THE FRIENDS OF THE WILLIAM JEANES MEMORIAL LIBRARY Annual Report 2020 775 members as of 31 December 2020

PROGRAMMING (Adult/Teen/Children, General) $8,500 • Virtual programs and supplies • Children’s Programs & Supplies • Teen Programs & Supplies • Adult Programs & Supplies • Craft supplies • Trivia Night Prizes and Summer Reading Prizes • MLK Day and Star Wars Day supplies • BookPage Publication

MUSEUM PASSES $2,750 For many years the Friends have been pleased to provide the Library with museum passes to approximately 30 different museums and cultural institutions throughout the region. Due to the pandemic, most of these institutions stopped accepting or selling museum passes. Recognizing the importance of these passes to the public and of helping these local institutions, the Friends continued to supply funds to purchase passes for the Library as they became available.

The museums and cultural institutions that the Friends supported in 2019 and supported when possible in 2020:

Woodmere Art Museum Independence Seaport Museum

African American Museum in Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of

Philadelphia

Elmwood Park Zoo National Constitution Center

Chanticleer Garden Moravian Pottery and Tile Works

Rosenbach Museum and Library Morris Arboretum of the University of

Philadelphia Insectarium and Penn Museum (U of Penn Museum of Archaeology

Butterfly Pavilion and Anthropology)

Grounds for Sculpture Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

Tyler Arboretum Museum of the American Revolution

Historic Hope Lodge John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove

Eastern State Penitentiary National Museum of American Jewish History

Battleship New Jersey Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles

Philadelphia’s Magic Garden Bucks County Children’s Museum

National Liberty Museum

Glencairn Museum Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum

Pearl S. Buck House

Mary Knowles Technology Fund $5,000 • PA System and Microphone for outdoor games • Webcams and Microphones for online programs • Annual Kahoot Subscription • Captioning Services • Two year EnvisionWare Printing Subscription • Hardware for Square • Miscellaneous technology: cables, tripods, etc.

Nancy Corson Creative Writing Fund $2,000 • Teen & Adult Writing Workshops

Hospitality $250

Total $18,500

In the past 23 years, the Friends have supported the Library with $524,000!