FY2025 Annual Report to Donors

Dear friends and supporters of Sturgis Library:

Like the old oaks and maples that line the streets of Barnstable Village, our Library’s
strength lies in its foundations—the donors who support it, the staff who enliven it, and
community members’ steadfast commitment to knowledge, creativity, and connection.
In 2025, whether you were a preschooler’s parent, an adult learner, or simply a curious
visitor, Sturgis Library presented programs and author talks for patrons of all ages and
interests. Sessions on photography, local history, technology, acting, and book
illustration, among others, drew almost 6,000 participants!

We continued to enhance our collections and service offerings—even a dog stick
“library” for the beloved family pet—and our Library of Things grew to include a sewing
machine, metal detector, yard tools, and other practical items.

In May, we embarked on a long-range planning process that will result in a new five-year
roadmap that will guide our services and programs through 2031. With this, we can
continue to deliver on our main mission—to provide resources for a contemporary
community while preserving Cape Cod history.

Everything we do depends on your continued support, including donations to our Annual
Appeal; attendance at fundraising events such as this year’s Hydrangea Festival garden
tours; participation in the “Everything but the Kitchen Sink” and other sales sale; and generous gifts of volunteer time.

We are deeply grateful for your support and look forward to welcoming you back to
Sturgis Library soon.

Daphne Northrop
Trustee

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Sturgis Library is an independent nonprofit public library and research archive, not a Town department.  We receive less than half of our funding from the Town of Barnstable, and must raise the rest of our funds through donations, grants, event proceeds, bookshop sales, and other non-municipal sources.

Our donors give to the library in many ways:

• Donations to our annual appeal
• Bequests
• Gifts of stock or securities
• Gifts of vehicles through our vehicle donation program
• Gifts of goods or services to our fundraisers
• Donations of books, jewelry, and household items to our sales
• Donations of family papers or historic materials to our research archives
• Spontaneous donations in our donation boxes
• Memorial and honorary donations
• Gifts of time — volunteering for special Library projects or at Library events

If you are interested in supporting Sturgis Library, please click here or contact Library Director Lucy Loomis for more information.  You can reach her at 508-362-8448 or via email at director@sturgislibrary.org.

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Major Accomplishments & Projects, July 2024 through June 2025

Sturgis Library Statistics  FY2025

• Collection size: 69,703 items
• Total circulation of materials:  75,709
• Use of ebooks and eaudio:  17,605
• Total visitors:  42,203
• Total programs:  474
• Attendance at programs:  5,874

In FY2025, Sturgis Library welcomed visitors of all ages from across the Cape and around the country, including people from 35 states, Canada, and Europe.   Visitors come to the Library not only for its traditional library services and its important research archives, but because it is the ancestral home and meetinghouse of the Rev. John Lothrop, founder of the Town of Barnstable.  It was also the home of William Sturgis, and prominent sea captain, merchant, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and founder of the Library.  Because the building was constructed in 1644, we have the distinction of being the oldest building in the country now housing a public library.  The following are some highlights of the past year:

• Nearly 500 engaging and well-attended programs were offered to patrons of all ages.
• We were the recipient of a generous bequest from the estate of late Library Trustee James Hinkle.  We are very grateful for his support of the Library over many years.
• We held a number of well-attended fundraising events:
  • Hydrangea Festival Garden Tours
  • Annual plant and garden sale
  • Annual jewelry and accessories sale
  • Book sales, including our Autumn Collectible Book Sale
  • Our 3^rd annual “Everything But the Kitchen Sink” Sale
• We began partnering with Board member Edie Vonnegut to present her new musical, LOW TIDE, at the Barnstable Comedy Club in the summer of 2025.  All proceeds will benefit the Library.  We thank Edie for her generosity.
• We said farewell to longtime Board member John Temple and welcomed new Board member Maureen Floyd. 
• We also said farewell to Maintenance man Gordon Starr, and welcomed Marc Grenier to the position.  Many thanks to Gordon for his years of dedicated work.
• We welcomed new Circulation staff member Jess Harnois. 
• We thank the Osterville Garden Club for providing beautiful flower arrangements for the Library each month.
• We thank the Town of Barnstable for providing approximately 40% of our funding.  We raise the rest through donations, proceeds from events and sales, grants, and other non-municipal income.  Sturgis Library is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
• We also thank the Town of Barnstable’s Enoch Cobb Fund and Kirkman Trust Fund for providing grants that allow us to provide some of the materials for the annual Summer Reading Program, ebooks and eaudiobooks, special programs, computer resources, and more.
• We are so grateful to our patrons and visitors, as well as our generous supporters and community members.  They inspire us every day to provide exemplary programs and services, and we sincerely thank them.

