Your support helps provide books for kids and teens.
Your donation, of any size, helps us reach the $5,000 goal.
The Impact of Library Giving Day
In recent years for Library Giving Day, the Library Foundation of Spokane County fundraised with the goal of giving books to kids and teens to kick off summer reading.
Each youth who registered for Spokane County Library District’s (SCLD) summer reading program during the past two summers received a new book of their very own to keep.
In 2025, SCLD saw a 76% increase in total registration compared to the previous summer, with over 2,700 children signing up and reading.
Summer Reading encourages kids to maintain or improve their reading skills during summer break, helping to ensure that they are ready to learn and not working to regain forgotten skills when they return to school in the fall.
Our young readers outshined expectations and exceeded last summer’s community goal of 1 million reading minutes.
Let’s do it again!
For 2026, the Library Foundation has again taken on the mission to give well-suited, reading-level books to every kid and teen who registers for summer reading.
To achieve this, the Foundation has set a goal of $5,000 for Library Giving Day.
Your donation to Library Giving Day goes directly to covering the costs of providing books to kids this summer.
Help us reach our goal of $5,000.
The benefits of reading can last a lifetime, beginning in early childhood and continuing through our oldest years. If you’re passionate about reading, please donate today and help spread the word about Library Giving Day during the month of April.
Library Giving Day is an annual, national fundraising event with the goal of encouraging people who depend on and enjoy public libraries to donate to their local library system. In turn, that support goes toward the incredible programs, services, and materials provided by local libraries all over the country.
Library Giving Day Success
For Library Giving Day 2024 and 2025, we fundraised with a goal to give books to kids and teens across Spokane County to kick off summer reading.
Through the generous support of the community, our fundraising goal was met and each youth who registered for the summer reading program received a new book of their very own to keep.
Offering a book with at the beginning of the summer increased registration, particularly among school-aged children. It also incentivized visiting the library at the beginning of the summer and encouraged kids to continue reading throughout the summer.
The Summer Reading Program at SCLD encourages kids to maintain or improve their reading skills during summer, helping to ensure that they are ready to learn and not working to regain forgotten skills when they return to school in the fall.
SCLD’s 2024 Summer Reading Program by the numbers:
Over 1,500 children registered for summer reading
33% increase in total registration
59% increase in school-aged participants (ages 5–17) over the previous year
Largest group of youth participants in grades 2, 3 & 4 (most critical grades for learning to read)
Let’s do it again!
Lori Bucher and Jill-Lynn Nunemaker discuss the Library Foundation of Spokane County, Library Giving Day, and more.
If you would like to donate via cash or check, please mail it to:
Library Foundation of Spokane County 4322 N Argonne Rd Spokane, WA 99212
April 1, 2026
Give the gift of reading.
We’re accepting donations every day in April.
Your support helps provide books for kids and teens.
Your donation, of any size, helps us reach the $5,000 goal.
The Impact of Library Giving Day
In recent years for Library Giving Day, the Library Foundation of Spokane County fundraised with the goal of giving books to kids and teens to kick off summer reading.
Each youth who registered for Spokane County Library District’s (SCLD) summer reading program during the past two summers received a new book of their very own to keep.
In 2025, SCLD saw a 76% increase in total registration compared to the previous summer, with over 2,700 children signing up and reading.
Summer Reading encourages kids to maintain or improve their reading skills during summer break, helping to ensure that they are ready to learn and not working to regain forgotten skills when they return to school in the fall.
Our young readers outshined expectations and exceeded last summer’s community goal of 1 million reading minutes.
Let’s do it again!
For 2026, the Library Foundation has again taken on the mission to give well-suited, reading-level books to every kid and teen who registers for summer reading.
To achieve this, the Foundation has set a goal of $5,000 for Library Giving Day.
Your donation to Library Giving Day goes directly to covering the costs of providing books to kids this summer.
Help us reach our goal of $5,000.
The benefits of reading can last a lifetime, beginning in early childhood and continuing through our oldest years. If you’re passionate about reading, please donate today and help spread the word about Library Giving Day during the month of April.
What is Library
Giving Day?
Library Giving Day is an annual, national fundraising event with the goal of encouraging people who depend on and enjoy public libraries to donate to their local library system. In turn, that support goes toward the incredible programs, services, and materials provided by local libraries all over the country.
Library Giving Day Success
For Library Giving Day 2024 and 2025, we fundraised with a goal to give books to kids and teens across Spokane County to kick off summer reading.
Through the generous support of the community, our fundraising goal was met and each youth who registered for the summer reading program received a new book of their very own to keep.
Offering a book with at the beginning of the summer increased registration, particularly among school-aged children. It also incentivized visiting the library at the beginning of the summer and encouraged kids to continue reading throughout the summer.
The Summer Reading Program at SCLD encourages kids to maintain or improve their reading skills during summer, helping to ensure that they are ready to learn and not working to regain forgotten skills when they return to school in the fall.
SCLD’s 2024 Summer Reading Program by the numbers:
Let’s do it again!
Lori Bucher and Jill-Lynn Nunemaker discuss the Library Foundation of Spokane County, Library Giving Day, and more.
If you would like to donate via cash or check, please mail it to:
Library Foundation of Spokane County
4322 N Argonne Rd
Spokane, WA 99212
For other ways to give, please contact us at foundation@scld.org or call 509.893.8200.