Since 1997 the Foundation has made annual gifts to the library from the interest earned on the endowment. Some of these projects have included:

  • Annual support for Growing Readers, a program that provides a book and early literacy information for every family giving birth at Providence Newberg Medical Center

  • Enhanced the collections in the areas of science, geography and classic literature

  • Made improvements to the Carnegie Room

  • Provided support for the expansion and remodel of the Children's Room

  • Purchased new lounge chairs for reader comfort

  • Reupholstered all the chairs and benches upstairs

  • Supplemental funding for technology enhancements

  • ·Binding of the historic copies of the Newberg Graphic newspaper to preserve them for future research

  • Providing funds to support continuing education via the LinkedIn learning platform

Today, the Foundation continues to grow the endowment to fund programs and services such as those described above.