Support our library during centre gives!
Welcome! This is your home base for learning how to best support our libraries during Centre Gives, Centre Foundation’s 36-hour giving event. This community-wide celebration kicks off on Wednesday, May 6 at 8 am and concludes on Thursday, May 7 at 8 pm.
Centre Gives is designed to amplify the great work of local nonprofits, and we are so grateful to be a part of it. Explore the options below to see how you can join our fundraising efforts this year.
Option 1: Give Online
Donate at least $10 to Centre County Library & Historical Museum on CentreGives.org (button below). Every donation counts, especially because the top 5 organizations with the most unique donors get a prize.
If you are able: please donate between 10 and 11 AM on Wednesday, May 6th. If we have more donors within that hour than any other “large” organization, we earn a $500 prize!
Option 2: Give by Phone
If you’d rather skip the screen, you can donate by phone at (814) 237-6229. Simply let the Centre Foundation staff know that you would like to support the Centre County Library and Historical Museum, and they will make sure your gift gets to the right place.
If you are able, please consider giving between 10 and 11 AM on Wednesday, May 6th, so we can qualify for additional prize money.
Option 3: Other Gift Types
Interested in giving stock, IRA distributions, or money from a donor advised fund at Centre Foundation? Learn more by clicking the button below:
Additional Centre Gives Prizes
Click the button below to check out the different prizes that Centre Foundation will award this year.
Additional Resources
Tell Your Friends
Post on social media about how you are supporting the Centre County Library & Historical Museum during Centre Gives. You can find sample graphics and text for those posts on the right.
Directly ask your friends and family to give to the library during Centre Gives. Click the scripts button for advice on what to say.
Hang a poster in your place of business that says you are supporting the Centre County Library & Historical Museum during Centre Gives. Click the button on the right for printable posters.
Participate in the #IGiveWhereILive Social Media Prize
Between now and May 2, 2026, post your “I Give Where I Live” selfie or photo on your Facebook and/or Instagram and tell everyone which participating organization you would give $1,000 to and why. Use the hashtags #CentreGives and #IGiveWhereILive so the Centre Foundation can find your post! All participating organizations who have a submission posted on social media in their name between April 22 and May 2 will be entered to win the randomly-selected $1,000 #IGiveWhereILive Prize.
Rinse and Repeat for the Library Friends Groups!
Each of our locations has a designated Library Friends group, or a group of volunteers that raises money for and otherwise helps a specific library. For our libraries, the Bellefonte Library Friends support the Bellefonte Library, Partnership for Penns Valley Library Services supports the Centre Hall Area Branch Library, and the Friends of the Holt Memorial Library support the Holt Memorial Library. Each group is participating in Centre Gives and giving your support to any of them will benefit Centre County Library & Historical Museum as a whole. Check out each organization’s profile on the Centre Gives website with the buttons below:
