2009 Report

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London pianist, Grant Graham, had an idea and London Public Library picked it up. The result has been over 250 jazz concerts with 400 plus musicians performing at Central Library over the last 30 years. And it’s all been free to the public thanks to London Public Library, the Musicians Association Music Trust Fund and donors like you.

Today, Jazz for the People draws audiences ranging from 150 to 300 music lovers. There are about six concerts per season and Musical Director & Drummer, Sandy MacKay, makes sure the concerts cover a wide variety of jazz styles – Dixieland, Bebop, Latin, Gypsy and Swing to name a few.

The popular concert series is an important venue for London musicians in their early days. One

local name to have performed with Jazz for the People is Denise Pelley, now a well known professional in music and acting. Other local talent has included singer Sonja Gustafson and pianist Alex Ernewein.

The group at the heart of Jazz for the People has made this program a long running success and has made room on the stage for all ages, styles and experience levels. For musicians Jazz for the People provides other musicians to work with, a venue to perform in and exposure to audiences. For the public it provides good jazz concerts.

In 2009, Imagine campaign funds contributed to the costs of this well loved music series. With your generous support Jazz for the People can continue on into the future.

Upcoming Performances 7:30-9 pm WednesdaysWolf Per formance Hall2010: October 27; November 24; December 82011: January 26; February 23; March 23; April 27; June 1

Jazz for the People photos by Stephen Ferry

Jazz For The People: Celebrating 30 Years at London Public Library

Some specific examples of how we used your gifts include:

• Shopping baskets with wheels for Sherwood, Beacock, East London and Masonville Branches

• Large print historical fiction for Westmount Branch

• Books on CD and DVDs for the Visiting Library collection

• Poetry reading series at Landon Branch

• Improvement of the “Greening UP” and Solar energy collections at Landon Branch

• Furniture to display DVDs at Sherwood, Beacock, and Central Teen Annex

• Display stand to organize community information for Masonville Branch

• Folding tables to be used for programs and meetings at Pond Mills, Cherryhill and Westmount Branches

• Brite Kids play table for Spriet Family Children’s Library at Central

• Diamond edition Scrabble game for use by patrons at Cherryhill

• Wii games for Crouch

• Archival boxes to protect fragile items in the Ivey Family London Room

• Replacement of a well loved train set and other toys at the Crouch Branch

• Rhythm sticks and rattles/shakers for storytimes at Jalna Branch

over $100,000

Friends of the London Public Library

$50,000 - $99,999.99Estate of the late

Grace Helena Baker

$25,000.00 - $49,999.99Estate of the late

Anna Margaret Dunbar

$10,000.00 - $24,999.99Bernard and Norton

Wolf Foundation

$5,000.00 -$9,999.99EDPRO Energy Group Inc.Ron Milton

$1,000.00 - $4,999.99Canadian Federation

of University Women, London Cl

Wayne CranstonSusanna Hubbard KrimmerJones Packaging Inc.Kovacs GroupLambeth Optimist Club Inc.London Downtown

Business AssociationMaXfield Inc.McIlwraith Field Naturalists

of London Ontario IncScotiabankThe Sisters of St. Joseph

Tony & Peggy Vandervoort+ 2 anonymous donor

$500.00 - $999.99Arcturus Realty CorporationBarry BrownDorothy BullockChi CarmodyDelilah Deane CummingsMike DrabickClaire & Duncan FidlerGeneral Dynamics Land

Systems - CanadaLondon Association for

Volunteer AssociationMcDonald’s Restaurants

Regional OfficeMike MoherLouise MorleyEdward MorrisOptimist Club of ByronOriginal Kids Theatre Co.

Viola I. PoletesStantec Consulting Ltd.Mary SummerbyTecumseh Community

SchoolElaine Thurgood &

Ron Burns+ 2 anonymous donors

$100.00 - $499.99Ruth & Stephen AdamsJoseph AdamsLeita D. AitkenAllan AndersonDavid AndrewIda E. BakerDonald & Heather BarclayMargaret BeallorBrad BeattieKerri BegleyWalter BellAntal Biro

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Landon Branch Library’s Children’s area makeover.

