Golden Friends' GROWTH Projects

Please open links for photo gallery see Golden Public Librarians Shelly Jones & Lynda Hoosier in action, how much we provide, how popular we are & how crowded we are due to the accomplishments of Golden Friends & our supportive community in less than 10 years!!! 

You will find photos before of how we brought back Christmas Lights to the Village of Golden with our 'Let our Little Light Shine" project in 2019. This accomplishment was #communityengagement #generosityempowerschange #communityunited

All worked to turn on the lights & create the Golden Christmas Open House: Golden Friends, an Ameren Illinois grant, Golden Lions Club, Adams Electric Cooperative Penny Power Grant, My Community Foundation Grant - Betty Schmidt Honorarium Fund, a generous community whose giving was matched by Matt Schmidt in remembrance of his mother Betty Schmidt.

We are #6goldenagedgalswith2youngens just trying to provide, improve & financially support our Golden Public Library & it's community! Read, watch & listen to our stories June 9-12 during Tracy Family Foundation sponsored #wcilgives an online fundraising event for West Central Illinois charities.  

If you appreciate what Shelly Jones Lynda Hoosier Deanne Miller Lois Reason Rita Beadles Ann Maas Paben Kacey Stuckman Robin Walker or founding member now living the good life in the Ozarks, Marjorie "Marge" Shank or our guardian angels who led the charge & whose spirit keeps our fires of faith burning for community enrichment Leona Ihnen & Marta Janssen; then hit our link to donate. You may choose the campaign of your choice or the entire fundraising goal of $7,000.00 in an incredible whirlwind of community engagement for change in just 4 days. At the time this is shared over $110,000.00 has been donated to charities during this amazing movement of #generosityempowerschange

The online platform Mighty Cause, sponsored by Tracy Family Foundation as a fundrai$ing GIFT & TOOL does take out fees due to the simplicity, ease, as well as cost to run. Thank you for all your donations & love during this first ever on-line fundraising event.  A  minimum $5 dollar holler of love to Golden Friends Golden Public Library Golden Christmas Open House

https://wcilgives.org/organization/Golden-friends

Thanks for your $upport!

For Stronger Communities,

A Friend(s) of Golden Friends

PS🥰 Be like Maylee Roberts & Olivia Cosgrove who took it upon themselves to go out in the rain on Saturday June 7 with this adorably artistic donation jar collecting for our Golden Friends! Giuliana Venvertloh created commercials in her comic persona "Debra"! Then Makenna Taylor & Matthew Bunch created commercials with Aunt Shelly Jones & Grandma Lynda Hoosier. Philanthropy starts young & by example! The"Golden Gang" set the example, are you up to their challenge, or Klutzy's???🫠