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Overview<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa58d4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa58d4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>The Aurora Library Foundation (APLF) was founded in 2000 with the mission of further supporting the needs and services of the public library and the greater Aurora community who access them.<\/h5><h5>\u00a0<\/h5><h5>Over our 25 years, we have funded infrastructure expansion projects, bookmobile updates, children\u2019s literacy programs and a host of business, technology, school, and cultural programs that are free to the community.<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e986f2d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e986f2d\" 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