{"id":5247,"date":"2023-08-07T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T06:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kalambakalibrary.org\/history\/"},"modified":"2023-12-13T10:58:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T08:58:40","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kalambakalibrary.org\/en\/library\/kdk\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Efrosine Soulemanis<\/strong> and Athanassios Demoulas<\/strong> were born in Kalambaka, Greece<\/strong>. They moved to the United States in 1914 and were married in Lowell, Massachusetts, where they started a family.<\/p>\n

Their son, George Demoulas<\/strong>, loved to see his relatives in Kalambaka He visited often and enjoyed their hospitality. Over the years he helped build the first high school<\/strong> and the St. Vassarion church<\/strong>, when the town needed them.<\/p>\n

George Demoulas\u2019 daughter, Diana Demoulas Merriam<\/strong>, inherited her father\u2019s love for Kalambaka. She established the Kalambaka Educational, Literary and Cultural Civil Not for Profit Company<\/strong> (KDK<\/strong>) in 2012<\/strong>. Its mission is to provide informational, educational, cultural and recreational services, both traditional and online, to enhance the social, cultural and economic vitality of Kalambaka\u2019 s citizens.<\/p>\n

KDK<\/strong>\u2019s first project has been to renovate and refurbish the building in the city center that housed the Municipal Library, which comprised just two rooms and a minimal book collection. The renovation was completed and the Library<\/strong> opened on July 19, 2015<\/strong> in honor of the birth date of George Demoulas.<\/p>\n

Through an agreement with the Municipality, KDK<\/strong> will manage and operate the new Library<\/strong> for a minimum of five and up to a maximum of fifteen years, when the Library will revert to the management of the Municipality.<\/p>\n

The new Library<\/strong> is a cultural anchor in the city, with a special focus on the needs of children and teens.<\/p>\n

Kalambaka Library\u2019s<\/strong> logo highlights its commitment to education, access<\/strong> and opportunity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Its goals are to:<\/strong><\/p>\n