Tplf Newsletter Fall2011

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To walk into the newly

renovated Cedarbrae

library is to enter a

microcosm of Toronto

life and learning. The

bright, inviting space is

a hive of activity.

Between 1,400 and 1,500 people use the

branch each day, making it the thirdbusiest district branch in oronto’s

Library system. Cedarbrae users borrow

more than 800,000 items each year.

But they don’t just come or the books.

At tables under tall windows, groups o

adults study together. More than 200,000

people use the branch’s public computers

each year. Te children’s interactive early

literacy area – KidsStop – is decorated

with a jungle riverboat theme, and hums

with the energy o discovery. Te quiet

study area eatures breakout rooms,

study carrels and tables.

Upstairs, you’ll nd the adult collections:

stacks o books, a magazine lounge

and chairs with laptop trays. Like all

branches, Cedarbrae has ree wi-.

Tere’s also a large teens room designed,

says area manager Magdalena Vander

Kooy kindly, so that teens can “enjoy a

certain level o noise” without disturbing

others. “eens can be themselves there.”

Te branch reopened nearly a year ago

aer a two-year renovation. With a leaky

roo, inecient layout and outdated

accessibility, the 40-year old building atLawrence and McCowan in Scarborough

was sorely in need o repair.

Te renovation provided the opportunity

to reresh and modernize the branch,

introduce state-o-the-art energy

eciency, and pilot new technologies.

Tese include a sel-check system and

consolidated service points, which allow

or more ecient stang.

Libraries are “the living room o the

community,” says Vander Kooy, and

Cedarbrae’s salon is hopping: programs

include computer instruction, ESL and

a 10-week series on starting a small

business. Te branch’s book club has

been running or more than a decade.

It hosts the Eh! List author’s series,

children’s storytimes, youth tutoring and

the D Summer Reading Club, which

this year welcomed 997 children. A

settlement worker visits weekly.

Tis year, the children’s librarians hosted

an Eid party. It’s an example o the

community’s rich diversity as reected in

the staf, whose enthusiasm inuses this

splendid new branch.

Cedarbrae branch the “living roomo the community”

A Newsletter o the Toronto Public Library Foundation

ABSOLUTELY VITALFall 2011



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Since 2007, the doors o oronto’s arts and cultural institutions

have been open to more amilies thanks to the innovative

Sun Lie Financial Museum + Arts Pass program. Library users at all 98 branches can borrow a one-day MAP Pass

that provides ull admission to the AGO, ROM, Bata Shoe

Museum, the Ontario Science Centre and 14 other iconic

oronto institutions. o date, almost 300,000 passes have been

borrowed and more than 700,000 orontonians have visited

the participating cultural institutions.

At right, Sun Lie Financial accepts a Business or the Arts

Award or Most Innovative Marketing Sponsorship or their

support o the Sun Lie Financial Museum + Arts Pass programat oronto Public Library. We wish to thank them or their

outstanding support o the MAP program and or their part in

making the arts more accessible in oronto.

Sun Lie Financial recognized or

making the arts more accessible

give

joy

this season

Honour the book lovers in your life by making a donation to the Toronto Public Library

Foundation in their name. Your gift will help Toronto’s Library provide the joy of reading,

learning and discovery to many in our community.

To make a gift, visit tplfoundation.ca/givejoy , call 416-393-7123 or visit your branch.

Thank you or responding generously to our Spring appeals

With a postal strike and a lot going on this summer, we were heartened that 749 of you gave

a total of $58,565 in response to our Spring appeals. These donations support Toronto Public

Library’s priority needs. Thank you!

Spring Direct Mail: $52,715 (715 donors)

Spring Newsletter: $5,850 (34 donors)

Jane Pyper, City Librarian, Toronto Public Library, Linda MacKenzie, Assistant VP,

Philanthropy, Sun Life Financial, Jim Fleck, Chairman, BFTA



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Te late Norman Hinton was a long-

time library user. An avid investor,

he used the oronto Public Library

resources to research his investments,

learn about nancial trends and plan his

investment strategies.

Te library staf who assisted him

over those many years may never have

guessed that they were helping him earn

millions on the stock market. And they

certainly would never have imagined

that he would one day pay it orward in

a way that would impact thousands o

uture library users.

Because o what the library meant to

him, and what he knew it could mean to

other people, Mr. Hinton was a aithul

annual donor and he demonstrated the

depth o his appreciation or the Library

by bequeathing more than $1 million to

the oronto Public Library Foundation.

