Moving on up!

Great news as our Branching Out campaign keeps moving forward. With the impetus of the Summer Gift Challenge we've now reached 95% raised towards our million dollar goal to build the first Branch Library in south Barrie.

Keep it coming folks!

Everyone here at Barrie Public Library is so excited to be ... Branching Out for our community!
Ann

What excitement on Sunday night as the grand finale of the Tranter Institute's "Dancing with the Stars - Barrie" event reached a glamorous conclusion and Tara Dawn and Clark were declared winners of the first trophy! Lynn Strachan and Lou came a very close second with tension running high.

Everyone here at the library is heartened when community support such as this comes to the fore, with individuals and businesses putting on their own events to help build the first branch library in Barrie. Our sincere thanks to Monica and all at the Tranter Institute.

Everyone here at Barrie Public Library is so excited to be ... Branching Out for our community!
Ann

Ice cream cakes for Branching Out!

Help raise funds for the first Branch Library with Marble Slab Creamery!

Buy an ice cream cake on Saturday, December 5th and Marble Slab Creamery will give $5 to the Branching Out campaign

Yummily delicious - and helpful too!!! Enjoy!

75% and growing

Wow - 75% towards our million dollar goal and Branching Out just keeps growing! And that's good - very good - because we need the help of our community to reach that goal and build Barrie's first branch library. It's been a busy, busy Summer with all our Branching Out campaign team volunteers working hard.

Excitement is also growing as some wonderful fundraising events start happening. Check out details on the Events page of our Branching Out website, then come on out to join in the fun.

Everyone here at Barrie Public Library is so excited to be ... Branching Out for our community!
Ann

Dragon Boat Festival raises funds to help build branch library

Wow!
August 22 saw a very exciting day of racing out on the water as Barrie Public Library's 7th annual Barrie Dragon Boat Festival took to Kempenfelt Bay. With 49 teams racing and funds being raised for 40 local charities it was a day of marvellous community spirit and camaraderie. We won't know the exact amount of pledges raised until late September, but since its inception in 2003 this Barrie Public Library event has raised more than $925,000 for more than 60 charities alongside your Library. All pledges made to the Library itself go to our Branching Out Capital Campaign fund to build our first Branch Library in south Barrie.

Want to know more about the Festival? Check the dragon boats out at www.barriedragonboatfestival.ca

Everyone here at Barrie Public Library is so excited to be ... Branching Out for our community!
Ann

70% + more!

Things are very exciting here this week as a lot of things move forward all at once!
- We've now hit 70% of our fundraising goal - thanks to everyone who has already made their gift! If you haven't donated yet then please go to the Branching Out campaign website at www.branchingoutbpl.ca and donate now.
- tonight is an Open House with the project architects: an opportunity for them to meet our community and gather public input on the design of this branch library
- and today the "future home" sign went up on the site selected for the first branch library in Barrie. See the photo!

Everyone here at Barrie Public Library is so excited to be Branching Out for our community!