Truckee, CA – Following the community’s overwhelming approval of Measure G by 72.6%, the new Truckee Regional Library continues to advance with a $500,000 grant from the Martis Camp Foundation to the Friends of the Truckee Library. This significant philanthropic investment celebrates the community’s decisive vote and reinforces a shared commitment to a modern regional library that will serve people of all ages, backgrounds, and life stages across the Truckee and North Lake Tahoe region.
“The community made its voice clear with the passage of Measure G, and the excitement around the new Truckee Regional Library has only continued to grow,” said April Cole, Executive Director of Friends of the Truckee Library. “The Martis Camp Foundation’s leadership gift is a powerful affirmation of that momentum and helps ensure this library will reach and serve everyone in our region, including children, families, seniors, and visitors.”
Built nearly 50 years ago for a town of just 2,000 residents, the current Truckee Library no longer meets the needs of today’s community. The new Truckee Regional Library reflects what voters supported through Measure G: a welcoming and accessible public space designed to support learning, connection, and resiliency in a growing and diverse region.
The Martis Camp Foundation’s grant is intended not only to strengthen the new Truckee Regional Library, but also to encourage additional philanthropic investment. As a long standing supporter of the Truckee and North Lake Tahoe community, the Foundation hopes this contribution will inspire other foundations, organizations, and partners to join in supporting a project with such broad and lasting impact.
Established in 2010, the Martis Camp Foundation was created to support the Truckee and North Tahoe community and has granted more than $6 million to local nonprofit organizations and students in need since 2011. Funded and led by the members of Martis Camp, the Foundation focuses its philanthropy on education, youth development, human services, recreation, and the environment, values that align closely with the purpose of the new Truckee Regional Library.
Together, strong public support and philanthropic leadership are advancing the new Truckee Regional Library as a cornerstone community resource that will benefit the entire region for generations to come.
For more information about the new Truckee Regional Library, visit www.truckeefol.org.
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The Friends of the Truckee Library is a non-profit organization whose mission is to support the cultural, social, and educational well-being of the community by advocating for the current Truckee Library and working to build a larger, modern library facility. More information can be found at www.truckeefol.org.