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Many people in our community know Shannon and Frank Tucker.
They're supporters of several organizations that serve at-risk children,
they're members of Holy Family Cathedral, they're active in Old Towne
Orange preservation … and they love Orange Public Library! Each time
the Orange Public Library Foundation holds a fundraiser, Shannon
jumps in to help with event planning. She gathers raffle prizes, solicits
donors, prepares gift baskets, and uses her creative skills in various
other ways too. Frank helps with set-up. Together they make a
dynamic team.

At the Orange Public Library Foundation's 2010 Library Legacy Gala,
the Tuckers took their support to a whole new level: They became
Gold Sponsors, with the help of Frank's employer, YUM! Brands (the
parent company of Taco Bell and several other restaurant chains).

The YUM! Brands Foundation - like many corporations -- provides
funds to match its employees' gifts to non-profit organizations like our
Library Foundation. Frank and Shannon's $2,000 contribution was
matched, dollar for dollar, by the YUM! Brands Foundation - resulting
in double the donation for the Library Foundation to give for new
children's and teens' library books and programs.

Our heartfelt thanks go to the Tuckers for their ongoing support - and
to YUM! Brands Foundation for how it gives back to communities like
ours around the nation! Does your employer provide matching grant
funds for the non-profit groups that its employees support? Please ask,
and give generously to support the Orange Public Library
Foundation!

Fascinating materials are available for internet viewing via the
Orange Public Library History Center. Beautiful Orange
Homes is an illustrated promotional brochure featuring
gorgeous photographs of buildings designed and constructed by
the Orange Contracting & Milling Company in Orange and Olive,
California. The brochure was published ca. 1924.

You can link and view the brochure by clicking on the color photo
below.