Mardelle L. BishopJane BondyJulie BrandlDoreen BrazierJoan & Don BrentBrush and Palette ClubRobert C. BuckLinda BurtBrenda M. CallaghanCanadian Equipment

Finance & Leasing Inc.Paul CarewStarlee CarewMr. L. CarterBarbara CartwrightBruce & Mary Lois CooperCostco (Wonderland Road)

EmployeesTom CrerarJames CressmanCUPE Local 217 Library

EmployeesMatt & Christine DavisonA. M. DawesJ. Noreen De ShaneBeryl DennisEstate of the late

Christopher Bourke DotySonia Debenetti-Doyle &

Gregory DoyleBetty DuffieldJames & Dorothy EastwoodE. Jean EckA. & S. EdwardsJim & Liz EtheringtonA. M. FallonJean FarrerGlen FarrowKathleen FergusonRuth H. FricAlfred J. FrierBertha GarciaBernice GareauDr. Charles GeorgeRudi & Gwen GijzenMarg GlendonVelma M. GordonSandra Gort

David GurnhamMr. Richard Hammond &

Dr. Jo-Anne HammondPat Nasmith &

David HanifordJoan M. HarrisonMurray HathawayJane HeamanElizabeth HeinickeH. L. HendersonBarbara HoganMarian HourdPaul HoveyGord HumeJack & Barb HyattHolly InnesRobert J. IsraelCaroline J. HansenDaphne JarvisHelen M. JohnsonWalter & Shirley JonesRosalind JonesAnne M. KeamRobert & Annie KellyWilliam KellyBert KellyAndrew & Ann KerteszAlan & Grace KingJohn & Susan KovalLambeth & Community

Harvest FestivalLambeth Lions Club

Jan LanausLaureate Nu Chapter -

Beta Sigma PhiVictor & Grace LaursenSally LeemanShirley LevertonLondon Shrine ClubLondon Salvage & Trading

Co. Ltd.Lord Elgin Public SchoolLynette LowryJan & Richard LubellMary Louise MacAlpineElizabeth MacdonaldDoug & Madeline MacLeodAndrew & Margaret

MarshallMatthews HallWendy McCaulDr. William J. McClellandA.R. McDonaldJerry McEachernJohn R. McKeemanAnn & Roy McKenzieWayne McLeodMargaret McNallyEdward MiddletonDon MillsMargaret MitchellMarjorie Moores

Louise MoorhouseB. Gwen MortonJan MuirChristina NurseDiane & Frank PrattGeoffrey PulfordRita ReiberBetsy ReillyAlec RichmondSandy RossRick & Dianne RumneySandra & Gerson SafranRobert J. SandersonGordon SandersonJohannah ScannellCatherine SchausMary & Darwin SemotiukBob & Madeleine SherriffBonnie SpeedJim StarkeyJames & Sharon StewartEeva StierwaltBranka StoynichLynne SwansonDr. John Swift &

Mrs. Eleanor SwiftDon & Nanette ThierryJohn ThomsonChristine ThorpeTM Energy Consulting Inc.

Cushions for Masonville Branch

Library’s Children’s area.

Don & Virginia TremblayGordon TubbKatherine L. TurnerUWO Faculty Women’s

Book GroupMax ValinskyPat Vande SompelJulie Van WagnerJohn & Suzanna

VandervoortJohn & Madeline WallaceBeverly WardOwen B. WattsRegina WhelanWIL Counselling & Training

for EmploymentGeorge M. WilliamsVivian WoodPauline WrongMair Zamir+ 53 anonymous donors

up to $100.00 W. J. AdamBob & Judy AggerholmDr. John R. AlbertSuzanne AndersonSarah AndrewsJ. Louis ArianoCarol & Bruce AshdownMaureen AshtonSibyl AtkinsonJacqueline AugerAusma AuzinsBarbara BainL. G. BalkwillCharles W. BallGina BarberWilliam Ronald BarkerPatricia BarrettTed & Rosanne BatemanJ. E. BeasleyRod & Liz BeaujotDianne R. BellLouise BennettAnna Bergsma

