About the Foundation
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The Manchester City Library Foundation is a private, nonprofit corporation formed of volunteers who are committed to providing supplemental support to the Manchester City Library. The Foundation is proud to support our local community by providing continued and increased public support for our public local library.
We are proud to serve as a catalyst for attracting private funding from individuals, businesses, organizations, and foundations
in order to enhance library services, programs, and opportunities for our community.
Contact manchestercitylibraryfoundation@gmail.com or directors@manchestercitylibraryfoundation.org for more information.
Gifts & Memorials
Books and other materials given to the Library will be accepted on condition that the Library Director and the Board of Trustees may make whatever disposition of the gift they deem advisable. The Library cannot provide appraisals for income-tax purposes, but the donor may request a receipt listing the items as gifts to the Library.
Patrons who wish to give money for the purchase of a particular book may ask for a bookplate giving the name of the donor and/or the name of the person being honored by the gift.
Gifts of money, real property, and/or stock will be accepted, if conditions attached thereto are acceptable to the Board of Trustees. Outright grants or income from bequests to the Library are received and administered by the Board of Trustees, according to the wishes of the donor and the needs of the Library.
Personal property, art objects, paintings, antiques and other objects will be accepted at the discretion of the Board of Trustees.
Used books and materials
The Manchester City Library can accept donations of 1 to 2 boxes of materials during regular business hours at either:
Main library at 405 Pine Street, Manchester NH
West Manchester Branch Library at 76 N. Main Street, Manchester, NH
The Manchester City Library can only accepting materials that are in good condition that have not been previously discarded by another library.
The following items are currently not being accepted:
- encyclopedia sets
- magazines
- textbooks
- Books with outdated information
- cassette tapes (video or audio)
- any books that contain mold, dirt, have been previously discarded or are damaged
Donated materials are utilized by the library for many purposes. We cannot guarantee that your donation will be added to our collection.
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Discover the MCLF Board Past & Present
Sarita Pickett, Esq., Chair
Sarita Pickett, Esq., Chair
Sarita Pickett, Esq., Chair
Sarita Pickett is proud to support the Manchester City Library and local community through charity and fundraising. As principal of Patent Negotiator, PLLC, her practice consists of combining competitive global patent prosecution and litigation before the USPTO while lowering costs by providing a fully digital law firm. Most of her client
Sarita Pickett is proud to support the Manchester City Library and local community through charity and fundraising. As principal of Patent Negotiator, PLLC, her practice consists of combining competitive global patent prosecution and litigation before the USPTO while lowering costs by providing a fully digital law firm. Most of her clients include first-time entrepreneurs, experienced business leaders, artists, and academic institutions. Her practice has included prosecution of a wide variety of technologies including electronics, aeronautical technologies, small molecule development, polymers, coatings, software, mechanical, and medical devices.
Nathan Fredrickson, Board
Sarita Pickett, Esq., Chair
Sarita Pickett, Esq., Chair
JD Candidate 2025; PhD (ABD); MA -- UCSB; MA, MLIS -- UIUC; Manchester City Library Foundation Board Member; Steering Committee Member, AAR, Religion and Science Fiction Unit; Co-Chair, AARWR, Philosophy of Religion Unit.
Nathan Fredrickson is a library professional, with a strong background in legal research and writing. Practical and
JD Candidate 2025; PhD (ABD); MA -- UCSB; MA, MLIS -- UIUC; Manchester City Library Foundation Board Member; Steering Committee Member, AAR, Religion and Science Fiction Unit; Co-Chair, AARWR, Philosophy of Religion Unit.
Nathan Fredrickson is a library professional, with a strong background in legal research and writing. Practical and theoretical expertise in law, library and information science, and religious studies.
Extensive research, publication, event organization, leadership, and teaching experience, including work with non-native speakers of English. Committed to using training and talents to empower the marginalized and disadvantaged, especially through advocacy, organization, education, and increased access to information.
Shane Duffy, Treasurer
Sarita Pickett, Esq., Chair
Shane Duffy, Treasurer
Shane is proud to support the local Manchester City Library Foundation by serving on the Financial Committee. As a financial services professional, Shane Duffy, helps individuals, families, and business owners create, build, and preserve wealth. Through his work with New York Life, Shane "offers a variety of products that can help you me
Shane is proud to support the local Manchester City Library Foundation by serving on the Financial Committee. As a financial services professional, Shane Duffy, helps individuals, families, and business owners create, build, and preserve wealth. Through his work with New York Life, Shane "offers a variety of products that can help you meet a number of insurance and financial needs, including, but not limited to college funding, retirement, managing costs for extended periods of care and lifetime income strategies. Please contact me to help you fully analyze your needs and recommend appropriate solutions. "
Brian Blanton, Board
Steven Michael DeCalogero, Board
Shane Duffy, Treasurer
Expresses sincere gratitude for everyone's willingness to assist me in exploring volunteer/work opportunities at our public
library.
