Morgan Freeman wearing a Library Changes Lives T-shirt













About the top photo:  Morgan Freeman, Central Library, November 23, 1996
 

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Join the Library Associates
 
The Library Associates is a support group of the Library Foundation of Los Angeles. Members provide funds for a variety of Library activities and resources.

And, as a Library Associate, you will enjoy a number of "members-only" benefits described below.

Join Today: To join or give the gift of membership, order online through the Library Store or download the application form (Adobe Acrobat pdf file), fill it out and mail it with your contribution to: Library Foundation of Los Angeles, 630 West Fifth St., Los Angeles, CA 90071, or fax with your credit card information to 213/228-7509.

Application Form

For more information, call 213/228-7500 OR email libfnd@lapl.org

Categories and Benefits* of Membership:

$50/Supporter ($50 is tax-deductible)

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Advance electronic notice of cultural programs and author events

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15% Library Store discount

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Library Foundation Newsletter

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Personal Membership Card

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A Library bookmark

 
 

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$100/Contributor ($100 is tax-deductible)

All of the above, plus

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A complimentary copy of the Library Foundation/Los Angeles Public Library Annual Report

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A commemorative bookplate placed in a specially selected volume in the Central Library, with a duplicate bookplate for your personal library

 
 

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$250/Sustainer ($180 is tax-deductible)

All of the above, plus

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Invitations for two to attend the Gregory Peck Reading Series

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A total of 500 American Airlines® AAdvantage® incentive miles

 
 

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$500/Guarantor ($410 is tax-deductible)

All of the above, plus

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Invitations for a total of four to attend the Gregory Peck Reading Series

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A total of 1,000 American Airlines® AAdvantage® miles

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Invitations to Special Exhibit Openings

 
 

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$1,000/Conservator ($804 is tax-deductible)

All of the above, plus

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Recognition in the Newsletter and Annual Report

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A total of 2,000 American Airlines® AAdvantage® miles

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Invitation to Major Donor Events

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Complimentary valet parking for selected events

 
 

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$2,500/Ambassador ($2,174 is tax-deductible)

All of the above, plus

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A special book signed by the author or exhibit-related catalogue

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Behind-the-scenes Central Library tour of one of the special collections

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An invitation to lunch with the Foundation President and/or City Librarian

 
 

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$5,000/Leadership Circle ($4,574 is tax-deductible)

All of the above, plus

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An invitation to a private dinner with a prominent author and others

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Your name inscribed on a bronze catalog drawer plaque in the Lodwrick M. Cook Rotunda of the Central Library

 
 

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* Benefits are subject to change

Note: For gifts greater than $5,000, which may have benefits not listed here, contact Christine Leahey, Development Services Manager, 213/228-7498.

Matching Gifts:
If your employer matches your contribution, you may use it toward the membership level of your choice. Please obtain a matching gift application from your employer's Human Resources department and mail with your contribution.

The Library Foundation of Los Angeles is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Tax I.D. #95-4368250. The portion of any contribution equal to the value of the membership benefits provided by the Foundation is not tax-deductible. The value of such benefits will be noted in the Foundation's acknowledgment of your contribution.

 
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