February start: Hantsport Public Library!

It's a wonderful start to the year for the Save Hantsport Public Library campaign. For those of you who haven't yet seen it on our website/Facebook page, or in the Hants Journal, the big news was announced in mid-December that we'd received a very generous donation from members of the Jodrey family and that our relocated library will be called the Isabel and Roy Jodrey Memorial Library. Please read the attached news release for all the details and visit ourwebsite to see the pictures taken at the Hantsport Town Hall on December 15th. 

With this donation the SHPL campaign has reached the fundraising goal that allows us to commence renovations. The tender for a contractor is now posted and we anticipate the work to start next month. Yes, it is okay to cheer out loud.

I'd also like to invite you all to come "Brunch With Friends" on January 18th at Churchill House. This is the first in a series of three Winter Warm-ups hosted by the Friends of the Hantsport Public Library. Tickets are $10/person and brunch will be served from 11am until 1pm. For more info/tickets please call the Library at 902-684-4005 or email thefhpl@gmail.com (or reply to this email if you'd rather). Event poster is attached.

Thank you all for your continued support of the SHPL campaign.

Regards,

Leah Winter,
Friends of Hantsport Public Library and SHPL campaign 

News Release

For release on 2014 December 15

Family of Isabel  and Roy Jodrey Support New Library

 The Hantsport Library  Committee and Hantsport Town Council are pleased to announce

 that some members of  the family of the late Isabel and Roy Jodrey have donated

 $100,000 toward the Hantsport Library Relocation and  Renovation project.

In 1927, Roy Jodrey, a native of Gaspereau, decided to locate  his new ground wood pulp

mill in Hantsport. In 1935, across  the street from Minas  Basin Pulp and  Power,  his new

Canadian Keyes Fibre  Company (today's CKF) began producing paper plates. A year

later, Roy, Isabel, and their three children moved to Hantsport. Following the Second

World War, the two original companies were joined by others under the umbrella

organization Scotia Investments Limited.

 The Jodrey family has always been very generous  to Hantsport by supporting community

 groups and organizations, such as the  Hantsport Memorial Community  Centre. The

recent donation will go a  long way toward ensuring that the library project goes ahead

and becomes an excellent asset for the Hantsport community for generations to come.

With this in mind, the Town Council unanimously agreed to name the new library the

Isabel and Roy Jodrey Memorial Library.

Harold Bulger, Chair of  the Library Committee and Deputy Mayor, stated: "We are so

 excited that we will now be able to move forward with this great initiative, and  that

citizens will be able  to make use of  this great resource. Many thanks to those members of

 the Jodrey family for their  support."

Chair of  the Fundraising Committee and Town Councillor, Margot  Bureaux said:

"With this substantial donation we know that with a little  more work from the

fundraising committee we will be able  to reach the amount of money needed  o create the

library we want. We have a few great events coming up in the following months, and
 this, combined with continued support from  he community, will see our project

 completed."

Media Enquiries:

CAO  Rob Frost, Town of Hantsport, 902- 684-3210