Friends of the Library
Friends of the Library is a state and national non-profit organization whose only mission is the support
of libraries and the advancement of reading and literacy. There are close to eight thousand individual Friends of the Library groups in America!
For the past fifteen years or so, our group (The Friends of the Warren County Memorial Library) has been providing extra monies for under-funded needs, supporting the goals of the Library, and helping to provide programs and activities that will enrich our community. As generous as the Library’s county budget allocations are, there are always items that are not included. That’s where our Friends group contributes!
We raise money, through membership drives and from the sale of books and other materials in our Bookstore, to increase the holdings of the library, providing books and other materials, as well as special purchases for the Library itself, such as decorative library clocks and a big-screen TV for the Children’s Department. EVERY PENNY THAT WE RAISE GOES TO OUR LIBRARY!
Our memberships are affordable (anyone can join, starting at $15 for a individual yearly membership), yet they provide the opportunities for high-end donations and recognition. Membership affords the members early entrance to our semi-annual book-sales, as well as our yearly wine and cheese social which follows our annual meeting in March. Membership information is available at the circulation desk in the Library, and on Monday afternoons from 2pm to 4pm in our Bookstore. We gratefully accept cash donations, as well as donations of gently-used books, DVDs, and CDs, which we can sell in our Bookstore or at our Spring and Fall Book Sales.
We support programs for the full spectrum of library patrons, from the Summer Reading Program for readers of all ages, to speakers and programs on diverse subjects for varied interests. We share the goals of the Library, and our Library Director, Ms. Cheryl Reddish, is a member of our Friends of the Library group.
What are the responsibilities of members of FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY? Aside from paying their annual dues promptly, there are no specific responsibilities and no meetings to attend. From time to time, members may be called upon to vote on changes to our By-Laws (as they were last summer). Of course, we hope they will stop in to our Bookstore and our Book Sales, and take advantage of our extremely reasonable prices and large, ever-changing inventory.
We hope YOU will see the benefit of belonging to this group and making a tangible contribution to our wonderful Library, to make sure that our Library is strong, relevant, and well-funded.
We look forward to receiving your financial contribution and we are actively seeking any goods or services that you feel would be helpful or appropriate. You can download a membership form for Friends of the Warren County Memorial Library.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT — WE APPRECIATE OUR FRIENDS!
Friends of Warren County Memorial Library Board of Directors
Patrick Raiford
Vivian Beech
Bob Lesser
Frank Minton
Gerri Minton
Lola Brown
Friends of Warren County Memorial Library Members
Don Arnold | Mary & William Baker |
Harriet & Jules Banzet | Vivian & David Beech |
Annie Bender | Martha Bergeron |
Pettway Boyd | Fern Boyd |
John and Joan Boyle | Margaret Ann Brame |
Crystal W. Brantley | Lola Brown |
Chuck & Linda Browne | Patty & Smitty Bugg |
Sears Bugg | Joy Burnside |
Emily Burrows | Clinton & Betty J Capps |
Kathryn J. Carder | Don Carson |
Clifton & Mary Alice Carter | Sheila Carver |
Ruth Howard Chambers | Odell & Magnolia Clanton |
Vella Betsy Clark | Elaine & John Coleman |
Janet Coleman | Harriet Cooper |
Marquette Charles Coster | Alfie Phillips & Laura Davis |
Cynthia Dickinson | Angelena Kearney Dunlap |
Ted Echols | Gabrielle Engel |
Linda & Al Fleming | Rosa B. Fleming |
Cathy & David Gardner | Mishew & Walter Gardner |
Marylin & Roger Glen | Sylvia Greene |
Libba Greenway | Emma Greer |
Elizabeth & Karl Groeger | Mike Hairston |
Renate Hall | Carol H. Halsey |
Kimberly Harding | Anne Harris |
Helen Harris | Janet Harris |
Jimmy Harris | Loree S. Harris |
Mary Catherine Harris | Kathy Hayes |
Tilda Hendricks | Becky & Dick Hilliard |
Wendy Hilliard and Glenn Coley | Autumn Hoffman |
Bill Hogg | Helen Holt |
Mary & Richard Hunter | Angela Hyson |
Cliff Jackson | Cynthia Jenkins |
Emily W. Johnson | Jerreann King Johnson |
Mildred C. Johnson | Ann Killian |
Jeanette Kimball | Linda & Doug Knudson |
Frances Lambertz | Michael Roy Layne |
Janet & Bob Lesser | Patricia Lorenz |
Polly Maloney | Julius J. Mann |
Gerry & Frank Minton | Pat Moberly |
Shirley Moss | Linda Naughton |
Junell Nixon | Oakley Hall Antiques & Art Inc. |
Catherine Olmert | Vivian & Macey Paynter |
Hazel Peck | Lynne Pendergrass |
Beth Perkinson | Clyde Perkinson |
Trish & David Peters | Mary Brodie Raiford |
Patrick Raiford | Marion Richards |
Shirley Richardson | Bobby Rivers |
Shavan M. Russell Jones | James & Wadie Ryan |
Darden Samuel | Margaret Sanford |
Edna Scott | Patricia Scott |
Charles W. Shearin | Nancy Shugart |
Virginia Smith | Sylvia & Bill Solari |
Carolyn Spain | David Spence |
Grady Strickland | Arnetra Terry |
Mary Terry | Curtis Thompson |
Thomas Vandiford | Cynthia & George Vann |
Julie Verdegur | Nancy Walker |
Marsha West | Candice & Nat White, Jr. |
Jean White | Margaret & Ashley White |
Holly & Harry Williams | Posy & Richard Williams |
Jane Carol Wilson | Warrenton Woman’s Club |