronic Signage4 Decorative Banners for lobby created by

Dale Zheutlin

BOOKS4 Additional titles for our Foreign Language

Collection

Technology

61%

Books

2%

Community Programming

22%

Small Capital Projects

15%

ANNUAL REPORT 2016-2017July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017

PresidentChristina Selin

Vice PresidentLynn Green

TreasurerMindy Eisenberg Stark

SecretaryDr. Cheryl Archbald

Board MembersGwen Blount AdolphDr. Amy BassMarjorie BlissHeather E. BrownLeslie Margot DemusJudith FactorJon GarrowWilliam R. HandelmanHon. Timothy C. Idoni

Kourtney KetterhagenTheresa Kump LeghornMichael RosenthalJames W. SwinehartPaul Warhit

Emeritus Board MembersAlisa KestenMary Jane Reddington

Ex-officio DirectorsCharles F. Burke, Jr., Library Board President

Tom Geoffino, Library Director

StaffMelissa Panszi Riebe Community & Donor Relations Director

New Rochelle Public Library Foundation Board

William R. Handelman Founding Board Member and Past President

Bill has been a member of the Foundation since it began almost 25 years ago. The Foundation was established in 1993 and according to Bill, “The Library was then funded under the city budget and its financing was uncertain from year to year. At that time, I was serving on the Library Board, and the Library Director and I discussed setting up a charitable foundation to help support the Library. I’ve been a dedicated member ever since.”

Bill has deep ties to the community. He graduated from New Rochelle High School, went to Yale and later returned to New Rochelle with his late wife, Helene, to raise their children. In 2002, thanks to the generosity of Bill, Helene, and others in the Handelman family, the Handelman Business Opportunity Center was established. Since that time, thousands of community members have benefitted from the free one-on-one professional job counseling and assistance in receiving high school equivalency diplomas paired with access to computers, printers and WiFi. According to Bill, “We are doing more today than ever. Our current leadership and dedicated board members raise our goals every year, and I am really pleased to be a part of it all.”

Gwen Blount AdolphMarjorie BlissLeslie M. Demus & Ralph DawsonJudith Factor & Bob WechslerShelley GarfinkelRita & Bruce GilbertJennifer & Patrick GrassoLynn & Steven GreenCharles HairstonHelene & Bill HandelmanAlisa & Ted KestenTheresa Kump Leghorn & Tom Leghorn

Lopatin Family FoundationLeslie A. MardenboroughMeyer Handelman FundHaina Just-Michael & Bernie Michael

Monroe CollegeNew Rochelle Rotary ClubMary Jane ReddingtonRice Family FoundationChris Selin & Jeff EnderveltEllen & Steven SonetAmy Stone & Ed KrowitzIlissa & Paul WarhitHeath WindcliffBeryl Jones-Woodin & Peter Woodin

Norma AbelePeri Schwartz & Sandy AnonauerIna & Bill AronowAvon Products FoundationBarbara & Frank AxelTina & Richard BarlandShari & Arnold BaumCarla & Richard BerryKathy BiehlBarbara Birshtein & Howard Steinman

Deborah Blatt & Shmuel VasserMarge BlissCathy & Zachary BloomgardenMIchael BoraczekMira BramsonCatie Stern & Noam BramsonSherry & Richard BrownFrances Sternhagen CarlinPatrice CasoDebbie & Joseph CestonePhyllis ColeElizabeth Cornacchio & Tony Heller

Leslie M. Demus & Ralph Dawson

Susan & Ira DeutschCarmelina & Frank DiMarcoJanet & Daniel DorfmanLaurie DubnerBarbara Engelson & Marc KleeJudy Factor & Bob Wechsler

Linda Kelly Fauci & Peter FauciValerie & Barry FertelLinda Pallini & Arnold FletcherLois & Robert FrostRita & Bruce GilbertDenise GilmanWallace GlassmanSusan Scharf & Harvey GlickJoan GoodmanJennifer & Patrick GrassoLynn & Steven GreenMilagros & Michael GreenbergSharon & Mark GrotevantSandra & Jack GruenbergNona & Charles HairstonNatalie & Donald HandelmanHelene and Bill HandelmanSusan Hobart & Alfred FeliuGerald HymanTim IdoniMichael IrwinRalph ItalieJoni & Paul JablanskyHaina Just Michael & Bernard Michael

Iris & Karl MollinFlorence & Stanley KatzJoshua KaufmanRita & David KaufmanKathleen KehoeAlisa & Ted Kesten

Marian & Peter KornLaurie & Paul KorngoldJeffrey KorostoffTheresa Kump Leghorn & Tom Leghorn

Margaret & Tilden LemelleMarlene & Armand LernerRhoda & Arthur LewDeborah & Damon MaherBella & Philip MaxfieldNatalie McFarlaneMeyer Handelman FundMichele Block and David MorseEllen & Mark OsterSandy & David PeretzMilton & Julie PersilyDonald & Judith PinalsDee & Ian PolowDaniel PomerantzSue PorcelliMartha ReddingtonMary Jane ReddingtonBarbara RegueroMarian & Richard ReinerCharles Reitman & Janet Goodman

