• Global Gathering China $2,500
• EBSCOhost database $1,000
• Morningstar Library Edition (Online) $4,692
• Launching Kindergarten Learners $4,499

These programs which received funding for this cycle are indicative of the many diverse programs and services offered by the Bettendorf Public Library. For additional information on the library, please visit their website at www.bettendorflibrary.com.

• Global Gathering China - During the Fall of 2008, this program will provide a series of varied and coordinated educational and experiential activities that will increase the community's understanding and awareness of China - both in the current political, economic and cultural realms, as well as in historical context.
• Launching Kindergarten Learners - This program will promote school readiness practices in the homes of incoming kindergarten students in schools throughout the Bettendorf Library service area. The objective of this program is to help families establish good practices at home and at school that are conducive to learning. In addition it will introduce kindergarten students to the public library and begin to establish a pattern of lifelong learning.
  
• Morningstar Library Edition (Online) - Goal of this program is to provide access (both in the library and remotely) to material on stocks and mutual funds for investors. This database includes information on 16,000+ mutual funds, 100+ ETFs, 6,000+ stocks from all exchanges and a large variety of other financial information. In addition, the database includes a portfolio analysis tool and an interactive investing classroom with over 15o courses on a variety of investment topics.
• EBSCOhost Online Database - EBSCOhost is an online database that offers a wide variety of full-text and bibliographical databases. It includes periodicals, newspapers, pamphlets, almanacs, primary source documents and more. The databases are updated daily. There is also a children's component called Kids Search.

The Bettendorf Library Foundation is a nonprofit organization established in 1983 to seek private sector support for maintaining the excellence of programs and services offered by the Bettendorf Public Library. The mission of the Bettendorf Public Library Foundation is raising money to support, enhance and preserve Bettendorf Public Library programs and services. The foundation supports the Library through projects, services, and activities which advance reading and learning, and special programs that enrich the lives of children, families, seniors and new readers. While tax dollars allow the library to buy materials and keep the building open, it is only through private gifts that innovative new programs and services to meet the community's changing needs can be developed and implemented. The Bettendorf Library Foundation strives to ensure that the Bettendorf Public Library Information Center can continue to meet the needs of the community, today and tomorrow.