Friends of the
Weeks Public Library
The Friends File
October Friends File
Friends of Week’s Public Library seeks board secretary
While we do not want to sound like a broken record ;-) we are still looking for a new Secretary to join our Board. The Friends group meets monthly; we take July and August off. It is not necessary to be a longtime Greenlander or a long-time library card-holder to become Secretary. Indeed, serving as our note-taker can be a relatively quick way to become familiar with the workings of the library – at a time when interesting things are unfolding in our library! Could our next secretary be you? For details, please see last month’s Friends File. [To be in touch: davidphreaner at yahoo dot com]
Exeter Library Area Friends Meets October 10th 3-5pm ~ a few words of explanation
I’m planning to attend the Rockingham area Friends meeting on October 10th. I’m hoping others will join me. This is a brand-new program put together by the Friends group at Exeter Public Library. It’s new to me, indeed to all of us, so I don’t know exactly what to expect. Items on the agenda include:
• Discovering what each Friends group focuses on.
• Learning who joins local Friends groups.
• Seeing what are key priorities and
• Considering ways Friends groups might collaborate.
These are good topics and should lead to interesting conversations as well as possibly suggesting ideas that we can implement right away. Always fun. I appreciate the folks there taking the lead on this. It seems a great idea, particularly in a time when voluntary associations such as libraries can use all the help they can get. Please consider attending. And if you are going let me know; pre- registration is requested. ​
That’s this month’s Friends File. Enjoy the fall colors and upcoming programs (that your Friends group is glad to help support) at your Weeks Public Library.
~David Phreaner, Friends Chair [inquiries: davidphreaner at yahoo dot com]
Information about the Friends:
The Friends of the Weeks Public Library is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization comprised of volunteers dedicated to encouraging and promoting our beautiful new library and enhancing its many services.
We cordially invite you to join the Friends. We meet the second Monday of every month (except for July and August), at 6:30 p.m. in the library’s Conference Room.
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The Friends of the Weeks Public Library provide:
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Museum passes
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Annual Summer Reading Program and reading incentives
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Youth programs and holiday events
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Adult programs that contribute to Greenland’s educational and cultural life
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Ongoing book sale
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Public support and good public relations for the library
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We are independent of the library’s Board of Trustees and focus our energies on providing financial support for items not covered in the town budget for the library. Since our beautiful new library is now four times larger than before, those needs are greater than ever. Please help us ensure that the Weeks Public Library delivers the services, resources, and programming that we have all come to enjoy. Won’t you become a member?
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Would you like to join the Friends? To view our brochure, click here.
Previous Posts:
National Library Workers Day
We recently celebrated National Library Workers Day on April 25th, and the Friends of the Weeks Public Library presented our staff with a nice plant and a gift card! We cannot thank our beloved staff enough for their loyalty & dedication to our library, and we're "Forever Grateful" to the Friends for their continued support & recognition of our wonderful staff!
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Awards
On Nov. 17, 2022, Katrinka Pellecchia of the New Hampshire Library Trustee Association presented the Friends of the Weeks Library with the 2022 Sue Palmatier Award for Friends Group of the Year. Friends Stuart Bauder, Debra Miesfeldt, and Phyllis Picha gleefully accepted the award. This award was in recognition of the Friends' successful "Bookmarking the Future" Campaign to raise funds for the renovation and addition to the Weeks Public Library in Greenland, NH. The reception was held in the living room of the library's newly renovated historic building.
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Fundraisers
We are Forever Grateful! The Friends of the Weeks Public Library are pleased to announce that we received a February grant of $6,156.78 from The Fabulous Find in Kittery! We were thrilled to be the recipients of such a generous donation which will be used to provide enhanced library services to the Greenland community. The Friends of the Weeks Public Library is so grateful for this amazing grant and honored to be part of The Fabulous Find’s long tradition of giving back to the community. We cannot thank them enough for selecting our library as a grant recipient and know that our library patrons will also be thrilled.
Fabulous Find is a boutique-style resale shop at 139 State Rd. (Route 1) in Kittery that identifies non-profits to support with the boutique’s income. All profits from the boutique are donated each month to local non-profits. The busier the month, the greater the donations back to the community. You can learn more about The Fabulous Find at their website: http://www.thefabulousfind.org.
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The Weeks Public Library is located at 36 Post Rd. in Greenland and offers a wide array of library materials, programs and ever-increasing services to Greenland’s youth and adults. We have recently greatly expanded our facility and are expanding services and programming to satisfy the growing need. Our grant received from The Fabulous Find will assist us in those efforts. Please stop in soon or visit us 24/7 at weekslibrary.org.