Hampton businesswoman leads new library fundraiser

     A local woman is challenging the community to raise $100,000 for ongoing renovations at the Hampton Public Library.
     Hampton financial agent Belen Krabbe recently announced plans to donate $1,000 for every $10,000 raised for the library wall reconstruction project. Krabbe, who is in the process of earning a philanthropy designation from American College, believed the challenge was necessary to preserve and improve a community asset.
     “It’s something tremendously important that promotes literacy in our children, teenagers and adults,” she said during the May 12 Hampton City Council meeting. “If people cannot read, they will struggle.”
    Read the full article in the May 25 edition of the Hampton Chronicle.