Donations, Partnerships & Awards

Community Partnerships

• Agilec Employment Services - Orillia
• Bayshore Village
• Born to Read
• Brechin and District Lions Club
• Brechin Mara Legion
• Brechin Public School
• Brock Township Public Library
• Chippewas of Rama First Nations Public Library
• Community Development Corporation of Orillia
• The Community Foundation of Orillia and Area
• County of Simcoe
• County of Simcoe - Immigration
• Creative Aging Books and Ideas
• Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag Child & Family Services
• EarlyON Simcoe North
• Foley Catholic School
• Friends of the Ramara Library
• Georgian College - Orillia Campus
• International Dyslexia Association - Ontario
• Lagoon City Community Association (LCCA)
• Lake Country Airways
• Lakehead University - Orillia
• Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture
• Ontario Library Service
• Orilliamatters.com
• Patrick Fogarty Catholic Secondary School
• Rama Central Public School
• Ramara Chamber of Commerce
• Ramara Historical Society
• Ramara Trails Committee
• Rooted in Ramara
• Service Canada
• The Sharing Place (Food Centre)
• Simcoe County District School Board
• Simcoe County Local Immigration Partnership
• Simcoe Muskoka Catholic School Board
• Simcoe Muskoka Health
• St. John's Ambulance
• TD Financial
• Tim Hortons - Brechin
• Township of Ramara
• Twin Lakes Secondary School
• Uptergrove Public School 
• Welcome Centre Immigrant Services 

Awards

We are very thankful and privileged to have received these awards:

2023

• Ramara Township Public Library wins Ramara Chamber Customer Service Award
• Ramara Quilting Club wins Ramara Chamber Community Service Award

2020

• Ramara Township Public Library wins Pivot Award from Orillia Regional Arts and Heritage Awards for its response to changing library programs and service from in-house to virtual very quickly due to the pandemic

2019 

• Simcoe County Library Cooperative wins 2018 Minister’s Award for Innovation, Large Libraries category, for Simcoe County Libraries Immigrant Hub (Ramara Township Public Library was a partner in this project)

2017 

• Library won the Ramara Chamber of Commerce Community Service award

2015 

• Library wins 2014 Minister’s Award for Innovation, Small Libraries category, at the Ontario Library Association Conference in Toronto, for its leadership of the Simcoe County Libraries for Accessibility project which provided enhanced online services and customer service through the user-friendly platform

2007 

• February 2007, Ramara Public Library wins Minister’s Award, Small Libraries category at Ontario Library Association Conference in Toronto, for the website ourramara.com

2005 

• Library wins Ramara Chamber of Commerce Business Achievement Award for Greatest Contribution to the Community

Testimonials

My Ramara Library GOLD card has opened my WORLD from BRECHIN too far BEYOND. Our 'Tech with BEC' was at a wedding this past Friday yet your new addition, Vanessa was able to both accommodate my SPECIAL NEEDS and assist me in Communication with my insurance, Ministry of Attorney General's office, and Public Guardian and Trustees. It's times like these I miss the late Dr. Wayne Dyer and his PBS messages cause Dr. Dyer would make a great fundraiser for your excellent, life giving and life affirmation services.
Rita

Thanks for the extra special service grabbing the book [my grandson] was waiting for. Jo-Hellen has gone above and beyond over the summer finding books he has really enjoyed. With his dyslexia, reading is sometimes very frustrating for him, but the series that Jo-Hellen suggested has given him a lot of enjoyment and kept him away from hours of non productive screen time.
Thanks again,
JoAnn

To whom it may concern, 

I am writing as a patron of the Ramara Public Library.  Although our family resides in Hamilton most of the year, our cottage in Ramara Township allows us to use the services of this amazing library and community hub throughout the spring, summer and fall.  The Ramara Public Library is something very special.  Its staff and programs are the best I have ever seen.

The Staff are excellent. At Ramara, the personalized service one gets when they enter is something that has been lost in most urban centres. Not only is the Ramara staff knowledgeable and helpful, they know the names and the histories of their patrons. They greet them with friendly smiles and make suggestions based on their patron’s histories. Even though they don’t see us until the spring, they welcome us back and make our children feel that they never left. They spend time with their community members and are completely engaged in the service they provide as well as creating a genuine community centre.

Moreover, the services provided at Ramara, exceed any I have seen.  Over the last 10 years our children have been involved in the Library’s day programs and they have always looked forward to the crafts, the art and the reading involved.  When most students suffer from typical summer lethargy, our kids where more engaged in reading then they had been all school year.  The staff provided and elicited a great deal of excitement around reading.  Our children devoured books and looked forward to reporting them to the staff at Ramara. “I can’t wait to tell Becky or Kennedy about my book!” has been a familiar quote around our home.  So many children of this area rely on this program so that they don’t fall behind in their reading levels they have garnered during the school year.  I know that our three children have benefitted greatly from this opportunity and have gained an excitement in reading and a level of engagement in learning through the efforts of the Ramara Public Library.                  Sincerely,

Rob Flosman and Meredith Bourne