SEIU District 1199 presented a $10,000 check to the Citizens Committee for the Library Levy Wednesday afternoon.
The Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County is asking voters to approve a 1.8 mill, five-year operating levy on the November ballot.
Leaders said this money will help them get the word out about the millions of dollars in state funding the library has lost and the need to continue library services in our local communities.
"This is basically what we've been doing to keep the doors open, to keep them staffed, so that these kids and our whole community can get in there and use the facilities that were built for that purpose," said Ed Muransky with the Citizens Committee for the Library Levy.
Al Bacon, Senior Executive Vice President for SEIU 1199, said funding the library system is an issue voters need to get behind.
"If the levy fails, it's an estimate of five to six branches are probably going to have to close almost immediately," Bacon said.
SEIU District 1199 represents library employees across Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia. So far, the Citizens Committee for the Library Levy has raised more than $38,000.
More fundraisers are planned between now and Election Day.
