FY2023 Annual Report to Donors

Dear friends of Sturgis Library:

As you read the following report, I hope you will reflect upon all of the people who give Sturgis Library its energy and warmth, including our wonderfully welcoming staff members, our visitors and patrons of all ages, and you, our generous donors, whose contributions keep the Library at the forefront of community organizations on Cape Cod.

Your support during our fiscal year ended June 30, 2023 enabled Sturgis to continue offering an amazing assortment of books, eBooks, magazines, author talks and research materials, as well as many excellent programs for all members of our community. Highlights included a “Sketch and Breakfast” series of art lessons; a nighttime “Owl Prowl” with Mass Audubon, and a guided walk from Whelden Library to Sturgis. 

In addition, while younger visitors enjoyed our weekly Storytime series and the Spritely Brightly Book Club, other guests immersed themselves in our six-part lecture series covering lesser-known aspects of American history. Topics covered by visiting professors and other experts included the difficult living conditions in Revolutionary-era Massachusetts, the maritime component of the Underground Railroad, and the evolution of the Black Freedom Movement in Boston.  On top of everything else, Sturgis Library wrapped up a major capital improvement project which gave our building a new red cedar shingle roof, improved exterior signage, and a new drainage system to capture exterior water run-off. 

Our ability to deliver innovative programs and necessary capital investments is due in large part to the generosity of our individual donors, who provide a significant portion of the resources we need to fund the Library’s annual operations. While much of this support in Fiscal 2023 came from gifts to our Annual Appeal, we also received a boost from our highly successful “gourmet” tasting event in August of 2022. Sincere thanks to everyone who helped make “Wine, Cheese and Chocolate” such a success, including our volunteers, our sponsors, and everyone who bought a ticket or bid on an auction item. We are already thinking about what we can do for an encore!

Sincerely,
John Littlefield, President of the Board of Trustees

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Sturgis Library is an independent nonprofit public library and research archive, not a Town department.  We receive less than half of our funding from the Town of Barnstable, and must raise the rest of our funds through donations, grants, event proceeds, bookshop sales, and other non-municipal sources.

Our donors give to the library in many ways:

• Donations to our annual appeal
• Bequests
• Gifts of stock or securities
• Gifts of vehicles through our vehicle donation program
• Gifts of goods or services to our fundraisers
• Donations of books, jewelry, and household items to our sales
• Donations of family papers or historic materials to our research archives
• Spontaneous donations in our donation boxes
• Memorial and honorary donations
• Gifts of time — volunteering for special Library projects or at Library events

If you are interested in supporting Sturgis Library, please click here or contact Library Director Lucy Loomis for more information.  You can reach her at 508-362-8448 or via email at director@sturgislibrary.org.

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Major Accomplishments & Projects, July 2022 through June 2023

Sturgis Library Statistics  FY2023

• Collection size: 76,471 items
• Total circulation of materials:  91,127
• Use of eBooks and eAudiobooks:  14,094
• Total visitors:  39,820
• Total programs:  398
• Attendance at programs:  5,093

In FY2023 we saw an increase in number of visitors, attendees at programs and events, number of books and other items circulated, and an increase in use of services. We were happy to welcome back a number a familiar faces and to get to know new library patrons.

• We offered nearly 400 engaging and well-attended programs to Library patrons of all ages.
• We held a number of great fundraising events:
  • Hydrangea Festival Garden Tours
  • Wine Cheese and Chocolate Celebration
  • Annual plant and garden sale
  • Annual jewelry and accessories sale
  • Book sales
  • Holiday ornament sale
  • An August Online Auction
• We welcomed new Library Trustees Martha Guzikowski and Alice Lucey, and said goodbye to trustees Paula King and Suzanne Kelly.
• We said goodbye to staff members Lisa MacDonald and Bill West and wish them the best in their new endeavors.
• We thank the Osterville Garden Club for donating a red oak tree to the Library, which was planted and dedicated on Arbor Day.
• We added several new collections to our archives including:
  • MS. 183: Sears/Dorr Collection
  • MS. 184: Cranberry Culture on Cape Cod
  • MS. 185: Capt. Matthias (Mathias) Gorham Collection
  • MS. 186: Stauffer Miller Civil War Research Notes
  • MS. 187: E. L. Jerauld Correspondence, 1875-1886
  • MS. 188: Ancient and Rare Court Documents of Barnstable County, Massachusetts…1663-1788
  • MS. 189: Diary of an Unknown Woman, 1880
  • MS. 190: Rebellion Record of the Town of Barnstable
  • MS. 191: Court Docket Book of Barnstable County, 1776-1786
  • MS. 192: Nye Family of Barnstable Papers, 1807-1947