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Special Support

In addition to the Annual Fund donors listed in the next section of our annual report, Sturgis Library has received support from individuals, businesses, organizations, grantors, and others for a variety of needs throughout FY2025. With the help of these special donors we were able to purchase library materials,  to sponsor engaging programs, fund discount museum passes, maintain and preserve our historic building, and much more.  We received proceeds from the sale of donated vehicles, and honored family members and loved ones through memorial and honorary donations. We are also grateful for employer matching grant funds from a number of our generous donors. And we appreciate those who made a donation when buying tickets for the production of Low Tide in FY2025.

If we inadvertently left you off the list of special donors or spelled your name incorrectly, please accept our apologies, and contact us at director@sturgislibrary.org so that we can correct our records. We thank all of our donors and supporters for their generous gifts to Sturgis Library.

FY2025 Special Donors are:

• Adams, Josephine
• Antonellis, Susan Columbo
• Armstrong, Kathryn
• Atsalis, Christopher & Marina
• Baker, Deborah
• Ball & Boyd Public Adjusters      
• Bauer, Jeffrey and Susan
• Benson, Sara
• Berglund, Steven
• Berman, Ellen
• Bradin, Jan
• Braginton-Smith, John
• Brazelton, Paula
• Caffrey, Richard
• Clarke, Roderick Read
• Ehret, John and Susan
• Ehret, Christine
• Ehret, Gregory
• Enoch Cobb Trust of the Town of Barnstable       
• Ferretti, Elizabeth
• Fischer, Nancy
• Floyd, Maureen
• Gach, Debbie
• Guill, Gene and Susan
• Handy, Seth
• Hazard, Ron and Patti
• Hazard, Whitney
• Heaslip, Steve and Holly
• Hill, Margaret
• Hill, Ann
• Houston, Michael
• Houston, Paula
• James Hinkle Charitable Trust    
• Jilson, Susan
• Johnson, Diane
• Kelly, Ilona
• Kerner, Jessi
• Kilmartin, Robert
• Kirkman Trust Fund of the Town of Barnstable   
• LaPine, Paul and Wendy
• Laube, Kristen
• Laughran, Justine
• Leland, Katherine
• Lewis, Robert Jon
• Liftman, Barbara
• Littlefield, John and Susie
• Loomis, Lucy
• Magruder, Mary
• Mathewson, R. Dennis
• McAvoy, Elaine
• Meader, Barbara
• Mueller, Marion
• Muller, Diane
• O’Brien, Patricia
• Orcutt, John and Sally
• Reilly, Terrie
• Remmers, Jack and Jeanne
• Rivard, Kenneth
• Schelter, Kate
• Schiffmann, Jean
• Shanahan, Thomas
• Shaw, Christopher
• Shelter, Craig
• Smith, William
• Starr, Megan
• Temple, John
• Von Wendt, Lisa
• Ward, Paul
• Weinstein, Nancy
• Wirtanen, Edward
• Zulkiewicz, Jane

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Donors to the FY2025 Annual Fund

The individuals, businesses, and organizations listed below contributed to the Sturgis Library Annual Fund in FY2025, which ran from July 1, 2024 through June 30th, 2025.  Annual fund donations are unrestricted funds which go towards our operating expenses each year.

