Support the Library

Volunteers perform many jobs at the library.

• Monitor and assist with programs.
• Shelve books.
• Prepare for and run book sales.
• Help maintain the library building and grounds.
• Deliver library materials to home bound patrons.

​Interested in volunteering? Complete the form below and return it to the Information Desk. The library serves many children; a background check is required, done at the library’s expense.  

Friends of the Elisha D. Smith Public Library is a 501(c)3 organization and supports library programs and services. Details coming soon.

General donations are accepted to support the library in numerous ways. These may be given with a specific purpose in mind or as an open donation for the library to use to support its programs and services.​ Send your donation to Elisha D. Smith Public Library, 440 1st St., Menasha, WI 54952.

Planned giving is a way to ensure the library is always there to support our community.  Planned giving allows you to receive tax benefits today while helping others tomorrow.  There are many ways to make such a legacy gift to the Elisha D. Smith Public Library:

• Cash, securities, or real property.  
• As a bequest (in a will) to the Elisha D. Smith Public Library.
• Life insurance gift designating the Elisha D. Smith Public Library as the beneficiary in a new or existing life insurance policy.
• A charitable remainder or living trust from which you or another beneficiary may receive income during a defined period of time (or lifetime) with a provision that the trust assets become the property of the library thereafter.
• As an IRA gift designating the Elisha D. Smith Public Library as the  beneficiary, or with an IRA Rollover.
• Gifts of stocks, bonds or mutual funds are welcome. Please work with the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region to make such a gift to the library’s endowment fund. 

Memorials and Honorariums may be donated in someone’s name. This can be done with a single small donation or a fund can be created in a person’s name that carries from year to year to support the library. We are happy to work with you so that funds are being used in a way that will honor a person’s interests.

Donations of materials (i.e., books, CDs, DVDs, record albums, etc.) are also appreciated. Some are added to the library collection; most are sold at Friends’ book sales. Donations may be brought to the Checkout Desk.