• The Library got new carpeting throughout the building, and upgrades to the two kitchens.
• The CLAMS network got a software upgrade.  The Aspen Library catalog offers new ways of searching for and reserving materials in one easy platform.
• We thank the Town of Barnstable for providing approximately 40% of our funding.  We raise the rest through donations, proceeds from events and sales, grants, and other non-municipal income.  Sturgis Library is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
• We also thank the Enoch Cobb Fund and Kirkman Trust Fund, both of the Town of Barnstable, for providing grants that allow us to provide some of the materials for the annual Summer Reading Program, eBooks and eAudiobooks, computer resources, and more.
• We thank Arts Foundation of Cape Cod and the Mid-Cape Cultural Council for providing grant funding for special programming.
• We are so grateful to our patrons and visitors, as well as our generous supporters and community members.  They inspire us every day to provide exemplary programs and services, and we sincerely thank them.

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Special Support

In addition to the Annual Fund donors listed in the next section of our annual report, Sturgis Library has received support from individuals, businesses, organizations, grantors, and others for a variety of needs throughout FY2023. With the help of these special donors we were able to purchase library materials,  to sponsor engaging programs, fund discount museum passes, maintain and preserve our historic building, and much more.  During our Wine Cheese and Chocolate event many generous donors pledged to support the Library. We received proceeds from the sale of donated vehicles, and honored family members and loved ones through memorial and honorary donations. We are also grateful for employer matching grant funds from a number of our generous donors.

If we inadvertently left you off the list of special donors or spelled your name incorrectly, please accept our apologies, and contact us at director@sturgislibrary.org so that we can correct our records. We thank all of our donors and supporters for their generous gifts to Sturgis Library.

FY2023 Special Donors are:

• Abbott, Janet
• Anigbo, Frank & Karen
• Arts Foundation of Cape Cod
• Ball & Boyd Public Adjusters Inc.
• Barette, Kelly
• Barrette, John
• Bearse,  Carrie
• Bearse, Kristen & John Field
• Berman, Ellen
• Berman, Roger & Anne
• Black, Michelle
• Boston, Jacqueline
• Brody, David
• Buckley, Donna
• Cape Cod Five
• Captain’s Crew Painting
• Carlson, Susan Beth
• Champion, Sara
• Clean Green, Inc.
• Cook, William & Antonia
• Corey, Elizabeth
• Crippen, James
• Crowell, Joel & Beth
• Elitov, Gabrielle
• Enoch Cobb Fund
• Farwell, Wayne
• Fischer, Nancy
• Fontecchio, Barbara
• Freitas, Caroline
• Frishman, Kay
• Gallus, Johanne
• Gardner, Allyn
• Gardner, Eileen
• Genest, Jack & Suzy
• Gergen, David
• Girod, Judy
• Grade, Elizabeth
• Guill, Gene & Susan
• Haak, Nancy
• Harden, Charles
• Hazard, Debra
• Hazard, Whitney
• Hickey, Malcolm
• Hilbink, Ronald
• Hunt, Katy
• Johnson, Alice
• Johnson, Tim
• Kelly, Ilona
• Kelly, Jeanne
• Kelly, Susan
• Kensrue, Cynthia
• King, Jeffrey
• King, Paula
• Kirkman Trust Fund Of the Town of Barnstable
• Labdon, Janet
• Lewis, Mary
• Lingard, William
• Littlefield, John & Susie
• Loughran, Meg & Patrick
• Lowrie, Ted & Kathy McShane
• Lyman, Joanne
• Magruder, Elizabeth
• Maker, Andrew
• Mangan, Jim
• Margaret E Lamarca Trust
• Martin, Diane
• Maxwell, Chester
• Maxwell, Rebecca
• McCarthy, Mary
• McCracken, Lori
• McCracken, Scott
• McNeil, Kathryn
• Mid-Cape Cultural Council
• Milligan, Catherine
• Musselman, Steve & Rosanna
• Nelson, Phil & Molly Richardson
• Newell, Betsy & Richard Morse
• Oliver, Richard
• Orcutt, John
• Parke, David & Susan
• Parke, Rob & Bev
• Paster, Barry & Deirdre
• Penguin Random House
• Perrault, Michel & Anne
• Perry, Deborah
• Perry, John
• Pike, Charlotte
• Ray, W.D.
• Ritchie, Timothy
• Scheppler, George & Dianne Muller
• Schofield, John and Susan
• Silver Lake Technologies
• Simmons, Robert
• Smith, William Brooks & Marcia Brown
• Sweeney, Elizabeth
• Sweeney, Grace
• Temple, John & Ann Miller
• Theisen, Gary
• Tirrell, Frederick & Julie
• Turner, Bobby
• Vonnegut, Edith
• Watson, Conrad
• Weintraub, Dorothy
• Whiteman, Valerie
• Whitmore, Steve
• Wroe, Candice

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Donors to the FY2023 Annual Fund

The individuals, businesses, and organizations listed below contributed to the Sturgis Library Annual Fund in FY2023, which ran from July 1, 2022 through June 30th, 2023.  Annual fund donations are unrestricted funds which go towards our operating expenses each year.

