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		<title>The 2013 Annual Benefit is Just on the Horizon!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 02:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Madison is unique as a community in New Jersey when it comes to supporting the Public Library. Since the days when the James family donated the building on the corner of Main Street and Green Village Road as Madison&#8217;s first library (now occupied by the Museum of Early Trades and Crafts), the tradition of community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2013 Annual Appeal &#8212; Support your Library!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2013 02:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Mary Beth Cooney: Donations to the Annual Appeal have been coming in since mid-November. Special thanks to the members of the Madison community and their families who have generously contributed. Donations are still being accepted. Please donate today by clicking on our PayPal button in the sidebar or click here for information on offline [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Call for 2013 Volunteers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 04:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you can spare some time to help the Library this year, we would love to have you. This year, there are numerous positions both at a board level and a volunteer level where we need your help. Please download, fill out, and send us this form today and let us know how you can make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Touch a Truck 2012 Was a Huge Success!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 03:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks so much to all of the participants, sponsors and volunteers for their generous contribution, especially the truck owners and local organizations who volunteered their vehicles, and the parents, grandparents and children who came to the event. We raised approximately $20,000 thanks to your generosity. Special thanks to the Madison YMCA for their support and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Annual Appeal Donors</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenda Catalanello</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THANK YOU to the 2011 Annual Appeal Donors!! We hope you have had a chance to see the poster of the mock thermometer in the library lobby.  It’s bursting with books to symbolize the level of contributions which blew the lid off the 2011 Annual Appeal fundraising goal of the Friends of the Madison Public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Matching Gift Challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenda Catalanello</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[JOIN THE FRIENDS MATCHING GIFT CHALLENGE &#160; The Friends of the Madison Public Library (Friends or FMPL) are reaching out to all Madisonians to ask for your help in our mission of supporting the Madison Public Library.  Since 1938, the Friends have provided the Library with volunteers, advocacy and funding for new acquisitions for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EAGLE: Fund-Raising for the Madison Library Exceeds Hopes and Breaks Record</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenda Catalanello</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MADISON &#8211; In response to their 2011 Annual Appeal, the Friends of the Madison Public Library received a strong message from the community that came through loud and clear: Madison loves its library. With support from several out-of-town donors, the Madison community made the 2011 Annual Appeal the most successful in Friends’ history, with more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EAGLE EDITORIAL: Madison&#8217;s People Love Their Library</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 06:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When then-Councilman Robert Conley was running what turned out to be his successful campaign for mayor last summer and fall, he held several “town meetings” in Madison neighborhoods  &#8230;  He wanted to hear what Madison residents considered as their town’s most vital services. Not surprisingly, emergency services like fire and police protection consistently topped the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Friends Annual Benefit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenda Catalanello</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Friends Annual Benefit A good time was had by all as the Friends of the Madison Public Library held their Annual Benefit on Saturday, March 5, 2011. An enthusiastic crowd of supporters gathered to celebrate the library and to join the Friends in recognizing the many contributions of Drew University of Madison to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Chairman&#8217;s Annual Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenda Catalanello</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chairman&#8217;s Annual Report Our Annual Meeting is a day when Friends&#8217; takes stock, reflects on the year past and enjoys the fruits of its labor. Looking back the library has had to accept budget cuts that affected not only operations and acquisitions but staffing as well. We&#8217;ve witnessed a difficult reorganization take place… yet the [...]]]></description>
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