It consists of a regional library in Accomac, a branch library in Nassawadox and two affiliated libraries – Chincoteague Island Library, Inc. and Cape Charles Memorial Library. This is our story of why we need a regional library and the capital campaign which will make it happen.
The Eastern Shore Public Library and The Eastern Shore Public Library Foundation is breaking ground on your new Regional Library. The ceremony is open to the public so please join us!
Delicious Dinner, Silent and Live Auctions,
50/50 drawing
Tickets $75 per person
All proceeds to benefit the new Eastern Shore Regional Library
This 1959 Mark 9 was donated to the Eastern Shore Public Library to help raise money for a badly needed new main library in this rural area in coastal Virginia.
We are Having a Birthday
The Eastern Shore Public Library is Turning 60!
We Are Raising Money to Build
A New Library!
Whether $20 or $20,000, your support is urgently needed to make the regional library facility a reality. Gifts may be made in one payment, or pursuant to a pledge covering a number of years. The estimated cost of the regional library is $5,300,000, and half of that amount has already been raised.
Win one of twenty-five gift baskets in the Eastern Shore Public Library Foundation’s “Count Me In!” basket drawing fundraiser starting October 1.
The Eastern Shore Public Library will have a groundbreaking ceremony on October 23, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. for the new Regional Library and the Eastern Shore of Virginia (ESVA) Heritage Center at 24313 Bennett Street in Parksley, Virginia.
Eastern Shore library supporters recently responded to a challenge campaign for pledges for the new Regional Library and Eastern Shore of Virginia Heritage Center construction.
Laura Bush's quote is as true in the current digital age as it has ever been, as libraries become both virtual and physical spaces. Free public libraries are basic to a true democracy because they provide everyone with equal access to information and place no limits on the ideas we can explore.
“I have found the most valuable thing in my wallet is my library card.”
We can find almost anything on the Internet, but not everyone has access to the Internet at home, especially on the Eastern Shore. Making online access available to everyone is essential to providing equal opportunity to all our citizens.
