Make a donation to the IRRT Endowment – A March 2016 message

Greetings IRRT members and friends!

We have made great progress on the IRRT Global Leaders Campaign to establish the IRRT Endowment Fund.  Since December 2015, more than $3,300 was raised, with a total of over $39,000 raised since 2009, towards a goal of $50,000 for the endowed account in June 2016. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the following IRRT members for their continuing contributions since December 2015:

Nancy Bolt		Clara Chu
Amed Demirhan		Michael Dowling
David Easterbrook		Barbara  Ford
Julia M.  Gelfand		John Hickok
Robin Kear		Carol R. Kem
Paulette Kerr		Nancy Kranich
Hwa-Wei Lee		Judith Lin Hunt
Athena Michael		Kitty Osborne
Patricia Oyler		Laverne Page
Jeannette Pierce		Teresa Rheiheimer
Edward Rock		Christopher Shaffer
Wendy Simmons		Patricia Wand
Joan Weeks		Shali Zhang

The complete donor list is at http://www.ala.org/irrt/initiatives/IRRT_60th_Anniversary_Donors

IRRT is launching a “Matching Donation challenge.”  Members of the Endowment Committee and Executive Board have already donated funds, and are challenging the rest of IRRT to donate as well!  Even small donations of $5 or $10—up to larger donations of $50, $100, or more—will help.  The challenge is for IRRT’s combined donation amount to match, or even exceed, what the Committee and Board has started.

The Endowment fund will support IRRT’s international activities and initiatives which contribute to ALA’s important role in international librarianship. The funding support through the Endowment will be able to provide support for international speakers and programs; promote a global dialogue about librarianship; increase visibility of international opportunities for U.S. and international librarians, and encourage international collaboration in librarianship.

For information on how to contribute, please visit:

http://www.ala.org/irrt/initiatives/irrt60thanniversary  When you log in to the ALA Giving web site, please follow the instruction to:  ALA Round Tables - International Relations Round Table-IRRT – and choose IRRT 60TH Anniversary Endowment Campaign, or you can simply send a check to the address below with a notation that it is for the Endowment Fund:

c/o International Relations Office

American Library Association

50 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-2795

Thank you for making a difference!

IRRT Global Leaders Campaign Ad-Hoc Committee members:

Shali Zhang, Chair

Jeannette Pierce

Nancy Bolt

Barbara Ford

Carol R. Kem