Ellen & Merill ResnickRice Family FoundationJudy & Bernie RobinsonDonald RosenfeldAndrea & Peter Rothberg

Jodi & Robert SheinfeldRoni & Michael SchiffresSusan & David SchleckerNancy Gordon SeifJanet & Isaiah SeligmanChris Selin & Jeff EnderveltStephen SemenzaFlorence D. ShelleyJoan & Al SilversteinEllen and Steve SonetMarianne & Bob SussmanCharles TamarinEvelyn & Gary TrachtenBillie and Philip TuckerDiane Tukman & Rik KayeHerbert TulchinJohn TurbevilleGreg VarianDorothy WadeIlissa & Paul WarhitSue & Mitchell WeismanDonna & Michael WeissmanPhyllis WernerMarvin WexlerLeni Levenson & Fred WienerBeth Willensky & Stewart Feuerstein

Beryl Jones-Woodin & Peter Woodin

Bruce J. ZakalikArnold ZinmanArleen and Herbert Zuckerman

Donor Spotlight

Cornerstone Donors — Donors with sustained giving for 10 years or morePresident’s Circle — Donors with lifetime contributions in excess of $10,000

Melinda Abrams & Douglas Hocking

Sam AdamsGwendolyn Blount AdolphCheryl ArchbaldIris & Richard ArensonJames & Debra ArlesLori Hall Armstrong & Michael Armstrong

Peri Schwartz & Sandy AronauerIna & Bill AronowMarcia & Nathan AssorBarbara & Frank AxelEvelyn Rose & John BarberaMadalyn Barbera JordanTina & Peter BarlandJudith BasesAmy Bass & Evan KluptGloria Batkin Kahn & Robert Kahn

Rodney Bedsole & Larry GarlandBrandy BensonCarla Berry & Richard KingsleyKathy BiehlDebra & Robert BiermanBarbara Birshtein & Howard Steinman

David BiskupJanet & Robert BlairDeborah Blatt & Shmuel VasserMarjorie BlissCathy & Zachary BloomgardenDiane BoekmanFred BombackElaine BonoffMichael BoraczekJohn Borden & Marian Edelman Borden

Terri & Alvin BowlesLinda & Jeffrey BradshawMira BramsonCatie Stern & Noam BramsonHeather BrownCharles F. Burke, Jr. & Jonathan Stark

Rosalind Clay & Zachary CarterPatrice CasoMindy & Bob CesaDebbie & Joseph CestoneMargaret & Gerry ChadwickDevron ChambersChristine ChiafaloDierdra Gray Clark & Timothy ClarkJudith ClarkPhyllis ColeThe College of New RochelleJohn CollinsKathy & Jack ConroyTheodora ConstantineEllen & Ron KannerMary Ellen CorcoranElizabeth Cornacchio & Tony Heller

Elena & Mike CowieMary Gay DalyStella DanielsMark DavisMary Ann & Nicholas DeFeisKen & Christine DeGotLeslie M. Demus & Ralph Dawson

Philip DeRaffeleSusan & Ira DeutschJamie & Derek DeutschCarmelina & Frank DiMarcoScott DolskyKrystle DookooJanet Dorfman & Daniel PortnoyLaurie & Jay DubnerElliott EngelBarbara Engelson & Marc KleeMary EscherichJudy Factor & Bob WechslerLinda Kelly Fauci & Peter FauciAudrey FellerMarcie & Michael FerderStewart Feuerstein & Beth Willensky

Richard FinkMichael & Davina FisherLynn Kushner Fleer & Saul FleerGail & Chris FletcherJohn FoleyLourdes Font & Bruce SolowayElizabeth & John FosinaMickie & Joe FosinaLinda & Michael FosinaJennifer FowlerCaroline FoxBarbara & Kevin FrancellaCarol & Paul FreedmanElaine FriedmanLois & Robert FrostAlly & Tom GallinRichard EllenbogenColleen & Paul GardepheJon Garrow & Tommy Van CleaveJudy & Charles GartmanTerry GedanDennis GentileFrancine GeraceMina GerowinKathy & Roy GilwitEileen GitlinWallace GlassmanMargaret GodfreySaralyn & Harvey GoldsmithJudy & Barry GoldsteinJanet Goodman & Charles ReitmanJennifer & Patrick GrassoKaren & Richard GraysonLynn & Steven GreenDebra GreenbergMilagros & Michael GreenbergJack GrossmanSharon & Mark GrotevantJack & Sandra GruenbergSusan & Steven GuggenheimKathy & Sonny HagendorfNona & Charles HairstonNatalie & Donald HandelmanSue & Joseph HandelmanBill & Helene HandelmanLydia HappelSarita and Bill HartDarrick & Sheryl HatwoodAlex Helfand & Ellen FriedKeeba Williams Henry & Clive Henry