Tis remarkable donation will be put to

work in several ways that honour Mr.

Hinton’s passion or nancial literacy.

Te majority o the gi will be used

to enhance the Library’s collections

supporting small business development,

investment knowledge and nancial

literacy. A portion will be devoted toa small business support program and

small business month. Another portion

will be used to create an endowment

und to support nancial literacy

programs in perpetuity.

Finally, a portion will be directed to the

oronto Public Library Foundation’scapital campaign, in support o the

learning theatre on the third oor o the

oronto Reerence Library. Tis room

will become the Norman G. Hinton

Learning Teatre, in recognition o

the Library’s gratitude or Mr. Hinton’s

generosity and his lielong patronage o

oronto’s Library.

Bequest by long-time library user to

support fnancial literacy

When Justice David Main stepped down from the Ontario

Provincial Court (Family Division) in 2001, he and his wife

Sylvia embraced retirement with gusto. They travelled,

attended concerts and lectures, and signed on as volunteers

with the Friends of the Toronto Public Library. Over the next

ten years, they became valued and beloved members of the

Library community, working side-by-side giving countless

hours to the Book Ends, South bookstore.

David’s sudden death this summer left a void that will be

impossible to ll. “He was an extraordinary volunteer,” says

Friends of the Toronto Public Library chair Frank Velikonja,who remembers David as a devoted, energetic, cheerful

volunteer who was not afraid of hard work. “You couldn’t get

him to slow down.”

A dedicated donor over many years, David’s nal gift has

special meaning for Book Ends, South. His will contained a

bequest to enable the purchase of a showpiece work counter

to bet the bookstore’s handsome new space in the Toronto

Reference Library. This thoughtful tribute will stand to his

lasting memory. Our heartfelt condolences extend to Sylvia

and their family.

A thoughtul tribute rom an admired volunteer

Did you know?Toronto children have free access to more

than 149,000 new children’s books each

year, thanks to the Toronto Public Library.

Dedicated volunteers David and Sylvia Main



Upcoming Eventsin support o Toronto’s Library

Toronto Public Library Foundation’s

mission is to provide essential

resources for the enhancement of Toronto

Public Library and to allocate funds to priority

needs not supported by municipal funding.

Absolutely Vital is a twice-annual publication

for donors to the Toronto Public Library

Foundation.

Let us know what you think! With

comments or to suggest a story idea, please

contact Julie Flynn Still at 416-393-7225 or

[email protected].

Janet McKelvey, Chair

Richard Boxer, Vice-Chair

im Pinnington, Treasurer

Sarah Fulord, Steve Garmaise,

Donna Hayes, Gillian Hewitt Smith,

Wendy Pitblado, Jane Pyper,

Donna Shea, David Strom

Absolutely Vital is also available as ane-newsletter. To receive an electroniccopy, please write to

[email protected].

About Absolutely Vital

The Book Lover’s Ball

The Book Lover’s Ball is the “must attend” event of theyear and, in its seventh year, will be better than ever. Moreimportantly, proceeds from this extraordinary event willenhance the work of Toronto’s Library, the busiest urban publiclibrary system in the world.

Thursday, February 9, 2012 Fairmont Royal York • Black Tie

To book your table or tickets today, please contact Julie Flynn

Still at 416-393-7225 or by email at [email protected].

Whole Foods Market FundraiserStarting November 15th, Whole Foods Market in Yorkvillewill donate $5 from the sale of every stuffed Penguin to theToronto Public Library’s Yorkville branch.

November 15 to December 31, 2011

Whole Foods Market, 87 Avenue Road Cost of a stuffed Penguin: $25 ($5 will be donated toYorkville Branch).

TPL Foundation Board

o Directors

E-newsletter Option

Annual reportLook for our 2010 Annual Reportat www.tplfoundation.ca (click on News& Media)

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One librarian’s legacy o learning

When Pauline Hinch became a librarian, she knew she had ound her calling. Te

one-time violinist and radio personality came to library sciences as a second career,

and worked or many years at the North York Public Library.

Aer her death two years ago, her husband Gordon Hinch honoured her love o herproession by creating the Pauline Hinch Endowment Fund, which supports oronto

Public Library staf who are seeking to qualiy as librarians.

Currently at $70,000, the und must grow to $100,000 in order to sustainably support

an annual award o $3,500 each year. o this end, Mr. Hinch has ofered to match all

contributions this year up to a total o $4,000.

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