January 12, 2012 - Copeland Family Foundation Gift

The Milton Library Foundation (MLF) announces that it has received a gift
of $100,000 from the Copeland Family Foundation to establish the
Copeland Family Foundation Endowment Fund. The income generated
annually by the Fund will be used specifically to purchase books.

Anne Collins, a long-time MLF director upon hearing the news said, “What
a marvelous gift from the Copeland Family Foundation Endowment to our
Milton Library Foundation Endowment to benefit the citizens of Milton.”

Herbert Voigt, MLF President, said that “the establishment of an
endowment for the Milton Library Foundation was a logical decision for
the Library’s fund-raising arm, once the primary goal of enlarging and
renovating Milton’s Public Library was successfully completed just over a
year ago. The Copeland Family Foundation is continuing its long and
illustrious history of helping make Milton an exciting and rewarding place
to learn and live.”

Philip E. McNulty, Milton Public Library’s Director, said of the gift, "Strong
Libraries are ultimately all about access and collections, and this gift will
help us maintain high quality collections well into the future."

MLF President-elect Kathy Fagan Bauer said, "We are very grateful to the
Copeland Foundation for recognizing that the Milton Public Library is more
than just a place where the books reside: it is the very heart of
our community and needs our ongoing support. This generous gift will
ensure that many more stories will now be discovered and treasured."

“Certainly the gift from the Copeland Family Foundation exemplifies a
major community support which will help keep our library a center for
learning for generations to come,” said June Robinson, Chair of the MLF’s
Investment Committee.