Back to All Events

Light a Spark 2023

  • Stillwater Public Library Foundation 224 3rd Street North Stillwater, MN, 55082 United States (map)

Sponsorship & Tickets

Tickets Available Soon

Tickets for the annual Light A Spark event will be available shortly, please check back here soon. If you have further questions, please contact us at splf@stillwaterlibraryfoundation.org or (612) 578-0767.

This year’s Light A Spark evening will include a selfie photo booth, activities for the kids, Brodini the Magician, cash bar, light snacks and a first chance to bid on hand-crafted book holders that incorporate the historic, original roof tiles from the library!

Doors will open at 7:30 PM. Reserved parking will be available close to the library.

Sponsorships by individuals and local businesses help make Light A Spark – and the library – a success! Please consider signing on as a sponsor.

Additional sponsorship information is available by contacting Drew Arnold at da2085@gmail.com.

Sponsorship Levels

Light A Spark is a signature event, raising needed funds for the Stillwater Public Library. Your support makes services, materials & programs available to the Stillwater community. Please consider a sponsorship to this year's event.

FIREWORKS $5,000

  • Company logo or name listed on Foundation and Library websites and in social media

  • Sponsorship level signage at the event and in the library

  • 8 entry tickets and up to 4 reserved parking spaces

SHOOTING STAR $2,500

  • Company logo or name listed on Foundation and Library websites & in social media posts

  • Sponsorship level signage at the event & in the library

  • 6 entry tickets and up to 3 reserved parking spaces

ROMAN CANDLE $1,000

  • Company logo or name listed on Foundation and Library websites and in social media

  • Sponsorship level signage at the event and in the library

  • 4 tickets and up to 2 reserved parking spaces

SPARKLER $500

  • Company logo listed on Foundation and Library websites and in social media

  • Sponsorship level signage at the event & in the library

  • 2 tickets and 1 reserved parking space

Dick Huelsmann Foundation

Major funding for Light A Spark is brought to you by the Huelsmann Foundation in memory of Dick Huelsmann. Dick Huelsmann was a lifelong resident of Stillwater who dedicated his life to serving the community. Under his dynamic leadership, the expansion and renovation of the historic Stillwater Public Library resulting in the beautiful facility that gives unparalleled strength and value to the community today. In 2008, inspired by Dick Huelsmann, the Foundation was founded.

Since 2007, the Foundation has contributed more than $1.2 million to the Library to fund resources outside of the regular budget.

  • Foundation funding provides:

  • A Volunteer Coordinator on staff

  • Sunday hours

  • Summer Explorers Reading program that tracked 135,000 minutes of reading & 438 new library cards in 2022

  • 29 programs & 2,100 attendees last year

  • Baby & Toddler Storytimes, Art Cart, and the Imagination Station

  • Wednesdays on the Lawn

  • Monthly art classes

  • All the Library's newspaper subscriptions

  • Internet hotspot access

  • Wednesday Coffee at the Library

Earlier Event: June 7
Wednesday Coffee at the Library
Later Event: October 3
Stillwater Public Library Foundation Event