A Thank You to a Friend
We are saddened to tell you that Kelly Corrado, who has served in a voluntary
capacity as President of Friends of the Library since 2003 and creator and
advisor of the Junior Friends of the Library since 2007, will be resigning from
the Friends’ Groups. (She will continue in her employee capacity as Coordinator
of Adult Services, Special Programs, Publicity, and Promotions for the Library.)
Kelly worked extremely hard on brainstorming to develop and implement
many unique and profitable fundraisers, and in continually promoting the fundraisers
and the Library in general. The amount of personal time she devoted to these
efforts is incalculable.
During her years with the FOL and JFOL, Kelly led the groups in raising
over $12,000.00 for the Library. However, Kelly’s contributions to the Library
have been far more important than money. She created good will throughout the
community with fundraisers, like the Senior Citizen Prom, and developed a
spirit of generous cooperation with local merchants and patrons who contributed
many times to her fundraisers through their donations of food, prizes, money,
or time.
Kelly motivated a group of tweens and teens to become involved in the Library
in a meaningful and fun-filled way. These young volunteers had many of their
own individual fundraisers, such as the Snow Ball, Car Washes, and Candy and Bake
sales. The JFOL also worked hard in support of the FOL’s Senior Citizen Prom
and 3-Day Book Sale fundraisers. It takes a very special person to keep a group of young people inspired to work as hard as they did for as long as they did.
The Library is, of course, also very grateful to all of Kelly’s Friends
and Junior Friends. The Board of Trustees, Director, and Staff would like to
express our gratitude and appreciation to Kelly for her hard work on the behalf
of the Library. We wish her well and hope that she enjoys this new time in her
life.
In Memory of a Friend
The late Agnes Kilduff, was recently honored by the Village of Greenwood Lake with the dedication of “Sonshine Park.” Agnes’ license plate read, “Sonshine,” in honor of her two sons. The Village’s tribute was a moving and thoughtful celebration of Agnes’ life.
Agnes was a long-time Village trustee and liaison to the Library. As liaison, Agnes was always sure to promote Library events and was willing to bring Library concerns to the Village; she was a true proponent of community cooperation.
However, long before Agnes was the Village Trustee’s liaison to the Library, she was involved in the Friends of the Library from 1989-96. Agnes organized craft fairs, fashion shows, bake sales, raffles, etc. Back when our Library was just one little room with a
limited budget, Agnes and her Friends Group worked extremely hard to raise much
needed funds to support programming and whatever else the Library might need.
We are grateful to Agnes for her support throughout the years as a liaison to the Library and in her capacity as a Friend of the Library. The Greenwood Lake community has lost a true "Friend" who will always be missed.
