Posts by Nancy Rubini, Foundation Director

Foundation Gala on May 4, 2024

Please join us for the Foundation Gala on May 4, 2024, from 7:00-10:00 p.m. at the Library. We'll be celebrating the Library's 50 Years on Martine Avenue! Buffet Dinner – Wine & Beer –  RSVP by April 8. Funds raised through the Gala support year-round programs for children, teens and adults. BUY TICKETS AND JOURNAL ADS HERE Honoring Rai Fernandez, Partner, Bermello Ajamil Architects With creativity, technical skill, and appreciation for our grand old building, Rai Fernandez and his team have transformed almost all of the Library’s spaces, improving the user experience for thousands of people every year. The Trove
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Categories: Homepage Foundation, Library Foundation, and Library News.

Fun, Food, and Football

Thanks to our community partner, Wolf & Warrior Brewing Company and special guest, WNBC Sports Anchor Bruce Beck, a good time was had by all at the Foundation’s Tailgate Fundraiser on February 4th. In conversation with Board member Jessica Rao Lonski, Bruce Beck spoke with us about trends in sports journalism, Taylor Swift and the Super Bowl, how he prepares for a show, and his commitment to mentoring young people through his Camp. Thank you to everyone who bought tickets!
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Categories: Featured and Library News.

Fun, Food and Football

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT!   The White Plains Library Foundation invites you to join us for an afternoon of fun, food and football! Tailgate at Wolf and Warrior Brewing Company Special Guest: BRUCE BECK, WNBC Sports Anchor Sunday, February 4, 2024 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Tickets are $50 and include a beer or glass of wine and delicious snacks. BUY TICKETS HERE Funds raised through this event support year-round Library programs for children, teens, and adults. We're thrilled that Bruce Beck will be talking with us about Trends in Sports Journalism. If you'd like to submit a question, email
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The Foundation’s Annual Appeal

If you appreciate the Library, then now is the time to show your support by donating to the Foundation’s Annual Appeal. We count on community contributions to help fund new programs, updated technology, and timely opportunities like events with authors, genealogists, and historians. Have you noticed all the wonderful children’s events with musicians, dancers, magicians, and other performers? These types of interactive programs are funded by the Foundation and your gift ensures they keep happening! Your support also helps expand access to laptops, mobile HotSpots, 3-D printing, coding classes, language resources, craft workshops, and new software including tools for using
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Categories: Library News.

Foundation Gala

The Foundation’s 2023 Gala, Celebrating the Freedom to Read, will take place on Saturday, March 25th, from 7:00-10:00 p.m.  Please join us for dinner followed by a an entertaining program, (finally) together in the Library! The Foundation is honoring White Plains resident Oren J. Teicher, former CEO of the American Booksellers Association, Board member of National Coalition Against Censorship, and 2019 recipient of the National Book Foundation’s Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community. In keeping with the theme, the Foundation is thrilled to welcome special guest Kerri Maher. She’ll be talking with us about her new
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Author Visit with Chris Finan

Register HERE for a virtual author visit with Chris Finan on September 21st from 7:00- 8:00 p.m. He’ll be talking about his new book, How Free Speech Saved Democracy: The Untold History of How the First Amendment Became an Essential Tool for Securing Liberty and Social Justice. Finan will be interviewed by White Plains resident Oren Teicher, former CEO of the American Booksellers Association. This is the first of many upcoming events in our yearlong celebration of #WPFreedomtoRead. Here’s what author Judy Blume said about the book: “I can't believe we're in the midst of another struggle over what students
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WPLF Board of Directors

Beth Kava, President & Secretary Kristine Holden, Vice President Graham Trelstad, Vice President Janet Bailey, Treasurer James Benerofe Denise D’Ambrosio Yuki Itoh Haynes Joan Kass Brian Kenney Barbara R. Loucks Jessica Rao Lonski Aron Pasternack Paul Schwarz Gail Schwartz Renee Shanker Don Simmons, Jr. John Steward Nicholas R. Wolff Foundation Home Page
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Categories: Homepage Foundation.

Info for Donors

Thank you for supporting the White Plains Library Foundation! Mailing Address 100 Martine Avenue White Plains, New York 10601 Federal Tax ID 13-3943091 The Foundation appreciates gifts of stock. Please contact us for bank transfer instructions. Contact Nancy Rubini, WPLF Executive Director (nrubini@whiteplainslibrary.org) Foundation 914-422-1495 Library Administration 914-422-1407 Return the Foundation Home Page Here whiteplainslibrary.org/foundation Donate on-line Here
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Categories: Homepage Foundation.

Virtual Author Visit with Frank Bruni

The White Plains Library Foundation is presenting a virtual author visit with bestselling author, journalist, and White Plains native Frank Bruni. He'll be talking about his new book, The Beauty of Dusk: On Vision Lost and Found.  Please join us on Tuesday, April 5th, 2022 from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.  REGISTER HERE. One morning in late 2017, New York Times columnist Frank Bruni woke up with strangely blurred vision. He wondered at first if some goo or gunk had worked its way into his right eye. But this was no fleeting annoyance, no fixable inconvenience. Overnight, a rare stroke had
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Categories: Library News.

