Hands creating the future!

Lend a hand in the future of your library. Our community is growing. We have a need to expand our library, and you have the opportunity to leave your mark on the new addition. This expansion will create space for our children's storytimes and craft sessions, and it will also serve the need for more community meeting rooms.

The 1250 square foot addition to the children's room will provide much-needed space for our future generations. Your contribution today will make a direct difference in our library's future.

Handprints in the library

To recognize your gift to the library, the outline of your hand or that of a loved one will be cut from anodized aluminum and personalized with the engraving of your signature. You can also donate anonymously, or you can give a gift on behalf of someone else, and the library will send them instructions on how to create their hand tracing. Your handprint will then be mounted in the beautiful new Children's/Community Room wing.

Memorialize your family name, remember the life of a loved one, pay tribute to a special person in your life or recognize your business. Create a permanent family memento by tracing the hand of your child, grandchild or parent.

Children's handprints will be mounted in the new room on a tree branch as leaves. The hands of teens, adults and businesses will be mounted in a stylized wave along the wall.

Donation levels

Jade level
Children ages 0 to 12: $55

Copper level
Teens ages 13 to 17: $75

Bronze level
Adults ages 18 and up: $250

Gold level
All ages and businesses: $500

All donations are tax deductible.

Free "Hands Creating the Future" flyers describing details about donating, and the process necessary for your hand-tracing, are available at the front Checkout desk as you enter the library. Or contact the Glendora Public Library Friends Foundation at 626-852-4872 or apankow@glendoralibrary.org.

A display showing samples of the inscribed, anodized aluminum hands, and photos of where the room expansion will be built, is on view on the main floor of the library.