Wellesley Free Library Foundation

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

📣 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].