Thank you for attending Eugene Public Library Foundation's Booked for the Evening on Saturday, May 4, 2024! We were inspired by library supporters showing up in force to support the Children’s Courtyard expansion at Eugene Public Library. From lightsabers to Jedi robes to Chewbacca costumes, your joyful attendance meant a lot to us!

To date, we have raised $109,000, which launched us past our event goal and closer to making it possible to add approximately 700 square feet to the Children’s Courtyard. This additional space will make room for new interactive play activities, storage for toys, a cover to allow for year-round use, and more! We’re reaching for the stars. If you would like to support this effort, you can mail a check to Eugene Public Library Foundation, 100 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 317, Eugene, OR 97401.  Donations can also be made online via our event donation portal. 

Event photos will be uploaded to our Booked for the Evening 2024 Facebook album that can be accessed even if you do not have a Facebook account.  Check back in a week or so to see if you can find your face among the crowd.  

The interactive Will Leather Goods station was well received!  If you attended the event and had a keychain personalized, we had some personalized keychains and tags that were not picked up.  If you think one of them might be yours, you can check on this spreadsheet to see the description and initials that are on the ones that we still have.  If you recognize one that is yours, contact us at info@eplfoundation.org or call us at 541.338.5018 to arrange for pickup.  

If you would like to order a keychain, tag, or Love Your Library sticker, they are available on our website.  Any keychains or tags that are purchased can be personalized for free at the Will Leather Goods store in the boxcar at Fifth Street Market.  

Thanks again for your support!  We look forward to seeing you at Booked 2025! 

Thank you to our generous sponsors!

🚀 Champion Sponsors: Lane Forest Products, Northwest Community Credit Union, Roseburg Forest Products

The Children’s Courtyard expansion is also supported by a grant from the Weyerhaeuser Giving Fund.

🚀 Partner Sponsors: Pacific Cascade Federal Credit Union

🚀 Community Sponsors: Bigfoot Beverages, Jenna Adams-Kalloch & Andrew Kalloch, Summit Bank, Avant Assessment

🚀 Bookmark Sponsors: Cow Creek Band Of Umpqua Tribe Of Indians, Eugene Coin & Jewelry, Robertson Sherwood Architects, Hershner Hunter LLP, Hersher Hunter LLP, Gleaves Swearingen LLP

Booked for the Evening will be catered by Sheild Catering.
A range of lighter fare options, including vegetarian and gluten-free offerings, will be provided in a buffet style. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, as well as desserts, will also be served.

View photos from Booked 2023 below or visit our Booked for the Evening 2023 Facebook album to view all photos from that event.

Thank you to everyone who attended Eugene Public Library Foundation's Booked for the Evening on Saturday, April 29, 2023! It was so inspiring to celebrate 20 years in the downtown Eugene Public Library with such a dedicated and generous community of library supporters. Your attendance meant a lot to us! Thank you to our event speakers: Honorary Chair, Kathie Tippens Wiper; Former Library Services Director, Will O’Hearn; Randy Nishimura, AIA, of Robertson Sherwood Architects; and Event Host, Storm Kennedy.

Booked 2022

Here are some scenes from 2022 when we were entertained and inspired to give by Honorary Chair, Mayor Lucy Vinis, author Kim Johnson, and our dynamic host, Eugene City Councilor Matt Keating. Will O’Hearn graciously highlighted how Eugene Public Library has met community needs again and again throughout the pandemic, demonstrating how the Library of Things is expanding access to knowledge even more. And we honored Renee Grube who retired as the executive director of Library, Recreation, and Cultural Services.