View a PDF of the current Friends' Newsletter - Fall 2007

What's Happening?

• Each Monday - Sorting Book sale items, 9:30 am. - 12:30 pm.
• 2nd Saturday each month - Friends Book sale 
• Volunteer!

Friends of the Library Toolkit of Ideas

Friends of Libraries USA 

Friends of the Library Brainstorm - ideas on recruiting new members and much more

FOLUSA Fact Sheets - 24 fact sheets rich with information, from organizing Friends groups to lobbying tips for Friends

Tips for online book sales 

Organizational Tools - No need to reinvent the wheel

Used Book Sale

The next Book Sale will be held the second Saturday of each month from 10 am. - 4 pm.  Each month the Friends receive new selections of donated books and media, fiction as well as non-fiction, and we invite old as well as new customers to browse and buy. The Price is Right!

The Friends hold a book sale the second Saturday of every month at the Twinsburg Public Library. Sale hours are 10:00 am. - 4:00 pm. Set up begins the day before (Friday) from 9:30 am. until completed or 5:30 pm. at the latest. All types of books (hardback and paperback), CD's, videos, books-on-tape, how- to's, Reference, and some text books are sold. Magazines and periodicals are usually given as "free" items.

Donations may be dropped off during library hours. All donations are tax deductible.  The Friends ask that donations be made only during library hours.  Due to weather conditions, Friends ask that you not leave book donations outside of the building while library is closed.

Other Volunteer Activities

Circulation Department - Assist with Interlibrary Loan Delivery; notifying patrons about reserves; inventory; shelving.

Adult Services - Delivery of library materials to Homebound patrons; hosting library programs; sorting magazines and audio-visual materials.

Youth Services - Assist at Circulation Desk; story hours; sorting or shelving library materials.

Local History Room - Organizing collection and digitizing historical documents.

Gift Shop - Friends of the Library Gift Shop is entirely owned, managed and staffed by volunteers of the organization. 

Board Meetings are held the third Thursday of every month. The Board consists of 12 members, 5 officers and 7 directors.

President - Joann Terhune

Vice President - Joan Domeck

Treasurer - Mary Lou Sheller

Recording Secretary - Carol Luckas

Corresponding Secretary - Lucy Shull

Directors -  Jean Bellamy, Julie Worley, Betty Leech, Fran Nugent, Sylvia Bartlett

Immediate Past President - Marilyn Beringer

Library staff contact - Laura Leonard - 330.425.4268, ext.127

Annual Meeting

Our Annual Meeting (open to all members) is usually held on the third Thursday in September. This year's meeting TBA. At this meeting, the new slate of Officers and Directors are voted in. Directors serve 3-year terms that are staggered. Refreshments will be served.

Membership Drive

September is our annual membership drive month. Our membership is currently at 370 members. We accept new members all year long, but in September, we do a special mailing to residents in our area that are not members. Dues are due yearly from date of joining. Membership forms are available online or in the library.
 

Annual Dues are:

Individual Membership: $5.00

Family Membership: $10.00

Sustaining Membership: $25.00

Business Membership: $50.00

Other Activities

2006 Friends' donations to the Library

The Friends of Twinsburg Public Library again donated $15,000 to the Library in 2006.

        Over $8,660 was used for program speakers and supplies.

        $1,000 went to provide subscriptions to the New York Times, The Economist and Investors Business Daily. 

        $1200 was used to spruce up the Youth Services Department with a new revolving display, Dewey Decimal Fun and Hands Around the World carpets, slat wall shelving for DVDs and a bulletin board for Teen Crossings.

        Remaining funds were set aside for 2007 programs.

Remembrances and Memorials

Would you like to honor the memory of a deceased family member or friend?  Donate money or gifts to the Friends and honor the memory of those special individuals who are no longer with us.  The rewards of a good gesture can last a lifetime.  Remembering the living can also be rewarding. 

Special occasions such as anniversaries, birthdays or retirements, just to mention a few, can be acknowledged by a donation of money or a gift to the Friends.  What better way to give than by purchasing a book in honor of a friend or relative?  Even donating money for the purchase of books or other items is appropriate.  Your gift can serve as a tax deduction.  Anyone interested in giving a gift or making a donation to the Friends, please contact Mary Lou Sheller, Treasurer, 330-425-4517.

The Friends Also...

Publish a newsletter twice each year, which always includes a book review. Provide volunteers for the Library.  If you are interested in volunteering, or have any questions, please leave your name and phone number at the Circulation Desk, and one of our committee members will contact you with more information.

        Support and help pass local bond issues for the Library

        Present a Holiday program for "kids" of all ages

        Present a luncheon for all Library staff and volunteers in January

        Fund many programs and activities, as well as providing and serving refreshments       

        Provide service for homebound people

        Purchase subscriptions, equipment, and materials as needed by the Library

 
A copy of the Library Volunteer Application can be downloaded and printed.  Click here.