Wellesley Free Library Foundation

Join us on Saturday, May 30th from 2:00 - 4:00 PM for the Grand Opening of The Terrace at the Wellesley Free Library. Stop by for refreshments, live music, and origami butterfly creation. 🎶 🦋

🗓️ Opening remarks will begin at 2:30 PM, and we plan to celebrate - rain or shine!

📍 Wellesley Free Library | 530 Washington Street | Wellesley, MA

The Library Foundation Gala plays a critical role in raising the private funding needed for our Library to provide the extraordinary, free resources our community relies on. Corporate Sponsors, like Needham Bank, are instrumental to our fundraising success, helping ensure that all dollars raised on Gala night go directly to our Library grant making.

📚 Funds support vital programming for the Wellesley community, including K–12 school outreach, technology classes for all ages, subscriptions to e-books and digital services, and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes. Our sponsors’ support of The Library Foundation enables the WFL to serve patrons in innovative and evolving ways.

📌 Learn more about The Gala at the link below:
🔗 https://one.bidpal.net/librarygala2026/welcome

The Library Foundation Gala plays a critical role in raising the private funding needed for our Library to provide the extraordinary, free resources our community relies on. Corporate Sponsors, like AM DePrisco Wellesley, are instrumental to our fundraising success, helping ensure that all dollars raised on Gala night go directly to our Library grant making.

📚 Funds support vital programming for the Wellesley community, including K–12 school outreach, technology classes for all ages, subscriptions to e-books and digital services, and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes. Our sponsors’ support of The Library Foundation enables the WFL to serve patrons in innovative and evolving ways.

📌 Learn more about The Gala at the link below:
🔗 https://one.bidpal.net/librarygala2026/welcome

The Library Foundation Gala plays a critical role in raising the private funding needed for our Library to provide the extraordinary, free resources our community relies on. Corporate Sponsors, like Rutledge Properties, are instrumental to our fundraising success, helping ensure that all dollars raised on Gala night go directly to our Library grant making.

📚 Funds support vital programming for the Wellesley community, including K–12 school outreach, technology classes for all ages, subscriptions to e-books and digital services, and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) classes. Our sponsors’ support of The Library Foundation enables the WFL to serve patrons in innovative and evolving ways.

📌 Learn more about The Gala at the link below:
🔗 https://one.bidpal.net/librarygala2026/welcome

💥 Did you know?
Evan Hayes, the Academy Award®, BAFTA®, and Emmy® Award-winning Producer and Director who is speaking at our 2026 Gala has strong ties to Wellesley!

📍Hayes attended Hunnewell Elementary School and Wellesley Middle School before graduating from Wellesley High School, Phillips Exeter Academy (PG), and the University of Southern California. His mother, Mary Forte Hayes, served as principal of Wellesley High School from 1987 – 1996.

We are thrilled to welcome Evan and his family to The Gala on April 30th.

Follow the link below to:
🎟️ Purchase tickets or a Sponsorship
📌 Learn more about The Gala

🔗 https://one.bidpal.net/librarygala2026/welcome

📣 There’s still time to support the 2026 Gala: visit our website to purchase your tickets or sponsorship today!

Join us for our biennial Gala on Thursday, April 30, 2026 at the Wellesley Country Club. You’re invited to a spectacular evening featuring our guest speaker: Academy Award, BAFTA, and Emmy Award-winning producer and director, Evan Hayes.

Hayes has strong ties to Wellesley: he attended Hunnewell Elementary School and Wellesley Middle School before graduating from Wellesley High School, Phillips Exeter Academy (PG), and the University of Southern California. His mother, Mary Forte Hayes, served as principal of Wellesley High School from 1987 – 1996.

Follow the link below to:
🎟️ Purchase tickets and sponsorships
📌 Learn more about The Gala
🔗 https://one.bidpal.net/librarygala2026/ticketing(details:ticketing-summary)

For any questions, please contact Aoife O'Shea, 781-235-1610 ext. 1127 or [email protected].

Still need tickets? Visit our Gala website to purchase today! 🎟

Join us for our biennial Gala on Thursday, April 30, 2026 at the Wellesley Country Club. You’re invited to a spectacular evening featuring our guest speaker: Academy Award, BAFTA, and Emmy Award-winning producer and director, Evan Hayes.

Hayes attended Hunnewell Elementary School, Wellesley Middle School, and graduated from Wellesley High School, Phillips Exeter Academy (PG), and the University of Southern California. His mother, Mary Forte Hayes, was principal at Wellesley High School from 1987 – 1996.

Follow the link below to:
🎟️ Purchase tickets and sponsorships
📌 Learn more about The Gala
🔗 https://one.bidpal.net/librarygala2026/ticketing(details:ticketing-summary)

For any questions, please contact Aoife O'Shea, 781-235-1610 ext. 1127 or [email protected].

📣 Announcing our Featured Guest Speaker: Evan Hayes 📣

We are thrilled to welcome Evan Hayes, an Academy Award®, BAFTA®, and Emmy® Award-winning Producer and Director, to speak at our biennial Gala on Thursday, April 30, 2026.

Hayes attended Hunnewell Elementary School, Wellesley Middle School, and graduated from Wellesley High School, Phillips Exeter Academy (PG), and the University of Southern California. His mother, Mary Forte Hayes, was principal at Wellesley High School from 1987 – 1996.

Follow the link below to:
🎟️ Purchase a Friends & Family Sponsorship
📌 Learn more about The Gala

🔗 https://one.bidpal.net/librarygala2026/welcome

To purchase individual tickets please contact us:
☎️ Michelle Harris, 781-235-1610 ext. 1127 or
📧 [email protected].

Come see this beautiful arrangement on display all weekend!

Thank you to a Blade of Grass for supporting our event as both a featured floral designer AND a Gold Bloom Sponsor! Come see their arrangement on display!

We’re thrilled to be part of a unique floral display at the Wellesley library! Inspired by Lost City of the Monkey God, our planter brings the lush, untamed beauty of the jungle to life. Can’t wait to see all the other creative designs from fellow florists and landscapers! 🌿

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