Kathy Hill Bahner
Drew Brown, President
Bill McMurray, Vice President
Sidney Breese, Secretary
Bill Titcomb, Treasurer
Steven Haskey
Sharon Kosek
Patt Lilly
Gary Myers
Ralph Schank
Bette Tolbert
The St. Joseph Public Library Foundation is an independent, non-profit organization promoting private donations to ensure the library’s growth toward excellence. The Board meets quarterly.
Help the Foundation create an endowment to:
- Enhance library services
- Augment library resources
- Contribute to capital resources
Our most recent donation to the library is helping the Downtown branch become the first Family Place Library™ in Missouri.
The St. Joseph Public Library serves the community as a center for information, recreation, culture and education. From babies to retirees, students to business owners, people from all segments of the community come to the St. Joseph Public Library to find practical answers, to develop talents, to stretch the imagination and simply to enjoy the beautiful facilities.
Your Contribution makes a difference.
Your donation to the Foundation helps to provide a basis of perpetual support to the St. Joseph Public Library. Donations will be listed here and in the library’s monthly newsletter. Credit card donations are accepted via PayPal on the website. Please contact Mary Beth Revels at 816-232-7729 or mrevels@sjpl.lib.mo.us if you prefer a personal visit.
Your donation corresponds with the following books about St. Joseph:
$1,000 + “The Incredible Owen Girls” by Jean Fahey Eberle
$500 – $999 “Orphans Preferred” by Christopher Corbett
$250 – $499 “Old St. Jo: Gateway to the West” by Sheridan Logan
$100 – $249 “Robidoux’s Town” by Robert J. Willoughby
$25 – $99 “The History of Buchanan County”
$24 & under “St Joseph: A Pictorial History” by Mildred Grenier
Current Year Donations:
“The Incredible Owen Girls” Level: Anonymous
“Orphans Preferred” Level: Calvin & Mary Ann Bibens
“Old St. Jo: Gateway to the West” Level: Steven & Brenda Zwaschka
“Robidoux’s Town” Level: Drew & Charlene Brown, Bill & Judy McMurray, Steven E. Goldring & Robert E. Wennersten, Bette Tolbert, Woodrow Shepherd.
“The History of Buchanan County” Level: Sharon and Larry Kosek; Donna Jean Boyer; Gertrude Beaver; Jeannetta Danford in memory of Thad Danford; Rosan Bowers in memory of Mildred & Jiggs Bowers; Kathy Hill Bahner; Charlotte & Lisa Danbury in memory of Lois D. Murray.
Make a Donation to the St. Joseph Public Library Foundation.
