EVPL East and EVPL West to receive $10K gifts from Carnegie Corporation of New York

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEVV) — EVPL East and EVPL West are set to receive $10,000 each from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

This announcement was part of the Carnegie Libraries 250 initiative, which honors the role of Carnegie Libraries in the United States.

Scott Kinney, CEO of EVPL, expressed pride in the libraries' continued service.

“This gift honors the history of Carnegie Libraries and the role they have played in communities nationwide for more than a century,” Kinney said.

Dame Louise Richardson, president of Carnegie, emphasized their founder's vision.

“Our founder, Andrew Carnegie, who championed the free public library movement of the late 19th century, described libraries as ‘cradles of democracy’ that ‘strengthen the democratic idea, the equality of the citizen, and the