Pitching in: Family raises money for a Toronto library their father helped build
The Broekhof family is raising $25,000 to support renovations at the Malvern branch of the Toronto Public Library, a facility that Jan Broekhof helped plan and build in Scarborough, Ontario. The initiative honors Jan Broekhof, who passed away in 2023, and celebrates his lifelong love of reading and community involvement. The funds will contribute to a new children's space at the library, reflecting the family's cherished memories of time spent there together.
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Open this photo in gallery:Maria Broekhof, left, and Lucia Broekhof hold a photograph of their father Jan, outside the Malvern branch of the Toronto Public Library in Scarborough, Ont. The sisters are raising money for the library in honour of their father.Laura Proctor/The Globe and MailShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountThe organizers: The family of Jan BroekhofThe pitch: Raising $25,000The cause: Malvern public library in Scarborough, Ont. Some of Maria Broekhof’s fondest memories of growing up in Scarborough, Ont., are spending Saturdays in the Malvern library with her father and four sisters.Her parents, Jan and Anne Broekhof, moved to Scarborough in 1976.
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