$1M Donated To New Library & Building named after Donor

search-engines-web sends news of a generous donors who have given a shot in the arm to fundraising efforts at the Georgetown (MD) Public Library. The library announced of a pair of gifts that added $1.3 million to the library fund including $30,000 from Perdue Farms, Inc. and a pledge of $1 million from Eolyne K. Tunnell and Robert W. Tunnell, Jr. and family.

These donations represent a major step forward in making the new library building a reality,” said Paul G. Enterline, chairman of the board of the library trustees. “In appreciation of this gift the new Georgetown Public Library will be named The Tunnell Library Building, and dedicated to the memory of James M. Tunnell, James M. Tunnell, Jr., and Robert W. Tunnell.