Biblio Bash 2022
Benefitting the world’s busiest public library system |
PHILANTHROPISTS, BUSINESS LEADERS, city builders and library lovers came together in the Toronto Reference Library for Biblio Bash, in support of the Toronto Public Library (TPL). Back after a three-year hiatus! Presented by TD Bank Group, thirty-eight notable authors and 420 guests attended the sold-out black-tie gala and raised $837,807. to support one of TPL’S most vital programs – Internet Connectivity Kits.
Ontario’s Poet Laureate, Randell Adjei kicked off the evening with a powerful spoken word performance he
had written for the occasion. Tyrone Edwards from CTV’S e-talk was the genial host. The Collective, a very cool band, had everyone on the dance floor.
Biblio Bash Chair, Victoria Webster, welcomed guests and commented in her gala remarks that, “This evening is about connecting to each other, to friends and family, to the wider world and to those in need. Toronto Public Library does this in a hundred ways every day, and as I look out at all of you who have joined us here this evening, I see one of the strongest philanthropic communities in the city. I know that the TPL Foundation is in very good hands.”