Colleen Winters, The Forest Grove City Library Director, recently sent this email to the Friends Board.
HI, Friends,
At the meeting on Wednesday, I mentioned that Nathan had compiled a list of Friends purchases this year.
Here is the list and as you can see, it is quite a range of items and demonstrates how important your support is to the library.
Thank you very, very much.
Colleen
Things Friends have purchased for us this year:
- Shelving for our Storytime closet – two wire shelves and two metal countertop shelves for working on crafts.
- Snacks like pizza, drinks, and popcorn for TLC events, volunteer work parties, and other programs.
- Poinsettias to decorate the Library during December.
- Plexi glass signage hangers and fixative for entire building. Every shelf, every emergency sign.
- Materials for adult art programs
- Giveaway toys and prizes for Library Card Sign-up month and other contests.
- 200+ stickers and other fun items each month to give away to people who finish library scavenger hunts.
- Summer Reading prize baskets for teens.
- Branded promotional items for Banned Book Week.
- A Keurig coffee/tea machine for staff room
- Bottled water, hand warmers, and other supplies to distribute when we encounter someone in the building in need of basic human care.
- Performers
- Incentive Books for Summer Reading Program – about $2,000 last summer, and more probably an additional $2-5K next summer.
- Donations for Meals on Wheels People for Adult SRP.
And that is just this year and isn’t nearly exhaustive.
-Colleen