Princess Tea Party Kicks Off Library Fundraising

When Laura Barry moved to Hopkinton five years ago, she knew she wanted to take her two young daughters . What she didn’t know was that she would have to carry them, their strollers, and everything else up the stairs to a crowded children’s room shared by many.

Since then Barry has worked hard to improve the library’s situation. She has been a member of the board of trustees, a member of the Friends of the Hopkinton Library, and is on the board of directors for the newly reformed Hopkinton Library Foundation. The foundation was developed to help with “long-term assistance to the library, to enable and augment the town’s money and continue down the road,” Barry said.

“As a foundation we’re going to be holding events to not only raise money, but also awareness for the problems that the current library building is facing,” she said.

The first event is coming up Mother Daughter Princess Tea event. The event will have several Disney princesses there, as well as vendors selling makeup and jewelry.

Barry said there were 200 places available at the event, but in the first week of selling tickets over half are now gone.

The foundation also plans on launching their new website next week. www.hopkintonpubliclibraryfoundation.org will allow residents to stay up to date all of the happenings around the library, including the construction plans, and any upcoming fundraising events.

The library is which Barry said is expected to come sometime in the 2014 to 2016 range. After that there will be a six-month window for the town to approve the rest of the cost of the library and then a one-year period for construction to begin.