Arlene BestOlive BetterleyLorna BeverleyTom BeyersElizabeth & Graeme

BiemanWilliam BlakeCatherine BlakeDorothy BoamAlex BodnarSiegfried & Inez BoehmeShirley V. BoundyMrs. Nancy J. BowmanDavid BranderCarol BreenBruce A. BrillingerRalph & Lorna BrookeJill BrownJoan BryanR. G. ButtMary Cameron-SaraniDelores CampbellPierre & Cathy CampisiRia CaroHarold E. CarterWendy ChapmanKenneth ChisholmWin ClarkeJudith ClarkLaurie ClementDebra CoatesMargo Code

Charles & Audrey ColeBarbara CookCoreSolutions Software,

Inc.Susan CornishElaine CorrinBarbara & Murray CosensGary CoxEmerson CreedJean CrozierLouise CummingsBill CummingsCathy CunninghamC. Lee CuthbertsonFrances CuttLeonor DacostaDavid & Margaret DaleJulie DarychukSandra DavidsonGeorgina DawsonTim DeMois

Gwen DesautelsPatricia DewdneyMarylyn & Heather DicksonJack DixonEileen Dobell

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Baskets with wheels for Sherwood, Beacock, and East

London Branch Libraries.

Helen DoddsJacqui DenommeWynn & Jacqueline

DowningAija DowningRobert I. DuffCharles B. DunhamAnne EastonOscar D. ElvissKathy EvansNancy L. EvansHelen EvansAdrian & Shirley EysMarian FauldsCarmela FazakasJohn & Elise FeightnerLynda FelkerMs. Jeanette E. FellowsPeter Ferguson &

Susan Goble-FergusonCheryl FletcherWilliam FrankWilliam FraserPat FraserFriday Afternoon PaintersJoyce Furtney

Rosanne & Barry GambrillSusan GetchellPauline GiffinHarvey & Mary Lou

GleasonRoger & Audrey GleasonMegan GleedErica GoldBen & Judy GoldbergJames Blair GordonAnn & Robert GoughJack GovierJim & Sue GareyBarbara GrahamAngela GrahamDr. & Mrs. R. GraingerJo-Ann Pearce GramlichMarjory GrassickHarriet & Bill GreenJohn GriffinMarjorie GriffithsAlice GurnikHelen & Bill GuthrieDarlene GwodzElizabeth Habel BellGail Haggith

Agnes HainRobert & Kathy HaiseldenGrant HallSusan Hall-TigertBea HamiltonAlastair G. HenryHappy Bookers Book ClubLesley HardingPhyllis HarperBruce & Margaret HastingsNorma HastingsRoger HathawayAileen HathawayLaurie & Alma HathawayAlan J. HawkeAllan HaymanWilliam & Grace HepburnRona HicksonFern HillBeatrice HollandSidney & Ida HoltzkenerMarybeth HopkinsJohn & Marion HornellDarlene HorvathMike & Barbara HowardZilpa Howard

Alex HowardBetty HowettTina HuitingLionel & Valerie HurstMargaret HydeKaren HypesPeter & Alida IdzerdaDuncan G. InnesMay IzawaJohn & Mary JacksonHelena JanikSusanne JantsJeanoBob & Carol JellousBill JoryAlbert KatzJohn & Margaret KeechHarold KeelingDavid & Sharon KellyFlorence KerrDon KetchabawWilf & Joyce KilbourneM. M. KlueKirsten KnightWaltraud KnottBarbara KochDoreen KochelChristine KoustrupVeronica LachineNorman & Susan Lam

DVDs for the Visiting Library collection.

