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Foundation donates more than $100K to Library

By EMILY CANNING-DEAN, Wadsworth Post editor
WADSWORTH – Thanks to a generous donation from the Wadsworth Public Library Foundation, the folks at the Wadsworth Public Library will soon be able to move forward with improvement to their children’s section.

The foundation approved a $133,300 donation to the library March 3 during their board meeting. The donation will cover more than half of the cost of the planned improvements of the children’s area. The rest will be paid for through the library’s capital funds.

“It has been our goal for the last five or six years to make a donation of this magnitude,” said Doug Beeman, vice president of the Wadsworth Public Library Foundation. “We have raised money through different fundraising efforts like the Bookin’ 5K race and through donations.”

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