Timeline of Grants and Bequests
The following page lists the Grants and Awards we have received in the recent past. In addition, an outline of the bequests the library has received from individuals to date.
2004
Wilton and Effie Mae Hebert Foundation
$25,000 for adult non-fiction and shelving for non-fiction section.
2005
Praxair Foundation --$5,000 for computer workstations for patrons
TIG Grant (Hals) 2005-2006 for computer workstation.
2006
Texas Book Festival 2006--$2500 for materials in large print, audio and DVD for senior patrons
Wilton and Effie Mae Hebert Foundation 2006---$25,000 for teen space and youth collection materials
DVD Mini-Grant (Hals) For senior large print, audio and DVD materials
2008
J. Frank Dobie Award 2008--$10,000 for youth collection materials.
Rotary District Grant in conjunction with City of Groves, and the Groves Rotary Club to replace meeting room doors and make main library entrance doors handicapped accessible.
Bequests
1986-ongoing yearly
Eber W. Ephlin Library Fund-Memorial Fund for Frances Dishman Elphin and Frances Elphine Daniels to purchase scientific, historial and fiction books of high quality yearly
January 2005
Estate of John Hudson Kinietz-Oil paintings together with a bequest of ten percent (10%) of his residuary estate.