Would You Like to Have Your Name on the Evans-McGraw Giving Tree or the Donor Bookshelf?

Would you like to have your name or that of a loved one on the Pauline Evans-Helen McGraw Giving Tree?

Local artist, Craig Wilson designed and sculpted our unique giving tree. Mr. Wilson’s beautiful work can be seen in private collections and public spaces all around the Finger Lakes area. Here in the Rochester area, he created the Gates and Bench for the Discovery Children’s Garden at Strong National Museum of Play, the Bench for the Fairport Savings Bank in Irondequoit, the Eagle Sculpture for West Irondequoit High School, and the Preening Egrets sculpture at Parkridge Hospital.

The Pauline Evans-Helen McGraw Giving Tree was named in honor of two pioneers of the Irondequoit Public Library. It was Pauline Evans who started the first official library in the town in the basement of the Lincoln Bank on the corner of Titus and Cooper. Helen McGraw was the first certified public librarian to serve our town. Now their names will live on in this exquisite giving tree.

The Giving Tree is a huge metal sculpture that was mounted right near the front door of the new library. If you would like to be a part of the Giving Tree, please download the Giving Tree Donor Form.

Would you like to have your name or that of a loved one on the Donor Bookshelf?

On the wall next to the Lake Ontario Meeting Rooms, we also have a Donor Bookshelf lined with donated engraved book spines. The Bookshelf was designed and built by architect Peter Wehner, and the book spines are the work of Irondequoit woodworker Phil Lamanna. If you would like to “publish” a book, please download the Book Spine Donor Form.

Donor forms for both the Giving Tree and the Bookshelf are also available in the library. Contributions can be made online using the “Contribute Now” button at Irondequoit Library Foundation‘s website.

Looking for more donation options? You can find them on the Support Your Library page.

Published on May 12, 2015.