Friends of Belleville Public Library

How Do Friends of the Library Help?

• Raising money to purchase equipment and materials that aren't within the library's budget
• Sponsoring informative programs to enlighten and entertain
• Representing the library in our community and county
• Volunteering to do special library tasks
• Acting as hosts for receptions and tours
• Keeping their representatives informed of the library's needs
• Providing a valuable pool of talent to assist the library in offering more to the community

What Do Friends of the Library Receive?

• The satisfaction of participating in the library's continuing growth and improvement
• Special recognition as an informed, involved patron
• The opportunity to make an educational and political impact
• The chance to work for community improvement and to enhance our quality of life
• A subscription to the Between Friends newsletter

FOBL Board of Directors

• Clair Hoesing, Chair
• Harriet Goff, Vice-Chair/Programming
• Susie Jelinek, Secretary
• Betsy Evert, Treasurer
• Jodi Ball, Membership
• Jenny Pachta, Volunteer and Calling
• Jewelda Scofield, Nominating
• Leah Krotz, Library Director & Publicity

2006 Friends of the Library Highlights

• We sponsored a program on the Harvey Girls, presented by Michaeline Chance-Reay and held a very successful annual meeting in January.
• We presented the “Friends of the Year” awards to Yvonne Peil-Kranou and Belleville Dairy Queen.
• We held our annual Used Book Sale in October, raising $782.95.
• We purchased flip racks for the library’s new CD Music collection, acrylic display risers, 20 stacking chairs, and new library signage, spending more than $1820 on library improvements.
• We renewed our memberships in Friends of Kansas Libraries and Friends of Libraries USA.
• We gave $1000 to purchase library materials, including books, DVDs and books on CD.
• We created a lovely gift basket for our annual membership drive.
• We continued to provide “Babies Need Books” packets and a coupon for a free board book to parents of babies born at the Republic County Hospital.
• We mailed our quarterly newsletter, “Between Friends,” to members and elected officials.
• We paid $150 for a movie site license so that free movies could be shown on summer afternoons. We also sponsored several “Family Movie Nights” at the library.
• We held a very successful Christmas Tour of Historic Homes, earning $1311.00 for the Friends.
• We set up a online selling account through Amazon.com to sell antique and collectible books for the Friends.

Want to join? Ask a librarian for a membership form.