The West Tisbury Library Foundation is seeking volunteers!

Over the past decade and a half, and especially during the capital campaign that led to the library’s expansion and renovation, the Friends and Foundation have built a shared base of donors who support the West Tisbury Library with yearly donations. These have grown into long-term relationships that span generations, as families add our library to their legacy of philanthropy and planned giving.

The West Tisbury Library is well-supported, but maintaining relationships with donors requires long-term communication and regular attention to detail. We’re looking for a few volunteers who enjoy staying in touch with people — writing thank-you letters and pledge payment reminders, making the occasional phone call — to let donors know they have been noticed and appreciated. This is not about asking people for money; it’s about gratitude, and about getting to know individual donors personally. Over time, it’s about friendships.

Almost all activity happens between October and December, and can take a couple of people two or three hours per day during the peak fund-raising season. It requires the skills to learn a user-friendly online donor database. Volunteer work includes writing, printing and mailing letters as well as sending emails. This is done at the volunteers’ convenience, at home, at any hour of the day. Training will be provided, and the right volunteers will become part of a smoothly functioning team already in place. The people now doing this work have found it a fascinating window into the broader community of library lovers, and a truly satisfying way to strengthen one of our town’s most beloved and essential services.

For more information, please contact Dan Waters at dan@danielwaterscreative.com.