How I Spent A Million Dollars on A Children’s

Library

How I Spent A Million Dollars on A Children’s

Library

Corine Peifer

Corine’s Children’s Library

• To have a nice library for the community.

• Have a fun place that kids can have fun at and do research for a school project.

• Trying to make people more encouraged to read.

Major Categories• Home Purchase• College Savings• Donations to Charity• Rent/Electronics• Extra Expenses• Reading Garden• Vans and Outside

Sign• Pond Expenses and

Salaries

How I Spent A Million Dollars

Amount Spent

3%15%

5%

5%

10%

3%11%

48%

College Savings

Home Purchase

Donations to Charity

Rent/Electronics

Extra Expenses

Reading Garden

Vans and Outside Sign

Pond Expenses andSalaries

Corine’s Home Purchase

• Located in Hawley Pennsylvania

• 2 Bed • 1 Full Bath• 1,500 Square Foot• Million Dollar Project.xls• www.pare.org• Cost 151,000 all

together( including taxes and other expenses.)

Corine’s College Savings

• I choose to study teaching and how to be a librarian.

• Welcome to Duke University

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Donations to Charities• Seaworld and Bush Gardens

Conservation Fund-$13,159.45• Make a Wish Foundation-

$12,097.22• Breast Cancer Fund-$8,605.60• American Red Cross-$10,000.00• Heifer International-$10,000.00

Donations to Charity

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Seaworld WildlifeConservation Fund

Make a WishFoundation

Breast Cancer Fund

American Red Cross

Heifer International

Seaworld and Bush Gardens Conservation

Fund

Seaworld and Bush Gardens Conservation

Fund• My favorite animal, the otter, is

endangered and this charity helps it• www.swbg-conservationfund.org• Helps Polar Bears who are loosing

their habitats• Helps animals who are loosing their

habitats

Breast Cancer Fund• One of my mom’s friends had it and this

fund helped her so I want to try to help other women who have it.

• www.breastcancerfund.org

Make a Wish Foundation

• Helps kids with very bad illnesses

• I believe kids should have good times instead of all bad

American Red Cross• I heard after Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana,

the red cross came in and helped them rebuild their homes, give them food, and other materials, which I believe in.

• www.redcross.org

Heifer International• They help raise

money and they buy an animal. Heifer then gives the animal to families that need food. Which I believe in.

• www.heifer.org

Extra Expenses• This includes

books, paper, desks, and much, much, more!

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Rent and Electronics• I rented a house

in Greentown, PA owned by Mr. and Mrs. Peifer.

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Rent• It is located by

the Greentown Agway.

• Has 2 Floors.• Has a little

garage.• Million Dollar

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Rent Expenses

Telephone

Heat

Electricity

Rent

Electronics• Got 13 computers

because the kids have to look up information on the internet.

• Got all of this electronics so the kids could use them.

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Reading Garden• Built so kids can read

outside and get some fresh air.

• Calming.• Encourages reading.• Let’s them have a fun

time outside.• Million Dollar Project.xls

Pond Expenses and Salaries

• I hired many librarians to help the kids and help run the library.

• Inserted the pond so the reading garden would have something special in it.

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Salary Expenses

Librarian in Pennsylvania

Substitute Librarian inPennsylvania

Children's Librarian inPennsylvania

Assistant Librarian inPennsylvania

Vans and Outside Sign• Got Vans so I can

get kids here and to have a couple book mobiles.

• Got outside sign so they will find it better

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Vans

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