Spring FUNdraiser May 1, 2022

Please join us for the White Plains Library Foundation‘s Spring FUNdraiser BACK IN CIRCULATION! Snacks, Sweets & Stories Sunday, May 1, 2022  3:00 – 5:30 p.m. We're thrilled to partner with STORYBOOM for a lively program featuring storytellers talking about resilience and finally getting back in circulation! Buy Tickets or Become an Event Sponsor HERE  (or mail a check to the address below; please note the names of attendees on your check) Event Co-Chairs: Kristine Holden, Jessica Rao Lonski Location: Congregation Kol Ami, 252 Soundview Avenue White Plains, NY 10606 Space is limited. RSVP by April 22. Proof of vaccination
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The Library’s Future – Planned Gifts

The White Plains Library Foundation is dedicated to the long term success of the Library and we hope you'll join us in thinking about the future. Public libraries benefit from planned gifts that make it possible to adapt to changing community needs, especially during uncertain economic cycles that can affect government budgets. That's why we're asking you to consider providing instructions in your will for a planned gift. Making plans for a future gift creates a legacy for generations to come and helps ensure the Library stays responsive, innovative, and accessible. Bequests are a common type of planned gift and it's
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Categories: Homepage Foundation.

Author Visit with Anita Hill

Please join us for a virtual author visit with Anita Hill on Monday, November 1, 7:00–8:00 p.m. She’ll discuss her new book, Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence, a combination of memoir, personal accounts, law, and social analysis. Anita Hill is University Professor of Social Policy, Law, and Women’s and Gender Studies at Brandeis University. After the 1991 Senate confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, Hill became a leading figure in the fight for women’s rights and against gender-based violence. Believing is a story of America's three decades long reckoning with gender violence, one that
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A Conversation with James McBride

The White Plains Library Foundation is thrilled to welcome (virtually) award-winning author, musician, and screenwriter, James McBride to discuss his latest novel, Deacon King Kong, named one of the Top Ten Books of 2020 by the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, and TIME magazine. Please join us on May 4th, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Click HERE to Register* and you'll receive a Zoom link unique to your email. “Shouldn’t we just get it over with and declare McBride this decade’s Great American Novelist?” asked the Los Angeles Times. “McBride has a way of inflating reality to comical sizes, the better for us
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Meet Mara Gay

Please join us on Sunday, March 21, 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. for a conversation with Mara Gay, a New York Times Editorial Board member who writes about politics and New York. She’s also an MSNBC political analyst, appearing regularly to discuss national politics. Before coming to the Times, Mara covered Mayors Bill de Blasio and Michael Bloomberg as a City Hall reporter at The Wall Street Journal, and before that, at the Daily News. In her first job, she was a digital staff editor for The Atlantic Magazine in Washington, D.C. Mara was also a columnist and editorial board writer for
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Creating or Updating a Will?

These are uncertain times and many of us are wondering if our affairs are in order and if our assets are protected should something happen to us. Please join us on Thursday, November 12 from 12:00–1:00 p.m. for Making a Will? Ten Things You Need to Know. You’ll hear from an expert who has been advising clients (of all income levels) about estate planning for more than 30 years. White Plains attorney Susan Edwards Colson will share the top ten questions she’s being asked about creating or updating a will in today’s world. Whether you’d like some basic suggestions or
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Ibram X. Kendi Visit

Registration is now closed for this event. The White Plains Library Foundation, in partnership with the Thomas H. Slater Center and with the support of other sponsors, is presenting a special virtual event with the award-winning author, historian, and thought-leader, Ibram X. Kendi on October 28, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. This program will be the highlight of the Library’s city-wide reading initiative, One Book, One White Plains. In the meantime, mark your fall calendars and look into our digital and physical copies of the two books we'll be reading: How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi (available in
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POSTPONED: 25th Anniversary Gala with Erik Larson

March 14th Gala Postponed please click link for details: https://whiteplainslibrary.org/2020/03/march-14th-gala-postponed/ The Gala is now sold out! Thank you to our donors, sponsors, and community partners. The White Plains Library Foundation's 25th Anniversary Gala is Saturday, March 14, 2020 from 7 – 10 p.m. at the Library. Don't miss the chance to hear special guest, Erik Larson, bestselling author of Dead Wake, In the Garden of Beasts, The Devil in the White City, and coming soon, The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family and Defiance During the Blitz – book included with your ticket. In recognition of this
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Meet the 2020 Gala Honorees

The White Plains Library Foundation is proud to recognize the following honorees at the 25th Anniversary Gala on March 14*. Barbara R. Loucks  Barbara has always worked to better the lives of children, and this passion brought her to the Foundation where she's been involved for more than two decades. She was a key advocate for the Foundation’s first major fundraising initiative, the Trove, and continued to champion a number of improvements at the Library. Her dedicated Board service has provided continuity to its members and leadership. According to Barbara, “our Library is a community builder – a vital asset,
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Planned Giving

The White Plains Library Foundation is dedicated to the long term success of the Library and that’s why we hope you’ll provide instructions in your will for a planned gift. Making plans for a future gift creates a legacy for generations to come and helps ensure the Library stays open, responsive and accessible to everyone. Around the country, libraries endure through planned gifts that help them adapt to changing community needs, technological innovations and uncertain economic cycles that can affect government funding. Bequests are the simplest and most common form of planned gift. Residuary bequests are popular because the amount
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Categories: Library News.

IRA Gifts

Making Your Contributions Tax Deductible – A Message from our Treasurer If you're over age 70 ½ and  plan to take the Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) from your IRA account—and you want to get a tax deduction for your charitable contributions—the new Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) requires that you rethink your tax planning. The TCJA increased the Standard Deduction for married couples to $24,000 ($12,000 for individuals) and limited itemized deductions for real estate and income taxes to $10,000. In practical terms, if you’re married and the total of qualifying mortgage interest plus medical expenses over 7.5% of
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Categories: Library Foundation.