Support Levine For Goodnow Library Board: Letter

This letter to the editor does not reflect the views of Sudbury Patch

I am writing this letter to encourage everyone to vote for Alice Levine for a position on the Goodnow Library Board of Trustees on March 28.

I’ve known Alice for 15 years. With Alice on the Library Board of Trustees we will be electing a creative, committed, and conscientious leader to the Board. These are the qualities the Board needs and these are the qualities that Alice has expressed in her history of contributions to the Sudbury community.

Alice has contributed to Sudbury through her creative involvement with the schools; anyone ever hear of Jamaica Jammin’, our Senior Safe Night for graduating L.S. Seniors? That was introduced by Alice. Anyone whose child participated in the L.S. Speech and Debate Team? That was begun by Alice. Ever go to the First Parish Harvest Craft Fair? This juried event was co-chaired for 10 years by Alice. What is that group that decorates the town center, sponsors gardening programs, contributed and planted and tended a number of the traffic island gardens in town? That is the Thursday Garden Club, an organization that Alice has been President of for two terms and held other offices in as well.

Alice has led the Friends of the Goodnow Library at the members’ request for the last seven years. The Friends organization is a fundraising non-profit that is community based. The Friends communicate with its members and donors and follow their guidance in the ways it supports the Goodnow Library. The Friends function is to support the programs at the library and the extras, such as museum passes and movie licenses that create enriching opportunities for the Sudbury community.

When Alice assumed the role of President, she created a structured budgeting process in keeping with their non-profit responsibilities as a 501 c3 organization. Under her leadership, the Friends refined its systems for running our book sales, events, and programs. The Friends also made a point of encouraging greater community participation in library activities and volunteer opportunities through the Friends.

Alice will be a terrific asset to the Goodnow Library Board of Trustees. Her creative approach to problem solving, her commitment to representing the Sudbury community and her conscientiousness to create successful solutions that work for all involved, are what Sudbury needs for the Library Board of Trustees.

—Claudia Brandon, Sudbury