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Crawford Co. Devereaux Memorial Library Receives $10K From Consumers Energy Foundation Our entire library is wired to be able to utilize these new systems in a way that we’re going to be able to communicate
January 5, 2021
The library was awarded by Consumers Energy Foundation to help in their renovation project.
During the pandemic, the library has been used by the community and students as a safe workplace. The grant will allow them to update their teen and conference rooms with audio and visual technology to help the community better communicate virtually.
Connie Meyer, library director for the Crawford County Devereaux Memorial Library, says, “I’m excited that this grant is allowing us to move forward with the boards view, with the boards vision for what this library should be and could be for the community; just a hub of communication, the internet, to the computers, to the audio-visual centers that we’re going to have now.”
The Foundation has now provided $5.4 million in direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic since March.
âConsumers Energy is committed to being part of the solution as Michiganders work toward brighter days ahead this year,â Consumers Energyâs president and CEO Garrick Rochow said in a statement. âThese are extraordinary times, and we are humbled to play a part in supporting organizations that are doing so much for our communities.â
The Consumers Energy Foundation grants support those working on the front lines to directly meet basic needs such as food and shelter. They include $200,000 for the Food Bank Council of Michigan to address food insecurity, including mobile food distributions across the state.