Business leader Wiener donates $100,000 to Library Foundation

Article Date: November 16, 2007

Fontana Herald News

David Wiener recently presented the Fontana Library Foundation with two donations totaling $100,000 to support the capital campaign aimed at raising $20 million for the new Lewis Library and Technology Center, which is set to open in the spring of 2008.

Wiener and his fmaily own and operate a very successful group of real estate development and management companies in Fontana - DW Development, Inc. and M4 Management, Inc.

"I am a developer here in Fontana, [and] I realize that for a county to survive and compete globablly with other countries it must have educated children," Wiener sai. "We can lose our positions, our cares, [and] our homes - everything in life we can lose - except what is in our minds."

Wiener's first donation of $60,000 was given to the Fontana Library Foundation in honor of two friends - former City of Fontana Mayor Nat Simon and former City of Fontana Treasurer and City Council Member Charles Koehler.

"They were very sincere in trying to promote the City," Wiener said. "I wanted to remember them for that."

Another donation of $40,000 was given as a general donation to support the construction and equipment of the Lewis Library and Technology Center.

"We are grateful to Mr. Wiener for his generous support of the Lewis Library and Technology Center, and for his obvious comitment and devotion to the City of Fontana," said Mayor Mark Nuaimi.

To learn about the various ways persons can help support the library, call Kathleen Fariss, the development director, at 350-6586. Persons may also view the construction in progress at www.fontanalibrary.org.