If we inadvertently left you off the list of Annual Fund donors or spelled your name incorrectly, please accept our apologies, and contact us at director@sturgislibrary.org so that we can correct our records. We thank all of our donors and supporters for their generous gifts to Sturgis Library.

Donors are color-coded by giving level.  Donors of $1-$249 are listed in black, $250-$499 are listed in purple, $500-$999 are listed in green, and $1,000 and up are listed in blue.

• Abbott, Janet
• Abraham, Michael and Cathy
• Albert, Donald and Donna
• Allaire, Joe and Sandy
• Allen, David and Ruthanne
• Allen, Robert and Jane
• Austin, John and Christine
• Baker, Deborah Baker
• Baker, Talbot
• Barone, Mary
• Barrette, John and Kelly
• Barron, Melanie
• Bearse, Carrie
• Beer, Patrick and Christine
• Berman, Ellen
• Bernard, Peggy
• Berry, Robert and Benson, Kathleen
• Bienefeld, Gary
• Bilezikian, Jeffrey and Nancy
• Blair Hudak, Anne
• Blatt, Karen
• Blume, Ralph and Nancy
• Boocock, Roger
• Brandin, Kerry and Jan
• Brosnan, Theresa
• Brown, Clifford
• Brown, Vernon and Barbara
• Buffum, Cyrus
• Burger, Kate
• Butler, Sarah
• Cahoon, Carol
• Carey, Kathryn
• Carlson, Claire
• Carroll, John and Wendy
• Carroll, Marilyn
• Cartwright and Rascati Attorneys at Law
• Carty, Lucy
• Carvounis, Loucas and Braman
• Chabot, Gary
• Chapman, Suzanne
• Clark, Paula
• Clark, William and Nancy
• Coggeshall , Caroline and Banta, David
• Coggeshall, Ethel
• Conway, Lisa and Gary
• Cook, Bill and Toni
• Corbitt, Jeri
• Cosgrove, Edward and Anne
• Crane, Bethiah
• Crocker, Roderick and Judy
• Crowell, Joel and Beth
• Crowley, Jackie
• Davies, Gloria
• Davis, Phyllis
• De Ciccio, Jeffrey and Sharon
• Dee, Christian and Nicola
• Donovan, Eleanor
• Donovan, Mary Ann
• Dornemann, Peter and Ellen
• Draper, John and Lucy
• Dunning, Michael and Elizabeth
• Duprey, Andre and Carlene
• Eager, Charles and Sandra
• Ehret, Christine
• Elder, Robert and Cindy
• Eleftherakis, Peter and Susan
• Elliot, Ben and Lay, Marcia
• Ellis, Douglas
• Ellis, Joan
• Fischer, Nancy
• Fiske, Phineas
• Fitzgerald, Paul and Bunny
• Floyd, Maureen
• Frazee, Bob and Alexena
• Freeman, Peter
• Freitas, Caroline
• Galvin, Grace
• Genest, Jack and Suzy
• George, Lloyd and Linda
• Gilmore, Madison
• Golden, William and Adele
• Guill, Gene and Susan
• Hammer, Roy
• Haskell, Nancy and Widdicombe, Sara
• Hawkins, Richard and Ferguson, Marian
• Hazard, Gerald
• Heaslip, Steve and Holly
• Heisler, Dale and Shauna
• Hemeon, Jan
• Henson, Roger and Dianna
• Hibben, Ted and Gretchen
• Hinckley, Clark
• Hinckley, Helen
• Hough, Robert and Yumiko
• Huguley, Arthur and Heidi
• Hunsaker, Jamie and Lee
• Ianzito, Ben and Maria
• Ives, Elizabeth
• James-Chung, Hillery
• Johnson, Jean
• Kaess, Walter
• Kelly, Ilona
• Kelly, Jeanne
• Kelly, Suzanne
• Kenyon, Richard and Kathleen
• Kimball, Molly
• Kovatch, George and Susan
• Kraus, Jon and Wilma
• Lamb, Rick and Nancy
