Petersburg library endowments grow with large donations
Posted by Joe Viechnicki | Jan 12, 2021
Helmi Jensen with her artwork entitled “Rings” (Photo courtesy of Sue Paulsen)
Two endowment funds for the Petersburg Public Library are growing thanks to some large donations from current and former residents. The money is paying for some programs and projects that the library might not otherwise be able to afford.
The library’s general endowment is the older of the two. It was started in 2007 as organizers began fund raising to build the new facility. Last year it received a $100,000 gift from local resident Sue Paulsen, longtime librarian and president of the Friends of Petersburg Libraries for 19 years. Paulsen gave the money in honor of her mother, Helmi Jensen.