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Ongoing Support
With your ongoing support, we can ensure that our library is equipped and ready to serve the literacy, leisure and learning needs for generations of Strathcona County residents to come. An investment in the library is an investment in the future.
If you are not able to support the library financially at this time, there are many other ways to help. We welcome volunteers, potential Board Members, and book donations. Strathcona County Library is a registered
charity. Tax receipts will be issues for all monetary
donations over $10. Lois Hole Library Legacy Program: Grow Your LibraryLois Hole, Alberta's 15th Lieutenant Governor, was an avid supporter of libraries and of the contribution they make to learning, literacy, personal development and recreation.
A tax receipt for your gift; An acknowledgement will be sent to those in whose honour a donation is made, or - in the case of memorial donations - to their families. For more information about this program through Strathcona County Library, please ask at one of our Service Desks for a brochure.
Alberta Public Libraries Most of the funding for public libraries in Alberta
comes from their own communities through municipal taxes. Because
public libraries share their resources and cooperate in providing
materials and services to support all Albertans, the Province also
contributes. Libraries supplement this core service funding by
selling library cards, collecting fines and fees for late materials,
and by applying for project grants. Many libraries also work with a
non-profit Library Friends group that can advocate and raise funds
on the library's behalf. Most, if not all, of the funds raised by
public libraries goes toward equipment, books, materials, or
services that directly benefit the public. In a typical year, Strathcona County Library
receives the largest portion of its funding from its municipality,
Strathcona County. As a service organization open to the public 69
hours each week, the library's largest expenditure is staffing.
While located in the Sherwood Park Mall, the library
spent the next largest amount on leasing its space. In 2006, County
Council approved the building of a new library as part of the
Community Centre facility in Centre in the Park. The decision was
made to spread the one-time costs for this project over several
years, and a series of reserves and debentures were set in place.
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From
her spirit and passion comes this invitation to honour
someone you know through a program to help build and
strengthen our public library resource. 
Strathcona
County Tax Levy
Library Generated (Grants, Library Cards, Fees)
Provincial Operating Grant
Other
Programs & Services
Equipment Purchases & Maintenance
Operations