Tocker Grant
The Tocker Foundation announced in March 2008 that the Friends of the Kerens Library was awarded a $19,000 grant for library furnishing. The grant provides for the purchase of sixteen reading room chairs, four children's chars, four teen chairs, a book truck, outdoor book drop, four leather lounge chairs, and 24 meeting room chairs. Our new library is now completely furnished with top quality seating.
The Tocker Foundation was established in 1964 by Phillip and Olive Tocker. In 1992, the foundation board decided to focus grant distribution to small, rural libraries in Texas serving a population of 12,000 or less. The direction is to assist libraries in making services more accessible to individuals who by reason of distance, residence, handicap, age literacy level or other disadvantage are unable to received the benefits of public library services. Grants are distributed to assisting libraries to serve as community information referral centers and provide literacy and bilingual programs. The foundation partners with community libraries to meet the particular needs of the community.