Ian LaneJanet & Donald LangfordDoug & Joanne LangfordBarbara LaucknerHubert Le MaireRosetta LeadbitterMarilyn LefcoeSandra LegatEdna LeighCatherine LemieuxBao Ying LinIelene M. ListonMichael Loebach &

Patricia Howe-LoebachLondon Downtown Y,

Monday’s Ladies Day OutPaul LordA. E. LoreeJacqueline LutzIrene MacBainBeryl MacGregorJill MacKayElizabeth MackeyNorma Maidens

Ruth MajorMr. & Mrs. J. G. MaloneMalcolm MarchantSarah MarcusEileen MatherIrma McBethIsabel McBrideJanet McCallumLinda McClureMarilyn McGilvrayAllan & Mary McIntyreN. McKenzieGeorgina McNeillyJeanne McPeckErnestine McPhersonJean MellorFrances MenaryJennifer-Anne MenerayGeorgia MerrimanShirley E. MerrittHoward & Gladys MerrowSheila MetcalfeHelen E. MetthamMaria Mills

Maida J. MinersE. P. MitchellDorothy MitzMarguerite MoffatJune MontemurroJanice MorganEvelyn MorleyShelagh A. MorrisonFran MorrisAudrey MuchanMUGLO Users GroupAnne MurphyJanette MurrayIrene L. NichollsLillie NoblePaddy O’BrienBob O’NeilJames R. OnnBarbara E. O’SullivanGraeme S. ParkinsonH. Elizabeth ParmeterEric V. PembertonBev PolciJanet Deborah PoleMurdo PollockEzma PorteD. PowellJ. PowellGordon PriceTim PriceGladys PuttJohn & Marion RankinLinda & William RatcliffeHugh RawlingCyril & Greta ReadJudith E. ReidJohn A. ReidCris & Anna RelouwAmber RiazLawrence RibeyA. E. RichardMark RichardsonCarol RichardsEllen RichardsonRobert & Judith RiselingW. G. RobinsonMike Rochford

Thelma & David RosnerVictor RossPhil RotermannM.E. Jean RothRonald G. RummerfieldRosalyn RussellJohn SantosJohn SaundersWendy Mary SchneidmillerMyrtle SchroederDoris M. SeibecSherwood Branch

Library StaffDorothy ShortTom & Anne SiessD. SillifantMarvin & Phyllis SimnerIrene C. SimpsonBarbara SingDr. Nicholas F. SkinnerMarilyn SmithBetty & Steve SmithTitia SmitElizabeth L. SmithDavid & Michelle SmithLee Anne SmithDonna M. SmithIan SneddonMarie SoepboerThomas & Doris SoperSouth West Community

Care Access CentreHanna SpencerViolet St. GeorgeRob StearnsRobert & Maggie StewartC. StockerLaurena StoreyRuth & Roy StoverK. R. StrattonAnita StrattonDianne StraubWilliam & Sheila StryboschE. M. StubbsEdythe SummervillePeter SuttieBarbara Sweeny

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for Masonville Branch Library.

Fran SwiftImre SzatmariGreg & Janis TaylorA. C. TaylorCarole TedballJames & Bonnie TeevanLilian Thompson

V. T. & J. E. ThompsonArthur G. & Florence M.

ThompsonJoan M. ThomsonDiane ThrasherSusanne ThrasherRobert & Lois Towton

Betty TracyPat TrippGail TurpinBrenda Van Den HornKrista VanderhoevenMargaret VazEdward & Catherine

VermueSally VernonBeth & Stan VinceAudrey WaltersNancy WardGisela WasseBlanche WeberCeleste WeberMerlinda WeinbergLorna WendlingMadelon G. West

Thank you!Donations for 2009 totalled $332.812.00. These include the ongoing annual support of Friends of the London Public Library, bequests to the Library, gifts in kind, pledges, memorial and

honour donations and regular cash donations from individuals and organizations. Donations were made to the annual Imagine Campaign,

A Book for Every Child® Campaign and other Library Trust Funds.

Thank you! We are tremendously grateful to the

541 volunteers who collectively donated 10,851 hours of their time!

Thank you! To our volunteer culinary artists

for their creativity and edible inspiration at Books2Eat.

Phyllis & Eric WestholmJudith & Gerald WheatonMarion WhiteBarbara WhittakerBrian WilkinsonMargaret WilkinsonLucy WilliamsEdith WillimottKen WilmottSusan P. WilsonSharon & Ron WimperisErika WinklerKym WolfeRev. H. W. WonforMary Lou WoottonFlorence WrightColleen Zettel+ 188 anonymous donors

Edible Books:Books2Eat

2009

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