Henderson Libraries need just $15,000 more to reach a goal of $100,000 by April 30.

The library system has lost $3 million in annual revenue. That has left a big gap in the budget that would normally be used to buy books, magazines, newspapers, CDs, DVDs and other materials.

The Henderson Libraries Foundation has been working to fill that gap. While $100,000 sounds like a lot of money, it is only between 10 and 12 percent of the library district’s materials budget. The foundation is looking for individuals and businesses willing to take the Grand Challenge. The challenge is to commit to raising $1,000 in a month’s time. To participate, go to hendersonlibrariesfoundation.org and fill out the challenge form, then turn it into the foundation.

Some suggestions for raising the money include:

Ideas for Individuals

Hair stylists from a Henderson salon stood behind their chairs for several hours to make sure every child, who wanted a haircut, at one elementary school got one.

Six stylists from Revv Illusions Salon gave free haircuts to students at Robert Taylor Elementary School, 144 Westminster Way. The school has more than 633 students. The stylists agreed to stay until every child, who brought in a permission slip, got a haircut.

“I do not have the ability to give big sums of money. So, we decided at the salon that we have the ability to do what we can do and change a kid’s life,” organizer of the event Randie Gorbena Revv Illusions Salon said.

Gorbena says simple haircuts can improve how children feel about themselves. She says when people look good, they feel better about themselves. When people feel better, they are more likely to succeed.