Bob Cox shares this article about the grass-roots style fundraising uses by the Friends of the Minneapolis Public Library.
“Margaret Howes raised the magic question:
“What if everyone in Minneapolis chipped in to support the library? How much would it take?”
Good question, thought library director Kit Hadley, and reached for her calculator. She divided the expected $4.5 million in state-budget cuts by the Minneapolis population of 382,000.
“Twelve dollars,” she announced, rather stunned that the figure was so low. “About $12 a person.”
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