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Causes: Education
Mission: The purpose of the amery public foundation inc is to receive, administer and distribute contributions and accruals on behalf of the amery public library. The foundation works to honor a pledge agreement between itself, the amery area public library board of trustees, and the city of amery to raise funds towards the cost of maintaining and remodeling space in the former amery regional medical center and to expand the amery area public library. The foundation also writes grants in support of the library's collections, programs and services, provides scholarships and supports library services and summer programs for the area youth and for individuals who have sight problems.
Programs: Large print books to the amery area individuals with limited or reduced sight ability. The library estimates that this reached 300 individuals.
awarded amery school district students academic scholarships. There were five scholarships awarded in 2017.
the summer reading program, awc read to me and national library week reached approximately 600 individuals ranging from young children to babies in the hospital.