Send some love to Samuels Library this February!
“Love Your Library Month,” celebrated every February, is a nationwide observance to recognize the vital role libraries play as community hubs offering free access to books, technology, educational programs, and essential resources – encouraging people to visit, use services, and show support. To celebrate, a generous donor has committed to matching all donations made to Samuels Public Library throughout the month of February – up to $10,000. Your gift – no matter what size – along with this incredible match, helps ensure that Samuels Library remains the heart of our community today and for generations to come.
Taking inspiration from our theme – ‘Love Letters, Stitched Together’ – we invite patrons to stop by our Library Love Letter Station to write a note about why they love the Library. With each fundraising milestone reached, we’ll unveil a new row of Love Letters on our Community “Quilt” display.
“We continue to feel the warmth of our community through messages of support and donations that are keeping the doors open,” said Melody Hotek, President of the Samuels Public Library Board of Trustees. “The quilt reminds us that we are all part of the whole, bound together by the threads of our common experiences and joy. Our Samuels quilt gets bigger every day, and we are extremely grateful to be serving you, our friends and neighbors.”
Samuels Library’s Director, Erin Rooney, emphasized the impact donations to this campaign can make. “Love Your Library Month is a fun way to support your local library! We have an amazing team that strives to provide free and easy access to a wide range of information and ideas for the residents of Front Royal and Warren County. This is a wonderful opportunity to enhance and expand on these services to better support our entire community.”
To date since July 2025, Samuels Library has raised enough funds to continue uninterrupted operations through mid-April 2026. The donations given throughout February will be used to bridge the gap for the Library’s emergency funding needs.
Much of the success of the Love Your Library Month campaign over the years has been driven by the incredible commitment made by matching donors. “We are beyond grateful to our current anonymous donor for recognizing the importance of the services the library provides with their generous Love Your Library Month Matching Grant. Every dollar donated in February will go twice as far in bringing new services and exciting improvements to what the library already provides,” Rooney explained.
Make your donation by the end of February to DOUBLE your impact! DONATE NOW.
Join us on social media for Love Your Library Month updates (https://www.facebook.com/samuelspubliclibrary), and help us spread the news to family and friends.
About Samuels Public Library:
Originally founded in 1799 and renamed Samuels Public Library in 1952, it became the second library in the state to receive a charter and has served the citizens of Front Royal and Warren County for more than two centuries. In the past fiscal year, the library has added 2,014 new cardholders and held 925 in-person and virtual programs hosting 20,894 attendees. Attracting nearly 133,000 visitors annually, the library logged 400,002 total checkouts last year. For more information on Samuels Public Library, go to: www.samuelslibrary.net.
