Donate/Support Your Library
There are many ways you can help support one of the community’s most important civic institutions — the library.
Since 1876 the Waterloo Public Library has been a meeting place for people, ideas, learning and culture.
The library is used by children, students, parents, entrepreneurs, new immigrants, and seniors — people from all walks of life.
Supporting the Waterloo Public Library means that you’re helping everyone to access the information and life-long learning opportunities that are central to a growing, vibrant community, and that are the cornerstone of a literate and democratic society.
Value Calculator
To calculate the value of your library use, simply complete the online form by selecting the services you use at Waterloo Public Library.
Cash Donations
Every day, more than 1,600 people visit the Waterloo Public Library. The library changes lives — giving people new skills, new ideas and new ways of making sense of the complex world we live in. It gives everyone a chance to discover the joy of reading.
We need friends like you — people who truly appreciate the importance of library services — to ensure a strong library service today and for the future.
Your cash donation will help support important services like:
- outreach programs for children (Books to Grow) which help to bring library collections and services to children who live in vulnerable social and economic circumstances.
- family literacy projects which help to develop the reading, writing and counting skills of children in a family environment, and to promote a love of reading. Parents are their children’s first and most important teachers. Research shows that children’s self-esteem grows and family relationships are strengthened when family members enjoy literacy-building activities together.
- to add more books, DVDs and CDs to our shelves, and to ensure that the library is at the forefront of today’s knowledge economy — knowledge that must be available to all citizens of Waterloo.
To make a cash donation, contact Cathy Matyas, Chief Librarian, at 519-886-1310 ext. 123. To make a donation in person, see staff at the Circulation Desk at the Main Library or the McCormick Branch.
