Donations, Partnerships & Awards
Support Your Library
Did you know that the Ramara Township Public Library is a registered charity? While public funding supports libraries in their basic operations, your generous donations help us go above and beyond, providing excellent services to those in our community who need it most. Income tax receipts will be issued for financial donations of $20 or more.
Make Planned Donations:
- Make a one-time donation or become a monthly donor online.
- In person at the library by cash, cheque, credit or debit.
- By mail: P.O. Box 158, Brechin, ON L0K 1B0
Please ensure to include your name and address along with your donation for tax purposes.
2026 Donors
Thank you to our generous community members who continue to keep our programs free, our shelves full, and our resources well used.
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Donor Level |
Amount |
Donor Name |
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Supporter |
$100 – 499 |
Annonymous Carrie B. In Memory of Dora Youngman Donations Michelle S. |
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Copper |
$500-999 |
In Memory of Pat Berner Donations |
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Bronze |
$1,000 - $2,499 |
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Silver |
$2,500 - $4,999 |
Friends of the Ramara Public Library |
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Gold |
$5,000 - $9,999 |
Brechin Tim Horton's (to the Friends of the Library) |
|
Platinum |
$10,000+ |
2025 Donors
Thank you to our generous community members who continue to keep our programs free, our shelves full, and our resources well used.
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Donor Level |
Amount |
Donor Name |
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Supporter |
$100 – 499 |
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Copper |
$500-999 |
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Bronze |
$1,000 - $2,499 |
In Memory of Pat Berner Donations Community Foundation of Orillia (CFOA Grant) |
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Silver |
$2,500 - $4,999 |
Friends of the Ramara Township Public Library |
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Gold |
$5,000 - $9,999 |
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Platinum |
$10,000+ |
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
Hello Rebecca,