"Your offer to help means a great deal to me."
Advocating for basic human necessities is a passion that I share. I am eager and excited about the prospect of contributing to our community through the library with you.
"I am looking forward to working with you."
Steven Michael DeCalogero, Board
Steven Michael DeCalogero, Board
Steven Michael DeCalogero, Board
Steven DeCalogero is happy to provide supplemental help to the library so that they may provide a variety of technology resources available for our patrons, including computer access, free Wi-Fi, and printing and scanning services. The library also offers classes on basic computer skills and software programs.
Edit Hamidovic, Secretary
Steven Michael DeCalogero, Board
Steven Michael DeCalogero, Board
"Public libraries are well known as a place that one could borrow books for free to read, enjoy, and then return. I love this. Even with how far technology has come in entertainment in ways of movies, videos, augmented-reality, and virtual reality, reading offers a different type of immersion that can have longer lasting effects. These n
"Public libraries are well known as a place that one could borrow books for free to read, enjoy, and then return. I love this. Even with how far technology has come in entertainment in ways of movies, videos, augmented-reality, and virtual reality, reading offers a different type of immersion that can have longer lasting effects. These non-reading mediums of entertainment offer fast and easy immersion served quickly and all at once whereas reading can last multiple hours, days, even weeks. In most cases, books aren’t read all at once. This allows us to put the book down and allows the conscious and subconscious parts of our mind to process the words we’ve read and reflect on them before picking up the book again and continuing. This delayed satisfaction and gratification can be powerful."
Maggie Kaska, Volunteer Coordinator
Maggie Kaska, Volunteer Coordinator
Maggie Kaska, Volunteer Coordinator
Maggie Kaska worked as an architectural assistant and homeschool teacher for many years before bringing her skills in cooperation and coordination to assist the Manchester City Library Foundation by serving on the Financial Committee. With a love of the arts, books, and reading, "I am excited at the prospect of serving on the board of th
Maggie Kaska worked as an architectural assistant and homeschool teacher for many years before bringing her skills in cooperation and coordination to assist the Manchester City Library Foundation by serving on the Financial Committee. With a love of the arts, books, and reading, "I am excited at the prospect of serving on the board of the Manchester City Library Foundation to help raise monetary funds, and bring books to a wide range of people, and increasing the joy of literature. "
Jack Hepburn, Legal Counsel
Maggie Kaska, Volunteer Coordinator
Maggie Kaska, Volunteer Coordinator
Associate Attorney at McLane Middleton, P.A., in Manchester New Hampshire.
Jack is an associate in the firm’s Corporate Department, where he advises businesses on transactional matters related to entity formation, mergers and acquisitions, commercial contract review and drafting, and corporate governance.
Prior to joining McLane Middleto
Associate Attorney at McLane Middleton, P.A., in Manchester New Hampshire.
Jack is an associate in the firm’s Corporate Department, where he advises businesses on transactional matters related to entity formation, mergers and acquisitions, commercial contract review and drafting, and corporate governance.
Prior to joining McLane Middleton in 2023, Jack worked as an associate at a Concord firm, where he focused on corporate and real estate matters.
Jack earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law (2018), and his B.A., summa cum laude in Environmental Studies, from Green Mountain College (2015).
Caroline Miller, Board
Maggie Kaska, Volunteer Coordinator
Caroline Miller, Board
"As a chiropractic physician, my aim is to provide patients with evidence based and function based care; facilitating patients to have increased quality of life as well as reduced musculoskeletal pain through restoring normal motion and function to the spine without the use of surgery or pharmaceuticals. I value my ability to create trea
"As a chiropractic physician, my aim is to provide patients with evidence based and function based care; facilitating patients to have increased quality of life as well as reduced musculoskeletal pain through restoring normal motion and function to the spine without the use of surgery or pharmaceuticals. I value my ability to create treatment plans and deliver care that is specific and unique to each patient and their body's specific needs and presentation. It is a passion and a privilege for me to serve patients and to be a member of their health care team."