If we inadvertently left you off the list of Annual Fund donors or spelled your name incorrectly, please accept our apologies, and contact us at director@sturgislibrary.org so that we can correct our records. We thank all of our donors and supporters for their generous gifts to Sturgis Library.

Donors are color-coded by giving level.  Donors of $1-$249 are listed in black, $250-$499 are listed in purple, $500-$999 are listed in green, and $1,000 and up are listed in blue.

• Albert, Donald and Donna
• Allaire, Joe and Sandy
• Allen, David and Ruthanne
• Anderson, Ross and Gail
• Ansel, David and Dorothy
• Armstrong, Kathryn
• Avezzie, James
• Babcock, Donald and Susan
• Banner, David and Lucy
• Bassett, Wayne and Evelyn
• Bearse, Carrie
• Bernard, Peggy
• Berry, Robert and Benson, Kathleen,
• Bienefeld, Gary
• Bilezikian, Jeffrey and Nancy
• Blair, Patricia
• Blatt, Karen
• Bloom, Richard and Susan
• Blume, Ralph and Nancy
• Bockhoff, Anne
• Boocock, Roger
• Bourne, Donald
• Boyle, Jane
• Brodeur, Emil and Joanne
• Brosnan, Theresa
• Brown, Clifford
• Brown, Vernon and Barbara
• Burger, Kate
• Burrows, James
• Butler, Sarah
• Cahoon, Carol
• Carey, Kathryn
• Carroll, Mary
• Carroll, John and Wendy
• Carroll, Marilyn
• Carty, Lucy
• Carvounis, Loucas and Braman
• Chabot, Gary
• Champlin, Connie
• Chapman, Suzanne
• Clark, Paula
• Clark, Hamilton and Caroline
• Coggeshall, Caroline and David
• Collins, Robert and Judy
• Conlin, Kristen
• Connolly, James and Paula
• Conroy, Martin
• Conway, Lisa and Gary
• Cook, Bill and Toni
• Coombs, Charles
• Corbitt, Jeri
• Cosgrove, Edward and Anne
• Crane, Bethiah
• Crane, Richard and Sandra
• Crippen, J. Patrick
• Crocker, Roderick and Judy
• Crosby, Robert and Paula
• Crowell, Joel and Beth
• Crowley, Jackie
• Daley, Michael and Abraham, Cathy,
• Davis, Phyllis
• De Ciccio, Jeffrey and Sharon
• Dee, Christian and Nicola
• Donovan, Mary Ann
• Dornemann, Peter and Ellen
• Downs, Mike and Cindy
• Draper, John and Lucy
• Dunning, Michael and Elizabeth
• Duprey, Andre and Carlene
• Ehret, Christine
• Elliot, Ben and Lay, Marcia,
• Ellis, Douglas
• Enable Hope Foundation,
• Farrell, Eileen
• Farrenkopf, Craig and Joan
• Fenney, Dr. and Mary Anne Fenney
• Fitzgerald, Paul and Bunny
• Frazee, Bob and Alexena
• French, Rich and Sue
• Fuller, Chick and Marilyn
• Gabel, Ronald and Laurel
• Gallagher, Frederick and Ellin
• Galvin, Grace
• Genest, Jack and Suzy
• George, Lloyd and Linda
• Golden, William and Adele
• Goldstein, Bea
• Greer, Nancy
• Guill, Gene and Susan
• Guzikowski, Martha
• Handy, Charlotte
• Haskell and Sara Widdicombe, Nancy and Sara
• Hawkins, Richard and Ferguson, Marian,
• Hazard, Jerry
• Heaslip, Steve and Holly
• Heisler, Dale and Shauna
• Hemeon, Jan
• Hensonn, Dianna
• Himstead, Joan
• Hinckley, Helen
• Hinckley, Clark
• Hinkle and Roy Hammer, Jim and Roy
• Housman, Ted and Margaret
• Huckins, Joan
• Huguley, Arthur and Heidi
• Hunsaker, Jamie and Lee
• Hurwitch, John and Magruder, Blue,
• Ives, Elizabeth
• Jerauld, Nancy
• Jerauld Morrow, Ann
• Johnson and Christopher Shaw, Timothy
• Kaess, Walter
• Kelly, Suzanne
• Kenyon, Richard and Kathleen
• Kevorkian, Barry and Joyce
• Kidd, James
• Kimball, Molly
• King, Mary Ann
• Kovatch, George and Susan
• Kraus, Jon and Wilma
