Champaign library donations $500,000 shy of goal
By Mike Monson
Saturday July 22, 2006
Robin Scholz
Ross Thompson of Champaign, a page at the Champaign Public Library, pulls books from a library shelf as construction of the new library building proceeds next door.
CHAMPAIGN – With help from a generous but publicity-shy benefactor, the Champaign Public Library Foundation has raised $2.5 million toward its $3 million goal for the new library building.
The donor – whom library Director Marsha Grove declined to identify even as a man, woman or family – provided a $1 million matching challenge grant that has been more than met.
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