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Join the Friends of the Library
Be a FRIEND of the library
Be a FRIEND of the library. It’s easy, inexpensive and fun. And we have lots
of exciting challenges ahead with our construction almost complete.
FRIENDS meet once a month for an hour to plan ways to stimulate library use and
to encourage gifts to the library. FRIENDS often help with library events.
Here are a few examples of the FRIENDS at work. The library receives book
donations throughout the year. The FRIENDS host a book sale, often in
conjunction with a bake sale, two or three times a year. A FRIEND handles the
cash box and baking FRIENDS donate baked goods. The end of the summer reading
program is often a fair with special game booths for the children. FRIENDS help
with the booths and handle book buck payment and receipt. The FRIENDS began the
aluminum can recycling donation program at the library. A FRIEND transports the
cans to the recycling center. The FRIENDS have sponsored the Western Illinois
Touring Theatre company at Colona Grade School with monies collected from
book/bake sales and aluminum can recycling.
Some of the challenges ahead are directly related to our construction project.
The Library Board saved enough tax monies into a building account to cover
construction of the new parking lot and new room; however, monies have not yet
been saved for furnishings and landscaping. The FRIENDS will be designing
landscape plans and encouraging monetary donations for landscape items.
Ask at the desk for the next Friends meeting.
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