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Kathryn Harrington, Kregg Arntson, Paul Sander, Angelica Espinosa, and Pam Treece proudly display a keepsake poster gifted from the PGE Foundation alongside oversized WCCLS library cards at West Slope Library.

Library Foundation of Washington County Receives $10,000 Grant from PGE Foundation

PGE Foundation donated a generous gift to the Library Foundation of Washington County in recognition of their shared commitment to advancing literacy and supporting the mission of public libraries. In our latest blog post, we share how this gift came to be, what it will be used for, and all the people who helped make it possible.

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