Melba Herrera Kelly

Emita HillSusan Hobart & Alfred FeliuRosalie HollingsworthHoulihan Lawrence, Inc.Diane & Ivar HydenGerald HymanLouis J. IacopettaKathy & John IannottiTim IdoniMillie & Danny IlichIona CollegeMichael IrwinRalph ItalieJoni & Paul JablanskyMary Jo & Quentin JacobsJohn JacobyEvelyn Hausman JakabovicsJean JeraciMarc & Helen JeromeWilbur JonesMorton & Lila KassFlorence & Stanley KatzKathryn & John KaufmanJoshua KaufmanRita & David KaufmanGeraldine KearnsKathleen KehoeEileen & Bob KellyLois KemplerJocelyn & Adam KennerAlisa & Ted KestenEdie KetolaKourtney & Luke KetterhagenSusan KettnerRuth KingFred & Eileen KleinJanice KopitsMarian & Peter KornJudith KosakEllen & Elliot KrackoBetsy & Lance KravitzSteve KreinikAngela & Bernard KyleMargo LambertDevora & David LansJulie LarkinTheresa Kump Leghorn & Tom Leghorn

Margaret & Tilden LemelleMarlene & Armand LernerGloria E. LevineArthur & Rhoda LewFrieda Zarembski-Lewis & Michael Lewis

Arthur LibrettBarbara and Les LiebermanAmy Lind & Fred TreffeisenDiane and Larry LuftigSal MaffeiDeborah & Damon MaherVincent MalfetanoThe Masonry GroupBella & Philip MaxfieldMichele and Richard McEvilyNatalie McFarlaneMaggie McGovern & Ernie LloydMeyer Handelman FundHaina Just-Michael & Bernard Michael

Harriet C. MillerFlorence MitchellModern Paint & HardwareIris & Karl MollinPenelope MorganLori MorrowAmy MoselhiAlicia MulvenaDonna MurphyJudith MurphyDiana NeroNew Rochelle Rotary ClubHowell NewmanEileen & Michael NiedzwieckiNorthstar PropertiesKathleen W. O’ConnorThomas O’ConnorMary & Joe OldakSophie & Tom OpdykeEllen & Mark OsterSteve OtisAmy PaceMelissa Panszi Riebe & Bob Riebe

Anthony & Carmen PaolercioAnnette Parchment-PennantMilton & Julie PersilyJudith & Donald PinalsGreg & Candace PinnStella & Vito PintoDee & Ian PolowDaniel PomerantzSue PorcelliYadira Ramos-HerbertRancho Grande Farm, Inc.Barbara and Joel RascoffRDRXRMartha ReddingtonMary Jane ReddingtonBarbara RegueroMuriel & Headley ReidMarian & Richard ReinerCharles Reitman & Janet Goodman

Ellen & Merill ResnickRice Family FoundationElise & Barry RichmanJudy & Bernie RobinsonCatherine & Roland RogersKate & Dan RonanEleanor & John RorerDonald G. RosenfeldBarbara & Michael RosenthalEric M. RothAndrea & Peter RothbergLinda & Stephen RozenfeldMarjorie Sachs & Daniel MillerKaren & Jonathan SadowJulian Sanchez & Ron ZezimaMichelle Sanchez-Boyce & Nelson Boyce

Jodi & Robert ScheinfeldRoni & Michael SchiffresSusan & David SchleckerNancy Gordon SeifJanet & Isaiah SeligmanChris Selin & Jeff EnderveltStephen SemenzaLouise M. Shepherd

Shoprite Supermarkets, Inc.Prem Shunmugavelu & Jen Grudnowski

Leah & Eric SillsJoan & Al SilversteinMichael SingerGladys SmithLathell Sebastian-Smith & Matthew Smith

Marion & Abraham SoddenEllen & Steve SonetEllen Sontag-MillerKaren Spencer & John HeidenreichMindy & Richard StarkAmy Stone & Ed KrowitzCharles B. StromeMarianne & Bob SussmanJames SwinehartCharles TamarinSue & Mitchell TarnopalStephen TenoreThe Radisson of New RochelleThe Voracious ReaderJoan & Charles ThompsonIrene TimonStephanie & Joe TomeiFrederic J. TowersKathy & Joe TownleySue & Gene TozziEvelyn & Gary TrachtenBillie & Phil TuckerDiane Tukman and Rik KayeHerbert & Elizabeth TulchinRosemary TunneyGregory VarianDorothy A. WadeTerri & Marc WagerCourtney & Brian WalkerIlissa & Paul WarhitCarole & David WatnickCeleste WebbCarolyn Ann WebberLimor WeinerAmy & Andre WeiserSusan & Mitchell WeismanDonna & Michael WeissmanPhyllis WernerPamela WestMarvin WexlerKathy & Jeff WiegandLeni Levenson & Fred WienerElizabeth WildeHeath WindcliffBeryl Jones-Woodin & Peter Woodin

Yvonne WynterDebbie & Steve YoungDayva ZaccariaBruce ZakalikArnold ZinmanArleen & Herbert ZuckermanElizabeth & Matthew Zuckerman

We did our best to make sure this list is correct. If you feel there is an error, we apologize and encourage you to contact us at info@nrplfoundation.org so we can make the correction.

2016-17 Donors and Supporters (July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017)

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ANNUAL REPORT 2016-2017July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017