{"id":4329,"date":"2021-05-28T14:23:55","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T18:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.10.7.254\/?page_id=4329"},"modified":"2022-08-10T11:25:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T15:25:44","slug":"books-forever-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/index.php\/university-libraries\/give\/books-forever-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Books Forever Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4329\" class=\"elementor elementor-4329\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7afeec25 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7afeec25\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-70b8905a\" data-id=\"70b8905a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ef5f7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2ef5f7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd7fea1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dd7fea1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Books Forever Program<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e00297 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e00297\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a5fecbf\" data-id=\"a5fecbf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ac7419 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ac7419\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<header><h2 class=\"documentDescription description\">An Invitation to Book Lovers to Give a Book a Year Forever<\/h2><\/header><div id=\"content-core\"><div id=\"parent-fieldname-text\" class=\"\"><ul><li>Year Mercer University was founded: 1833<\/li><li>Year the Mercer University Libraries opened: 1833<\/li><li>Cost to contribute to the Libraries&#8217; Books Forever Endowment Fund: $1833<\/li><li>Length of time your gift will benefit the Libraries: FOREVER<\/li><\/ul><p>The Mercer University community has always reached for books for knowledge and information, pleasure and comfort, friendship and advice. Now, we invite you to support the Mercer University Libraries by becoming a Books Forever donor.<\/p><h4><strong>A gift that lasts forever:<\/strong><\/h4><p>Your gift of $1,833 (in recognition of the year Mercer was founded) or more will be added to the Books Forever Fund, and will generate enough interest income to purchase a book a year for the Library&#8217;s general collections. To mark that purchase, each year the Libraries will place a bookplate bearing your name (and, if you choose, the name of the person you are honoring or memorializing) in a book in its collection.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c9c7f4 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-phone\" data-id=\"5c9c7f4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03dd2be elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"03dd2be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"366\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Give\/c6cf07d9-0813-433e-b132-f7136d67f54c.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4357\" alt=\"Image of a sample bookplate\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Give\/c6cf07d9-0813-433e-b132-f7136d67f54c.png 366w, https:\/\/libraries.mercer.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Give\/c6cf07d9-0813-433e-b132-f7136d67f54c-284x300.png 284w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8ce55b8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8ce55b8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b6f2aa4\" data-id=\"b6f2aa4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d08e8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d08e8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Books for every occasion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Books Forever contribution may be a:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>memorial tribute<\/li>\n<li>graduation gift<\/li>\n<li>birthday gift<\/li>\n<li>anniversary gift<\/li>\n<li>professional honor commemoration<\/li>\n<li>wedding gift<\/li>\n<li>religious celebration gift<\/li>\n<li>personal achievement commemoration<\/li>\n<li>retirement gift<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Or give to the fund simply because you love books!<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information, please contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shawna Dooley<br \/>Associate Vice President for Advancement<br \/>1400 Coleman Avenue<br \/>Macon, GA 31207<br \/><a href=\"mailto:dooley_sr@mercer.edu\">dooley_sr@mercer.edu<\/a><br \/><a href=\"tel:800.837.2911\">(800) 837-2911<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Books Forever Program An Invitation to Book Lovers to Give a Book a Year Forever Year Mercer University was founded: 1833 Year the Mercer University Libraries opened: 1833 Cost to contribute to the Libraries&#8217; 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