14 September, 2017
On Saturday, October 28, 2017, Hopkinton Public Library Foundation (HPLF) will host Hopkinton’s Event of the Century: “A Novel Affair – A Literary Cocktail Benefit.”
This once in a lifetime event, taking place from 7:30-10:30 PM in the newly renovated, restored, and expanded Hopkinton Public Library, will celebrate the past and future of our beloved Library, an essential community resource. With this memorable evening, HPLF aims to top its goal of $1 million for our library. The Benefit will feature literary libations, fabulous food, unique auction items, and guided tours of the new Hopkinton Library. Tickets for “A Novel Affair” ($100 per person) will go on sale on September 21, 2017, at www.HPLFinc.org.
The newly renovated, expanded and restored Hopkinton Library is the culmination of years of cooperation, planning and support from many residents. As such, the Benefit will be a celebration of our newly improved Library, an essential community resource, as well as those who helped make this incredible project a reality. At the Benefit, HPLF will honor five exceptional Hopkinton residents for their incredible impact on the Hopkinton community as well as Hopkinton Library: Sandra and Kevin Delbridge, lead donors of “1000 Homes for Hopkinton Library”, Sarah Duckett, former Library Trustee & editor of the Hopkinton Independent, Beth Mezitt, President of the Friends of Hopkinton Library, and Ben Palleiko, former Selectmen. Thank you to Solect Energy for leading the corporate sponsorship of “A Novel Affair.”
Since 2011, HPLF has been honored to assist the community in raise over $950,000, or 95% of our community goal of raising $1 million in private gifts for our Library, an essential community resource. Hundreds of Hopkinton families, community organizations and businesses have come together to contribute to “1000 Homes for Hopkinton Library. Having hosted over twenty successful events over the past 5 years ($250,000 raised), HPLF is excited to host this unique Benefit as the capstone to Library fundraising, as well as to celebrate the reopening of our Library - the anchor of Hopkinton Center since first opening in 1895. Last renovated in 1967, the building is now in the final stages of an $11.7 million renovation and expansion. After approximately a year and a half of construction, the Library will reopen in October at 13 Main Street. For more information on the Library grand opening ribbon cutting and community activities, visit hopkintonlibrary.org. For more information about HPLF and the Hopkinton Public Library building project, please visit the HPLF website at www.hplfinc.org.
About the Hopkinton Public Library Foundation:
The Hopkinton Public Library Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in September 2011. Its mission is to raise private funds to support the restoration, expansion and state-of-the-art renovation of Hopkinton Public Library. For more information about HPLF’s mission, its fundraisers, and the Library project, please visit the HPLF website at www.hplfinc.org. Gifts to Hopkinton Public Library Foundation, Inc., can be mailed to P.O. Box 16, Woodville, MA 01784, or made online at www.hplfinc.org.