• Lajoie, Sheryl and Brian
• Lamb, Rick and Nancy
• Lamkin, Mona
• Landy, Phillip
• LaPine, Paul and Wendy
• Lathrop, John and Carol
• Lathrop Friedman, Pamela
• Lavery, Bob and Pat
• Leary, Jeffrey and Kristin
• Lehman, Matt and Fort, Elizabeth,
• Lewis, Farley
• Lickfield, William and Tamara
• Littlefield, John and Susie
• Livingston, Susan
• Long, Philip and Whitney
• Long, Sally
• Loughran, Meg and Pat
• Lowrie, Ted and McShane, Kathy,
• Luban, Dr. Naomi
• Lucey, Alice
• Lyman, Joanne
• Machado, Gayle
• Magner, Paul and Carole
• Magruder, Elizabeth
• Mangan, Jim and Deborah
• Mark, Dorothy
• Martin, David and Susan
• Martin, Diane
• Masi, Meoldy and DiGioia, Diana,
• Mason, Colleen
• Masterson, Greg
• Mastromauro, Frank and Jan
• Mathewson, Hub
• McAuley, James and Linda
• McClenahan, Robert and Rebecca
• McKelvy, Nancy
• Medeiros, James and Geraldine
• Meyer, Rob and Anne
• Milligan, Cathy
• Moeller, Susan
• Moore, Christopher and Diana
• Morales, Harry and Kerin
• Morin, Julius and Pamela
• Morse, Diana
• Morse, Richard and Newell, Betsy,
• Morton, Roy and Elizabeth
• Moser, Marcia
• Mullen, Thomas
• Munsell, Dave and Diane
• Nanni, Anthony and Sarah
• Nelson, Cy and Weezie
• Nelson, Phillip and Richardson, Molly,
• Nichol, Margaret
• Nober, Linda
• Norton, Mary
• Olcott, Jack and Judith
• Olsen,Ken and Crowley, Elissa,
• Orcutt, John and Sally
• Parke, Rob and Bev
• Parke, David and Susan
• Patel, Shirish
• Pearl, Richard and Janet
• Perrault, Michel and Anne
• Phillips, David and Susan
• Phinney, Frederick
• Pipe, Elaine
• Powers, Andy and Sue
• Price, Edward and Valerie
• Prothero, Helen
• Quinn, William and Marilyn
• Rapp, Jan
• Raser, Bob and Caroline
• Rehkamp, Thomas and Marsha
• Renninger, Joel and Bernice
• Revere, Avery
• Ring, Ann
• Riordan, Cornelius and Arlene
• Robinson, Ken and Lilla
• Robinson Daly, Janis
• Rosen, Isac and Cole, Cynthia,
• Ross, Janet
• Rossman, James and Cummings, Lisa,
• Saling, Edward and Christy
• Schelter, Craig
• Schiffer, Peggy and Noland, Sam,
• Schultz, Laura
• Sciarappa, Dorothy and Moore, Andrea,
• Shanahan, Margaret
• Shea, Walter
• Silver, Tom and Helen
• Silvia, Ron and Kathy
• Smith, Jey
• Smith, Carol
• Smith, William and Brown, Marcia,
• Soponis, Mento and Gayling
• Squyres, Mary Anne
• Stafford, Albert and Jean
• Stapleton, William and Souza, Elizabeth,
• Starkey, Albert and Susan
• Starr, Gordon and, Greene - Starr, Sherry ,
• Stein, Bernard
• Stewart, Irving
• Stolte, Robert and Shirley
• Sturgis, Barry and Nicole
• Sturgis, Ellen
• Taylor, Kathryn
• Temkin, Ellen
• Temple, John and Miller, Ann,
• Thompson, Rev. and Mrs. Thompson
• Tirrell, Frederick and Julie
• Tolliver, Roy and Kathy
• Trisko, Joan
• True, Roger
• Van Buren, Wayne and Patricia
• Vaughan, Patrick and Julia
• Vetorino, Peg
• Vonnegut, Edie and Squibb, John,
• Waasdorp, Erica
• Wagenblass, Peter and Christine
• Walters, Frederick
• Ware, Paul and Susan
• Watson, Serena
• Weaver, Esta
• Weber, David and Carole
• West, Peter and Debbie
• Whitmore, Steve
• Wilker-Manfredonia, Leslie
• Williams, Greg and Marianne
• Williams, Gary
• Willman, Phyllis
• Wirtanen, Edward and Jeanne
• Wirtanen, Mark and Reilly, Terrie ,
• Wolfe, Clifton
• Woodruff, Donald and Carol
• Woolf, Sheldon and Elisabeth
• Young, Jacquelyn