Long-time Baxter County Library Foundation supporters Tom and Deborah Knox have been selected as the 2018 recipients of the Heart of the Library Award, recognizing noteworthy and extraordinary leadership in support of the library. The Knoxes were presented with the award during a special donor recognition event Thursday at the Donald W. Reynolds Library Serving Baxter County.
The Knoxes have been generous supporters to the library for many years. Deborah was a founder of the Baxter County Library Foundation in 1999. During her time serving on the Library Foundation Board, she gave countless hours of her time and energy to lead the Library Foundation trustees through an extensive planning and grant application process for a Donald W. Reynolds Foundation capital grant proposal. She served as capital campaign chair, leading the community in an effort to raise $2 million for the new library. Her dedication to the library culminated in the opening of the Donald W. Reynolds Library Serving Baxter County in October 2010.
Deborah also served on the Baxter County Library Foundation Trustees Executive Board for 10 years and on the Baxter County Library Board from 2001 to 2011. Today, she remains active with the library, serving on the Arkansas State Library Board.
The Knox community meeting rooms in the library are named after Deborah and Tom, because of their significant monetary contribution at the Nell Powell Wright circle of giving level during the campaign. The rooms offer community meeting space to an average of 6,000 people annually.
In addition to awarding the Knoxes the Heart of the Library Award, the Library Foundation unveiled an updated donor wall. The giving circles on the wall of honor, located in the entrance hallway of the library, showcase the many community members giving financially to support the Library Foundation’s mission. Donors giving $5,000 and above are recognized on the wall. This is the first time the donor wall has been updated since the library was unveiled in 2010.
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