There’s a Community Fundraising Picnic happening this on Saturday, October 4.
Donations will help purchase furniture, books, and resources for the future Whycocomagh Public Library.
The Municipality Inverness County with partnership from the Whycocomagh Waterfront Centre, Eastern Counties Regional Library (ECRL), and community volunteers, announced they will open the Whycocomagh Public Library this winter.
“The community and our organization have been advocating for a library for a long time,” says Whycocomagh Waterfront Centre President Crystal Jones. “We are thrilled that we are able to work with the municipality and ECRL to make it a reality.”
This will be Inverness County’s first municipally operated library.
“ECRL is excited to work with the municipality and the community to develop a new model for providing library services in rural communities,” says Chair of the ECRL board of directors, Clair Rankin. “This partnership allows Whycocomagh and area residents to enjoy the benefits of a public library.”
Along with library services, it will also offer a welcoming community space for visitor information, and municipal services and programming.
“The Municipality of Inverness County really values libraries and the wonderful services they provide communities,” expressed Warden Bonny MacIsaac. “Council and staff’s commitment and investment to expanding these services to Whycocomagh reflect this, and how libraries can be the cornerstones of growing communities.”
The Community Fundraising Picnic is happening on Saturday, October 4 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Whycocomagh Lower Park.
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