Ways to Give

Celebrate someone’s special milestone (birthday, anniversary, special occasion) or honor the memory of a loved one. Tribute gift envelopes are found on site at the library or donate online.

Invest in the future of the Hudson community and its citizens.

Through planned giving, you have the ability to receive tax benefits. You can give to the library in many ways:

• Cash
• Charitable Remainder Trusts
• Retirement Plan Assets
• Bequests through Wills/Trusts
• Retirement Plan beneficiary designations
• Life Insurance
• Marketable Securities
• Life Insurance beneficiary designations
• Tangible Personal Property
• Charitable Lead Trusts
• Real Estate
• Charitable Gift Annuities
• Pooled Income Funds

Every gift to the library, regardless of size, impacts our community. Gifts can be directed toward one of the following funds:

Arts & Humanities

• The Baldwin-Babcock Fund
• The Paul & Molly Bodden Programming Fund
• The William B. Eldredge Programming Fund
• The Flood Family Endowment Fund
• The E. Leslie Polott Fund
• John Ledbetter Programming Fund
• Jack Houlette Programming Fund
• Marilyn Preston Church Programming Fund
• Eunice Friedman Programming Fund

The Children’s Literature Fund

• The Marjie Origlio Fund

Local & National History

• The Historic Endowment Fund
• The Lew Walker Programming Fund

History & Science

• Alonzo Church Memorial Fund

Science

• The Perry Noe STEAM Programming Fund

Women’s Studies

The Libby Walker Programming Fund

Any gift of $5,000 or more allows you an opportunity to establish a named fund in your name or the name of a loved one.

Gifts can specify areas for the library, such as additional programming, speaker series, expanded collection in a specified topical area, etc.

Gifts of any amount are always valued and allow library staff to enhance current offerings at the library.

Gifts of equipment, artwork, real estate, and services useful to the library are greatly appreciated.