06/07/2026
Last Saturday, Altamont Free Library held our annual I Love My Library Gala at the Flowers & Fine Arts Building on the Altamont Fairgrounds. Our honoree for the evening was former Altamont Community Tradition President Laura Shore.
It was an outstanding evening full of good cheer and beautiful surroundings. We were glad to share it with so many of you.
We are incredibly grateful to all of our sponsors for the evening for their support: Andrea Kullman, Homestead Funding Corp., Albany Distilling Company, Leanne Royer Licensed Agent at Venture Fox Realty, Venture Fox Realty Group, Lindsey Giagni - State Farm Insurance Agent, Phillips Hardware & Phillips MiniMart, Vaughn Vision Guilderland, Star + Splendor, Main Street Cafe and Krakat Guitars.
We couldn’t have done it without the incredible work of Maisie's Events and Catering, Allied Brewing, Remedies Wine & Spirits and the Albany Art Room among many, many others. We are also grateful to Amy Anderson, Victoria Shave Chappell and the rest of the Altamont Fair for their help and support.
We are also tremendously grateful to Debra Bailey of Bailey Family Photographers and to our volunteer student photographers Lindsey Hogan, James Davidson and Shane Eisenzopf whose wonderful photos you'll see below. Feel free to tag yourself, and credit the photographers if you share them. Please add your own awesome shots in the comments below!
Finally, we need to thank the amazing Gala Committee for their extraordinary energy, creativity and hard work: Yvette Terplak, Rebecca Meli Curtin, Joleen Rochhill, Amanda Stygar, Nicole Robinson, Leanne Royer, Cortnee Whipple, Christine Goldberg and our incredible Gala Chair, Raelee Grimm. Thank you all!
To all who attended or contributed in any way to the success of the Gala, thank you so, so much for your generous support for our library. It really does take a village.
