Create a Literary Legacy

Daily, over 1,200 of your neighbors visit and enjoy the Rancho Mirage Public Library.
Our Library is one of California’s busiest and most popular.

With the Literary Legacy program, the Library Foundation recognizes that you may want the
opportunity to make a lasting gift, giving your name or a loved one’s name a permanent place in this outstanding Library. You may choose to name a book, a favorite subject area, a program or series, Library seating, or choose to name the Community Room.

Please contact Library Director, David Bryant at 760-341-7323, ext. 700 with any questions about the Foundation’s Literary Legacy program. The Foundation is excited about this new path for our Library that embraces current and long term fiscal needs while inviting our patrons and residents to become part of its Literary Legacy.


Thank you,
Linda Bray, Foundation Chair                                             Download Literary Legacy Form


 Create a Literary Legacy
Building Space

An earlier naming initiative identified building spaces that were successfully dedicated.
Expanding on those opportunities allows for more people to have a permanent space named
in the Library. Plaques will be placed on the item named or at the entry to the space named.

  • Flag Pole - $5,000
  • Lobby Exhibition Case - $5,000
  • Public Information Wall - $5,000
  • The Book Nook - $25,000
  • Children’s Theater - $25,000
  • Reading Alcove - $25,000
  • Reference Room - $50,000
  • Main Entry - $100,000
  • Bookworm Sculpture - $100,000
  • Donor Wall of Honor -
  • $2,000 to $100,000
  • Community Room - $1,000,000

 

Create a Literary Legacy
Music and Theater

The Library offers a world-class events calendar that rivals arts and cultural center venues.
Sponsoring an event or annual series of lectures, concerts, theater or film is a very special gift 
a season of outstanding performances for as many as four hundred people in a major program.

These are very special giving and naming opportunities.

  • Contemporary Music - $1,000 (1)
  • Concerts for Children - $1,500 (1)
  • Avant-guard Theater - $4,500 (1)
  • Comedic Theater - $4,500 (1)
  • Dramatic Theater -$4,500 (1)
  • Mystery Theater - $4,500 (1)
  • Opera - $5,000 (3)
  • Jazz - $5,000 (3)
  • Big Band - $7,500 (2)
  • Classical Recitals - $15,000 (6) 

Numbers in ( ) indicate the number of events within a series.
 

Create a Literary Legacy
Art, Film and Lectures

The Library’s season includes art, film, lectures and a summer full of events for children... all part of the programming life of the busiest Library in California. Naming a series for a full year is a wonderful tribute and a memorable gift to our community.

  • Best of Shortfest - $1,000 (2)
  • Films by Genre - $1,000 (2)
  • Desert Life - $1,500 (3)
  • Art - $2,500 (6)
  • Art Competition - $2,500
  • Current Affairs - $2,500 (2)
  • Jazz - $2,500 (4)
  • Books to Film - $3,000 (3)
  • Science - $3,000 (2)
  • Author - $5,000 (6)
  • History - $5,000 (4)
  • Behind the Scenes - $8,500 (6)
  • Children’s Summer
  • Reading Club - $15,000

Numbers in ( ) indicate the number of events within a series.


Create a Literary Legacy
Naming a Collection

Naming a collection is a gift that grows, as books are added on an ongoing basis. One to three books will receive bookplates and when a collection is named, the donor’s name or name of person being honored will be mounted to the Library’s wooden stack end panels, very clearly displaying an enduring legacy.

  • One Book - $50
  • Three Books - $150
  • Multi-volume Set - $250
  • Book Shelf - $500
  • Bookcase - $2,500
  • Specific Subject Area - $2,500


Create a Literary Legacy
Chair

Throughout the Library, individual chairs may be named. Consider creating a
Literary Legacy while adding to the comfort of Library patrons every day.

  • Reference Room/Quiet Study
  • Room Chair - $250 
  • Community Room Chair - $250
  • Leather/Upholstered Chair - $500