• Landy, Phillip
• LaPine, Paul and Wendy
• Lathrop Friedman, Pamela
• Lathrop, John and Carol
• Lavery, Bob and Pat
• Leary, Jeffrey and Kristin
• Lewis, Farley
• Lewis, Jon and Eliza
• Lewis, Mary
• Lickfield, William and Tamara
• Lieberman, Marc and Linda
• Littlefield, John and Susie
• Livingston, Susan
• Long, Sally
• Loughran, Meg and Pat
• Lowrie, Ted and McShane, Kathy
• Lucey, David and Alice
• Machado, Gayle
• Magruder, Blue
• Magruder, Elizabeth
• Maguire, Timothy and Susan
• Mah Jong Mavens
• Malloy, Mary
• Mangan, Jim and Deborah
• Martin, David and Susan
• Mason, Colleen
• Mastromauro, Frank and Jan
• Mathewson, Hub
• McAuley, James and Linda
• McCarthy, Mary
• McClenahan, Rebecca
• Medeiros, James and Geraldine
• Milligan, Cathy
• Minehart, David and Sharon
• Moeller, Susan
• Moore, Christopher and Diana
• Morales, Harry and Kerin
• Morin, Julius and Pamela
• Morse , Richard and Newell, Betsy
• Morton, Roy and Elizabeth
• Mullen, Regina
• Mullen, Thomas
• nan, Cape Cod Five Foundation
• Nelson, Cy and Weezie
• Nelson, Philip and Molly
• Nemec, Susan
• Newman, Arlene
• Nichol, Margaret
• Nichols, Mark
• Nickerson, Gary
• Nilsson, Ralph and Darlene
• Nober, Linda
• Nolan, Georgia
• Norton, Mary
• Olcott, Judith
• Olsen, Ken and Crowley, Elissa
• Olthof, Meint
• Orcutt, John and Sally
• Palmer, Mark and Anita
• Parke, David and Susan
• Parke, Rob and Bev
• Paster, Barry and Deirdre
• Pastva, Cathy and Gary
• Patel, Shirish
• Pearl, Richard and Janet
• Perera, Judith
• Perrault, Michel and Anne
• Pipe, Elaine
• Pitney Bowes
• Prothero, Helen
• Quinn, William and Marilyn
• Rapp, Jan
• Rehkamp, Thomas and Marsha
• Revere, Avery
• Richards, Bruce and Janice
• Richardson, Cathie
• Ring, Ann
• Riordan, Cornelius and Arlene
• Risio, Nancy
• Rizzoli, Hugo and Carol
• Ross, Janet
• Saling, Edward and Christy
• Sanborn, Louise
• Sawyer, Frederick
• Scarafile, Peter and Judy
• Schiffer, Peggy and Noland, Sam
• Schofield, Susan
• Sciarappa, Dorothy and Moore, Andrea
• Shanahan, Tom
• Silver, Tom and Helen
• Silvia, Ron and Kathy
• Soponis, Mento and Gayling
• Squyres, Mary Anne
• Stamas, Christopher
• Staples, Judith
• Starkey, Albert and Susan
• Stein, Bernard
• Stolte, Robert and Shirley
• Sturgis, Ellen
• Temple, John and Ann
• Thompson, Rev. and Sallie
• Tolliver, Roy and Kathy
• Trisko, Joan
• Tuesday Book Club
• Vetorino, Peg
• Vonnegut, Edie and John
• Vuilleumier, Louis
• Waasdorp, Erica
• Wagenblass, Peter and Christine
• Walters, Frederick
• Ware, Paul and Susan
• Watson, Serena
• Weaver, Esta
• Weber, David and Carole
• Weinblatt, Herbert and Anita
• Weinstein, Nancy
• West, Peter and Debbie
• Whieldon, Jeffrey and Lucille
• Whitmore, Steve
• Wilker-Manfredonia, Leslie
• Williams, Gary
• Williams, Greg and Marianne
• Wirtanen, Edward and Jeanne
• Wirtanen, Mark and Reilly, Terrie
• Withers, Mareda
• Wolfe, Clifton
• Woodruff, Donald and Carol
• Wright, Joan
• Zoll, David