Memorials and Honorariums
Memorials/Honorariums & Book Endowments
The Mary Lou Johnson-Hardin County District Library is grateful for gifts, and the library has been enriched by many generous contributions over the years. Gifts to the library support us in our commitment to provide excellent library services, resources, and facilities to our community.
We welcome and strive to honor the request of individuals wishing to give memorials to the library that are consistent with the library's Collection Development Policy.
Memorial books pay tribute to a departed loved one, or express sympathy to those who have lost a loved one.
Gift books may also mark a friend or loved one's birthday or anniversary, pay tribute to a person who is retiring or graduationg, or serve as a thank you to someone special. Examples are teachers, babysitters, perhaps someone who gave a program for you group, or someone that went above or beyond the call of duty!
Book Endowments
In creating a book endowment in memory or honor of a loved one or someone special in your life, you are truly giving a gift that keeps on giving.
For a donation of $100.00 or more, a new book or library material is provided to the library every year.
A gift of an endowment establishes a named fund that is invested. Only the interest from the fund is spent. Gifts can be added to an endowment at any time.
Ways you can help your library
- A cash gift
- Donating stocks, bonds and other assets
- Naming the library as a beneficiary to your will