Kingston Community Library Foundation

Transforming Space Into Community

Free and open to everyone, this project will create an accessible planned outdoor space where people of all generations can explore, learn, gather, and stay connected. Learn more on our Outdoor Community Center page.

 The annual Imagination Festival Summer Reading Wrap-up draws standing room only crowds from surrounding communities.

Libraries Are Evolving to Meet Current Needs

The Kingston Community Library is a free public space for people of all ages. We are part of a public movement that combines the traditional role of libraries with support of healthy aging, intergenerational bonding, outdoor learning, and local engagement. We believe libraries can—and should—serve as welcoming civic spaces that strengthen communities far beyond their walls.

Every day, Kingston Community Library brings people together through learning, wellness, creativity, and connection. The Outdoor Community Center will expand these opportunities, providing a welcoming outdoor destination for programs, events, recreation, and lifelong learning.

The library hosts an active story time

 Why This Matters

Communities thrive when people have places to gather.

The Kingston Community Library already brings together people from across the Southeast New Hampshire region. The Outdoor Community Center will expand these opportunities, creating a welcoming destination for all.

An AI generated image uses our Architect's 3D rendering to imagine our Summer Reading program wrap-up event in a new pavilion

The library's 4H group hikes at the SELT trail nearby

Families seek fairies in trees in the library woods

A young patron does nature journaling in the library's gardens

What This Area will Bring

• Planned outdoor spaces where children can explore and discover
• Accessible walking paths and gathering areas for all ages and abilities
• Wellness spaces that support healthy aging and socialization
• Outbuildings for programs, performances, and events
• Gardens and natural spaces that encourage reflection and wellbeing
• A free, open, planned outdoor hub for residents and visitors from throughout the region

The Outdoor Community Center will support programs such as Kingston 4H, walking groups, outdoor story times, and our Imagination Festival. 

Help Build the Future of Community in Kingston

The library brings generations together in unexpected ways.

This project is about creating a place where children can explore, older adults can gather, families share experiences, and neighbors can meet. The Kingston Community Library already brings people and generations together in unexpected ways. When people find each other here, the library becomes more than a place to visit; it becomes a place to belong.

AI images created from architect's renderings to show activity in planned Outdoor Community Space.

Momentum Is Building

Support for the Outdoor Community Center continues to grow. A generous individual donor has contributed $150,000, and Partners Bank has committed $100,000 toward construction of the pavilion. Additional grants and gifts are helping move the project forward. Together, these investments reflect a shared belief that communities thrive when people have places to gather, learn, explore, and belong.

Every donation during NH Gives helps build on that momentum and brings this vision closer to reality.

Why Give Today?

Families already gather here. Children already learn here. Community is already growing here.

We have architectural designs. Now we can build a space intentionally built for connection, wellness, and belonging for generations to come.

Help us build it together. Today. While our momentum is strong.

If you believe communities need welcoming public spaces where people of all ages can gather, learn, and belong, please support this project during NH Gives.