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Become
a Friend | Officers | Tales
& Treasures | Imagination Station
| Annual Book Sale | Annual
Dinner Meeting
The Friends
of the Alexandrian Public Library was initially formed in 1977 to increase
library volunteerism, expand library services, and help to construct
a new library building. However, it was not until September 26th, 1988,
that it was incorporated in the state of Indiana as a nonprofit corporation.
The Purpose
of the Friends is to:
- maintain
an association of persons interested in libraries;
- focus
public attention of the library;
- stimulate
the use of the library's resources and services;
- receive
and encourage gifts, endowments, and bequests to the library;
- support
and cooperate with the library in developing library services and
facilities for the community;
- lend
legislative support where needed;
- support
the freedom to read and view as expressed in the Library Bill of Rights
Become
a Friend of APL
Upcoming
meetings for the Friends of APL (all meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. in
Meeting Room B): March 9, May 4, July 13, September 14, November
9.
Call Stan
Campbell for an agenda or more details at 838-3286.
Anyone
interested in joining the Friends can do so at the library. All ages
are invited! There are a number of affordable levels of membership in
the Friends, with annual membership fees as follows:
|
Membership
Category
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Annual
Cost |
| Individual |
$10.00 |
| Family |
$15.00 |
| Sustaining/Business |
$50.00 |
| Donor |
$75.00 |
| Corporate |
$100.00 |
The benefits
of membership include home delivery of the bi-monthly Friends newsletter,
the A~P~L Core, a discount on all purchases of over $10.00 at Tales
& Treasures, and a preview of books available at the annual book
sale, the day before it opens to the public.
Officers
of the Friends of APL
Current
officers for the APL Friends of the Library are:
- Kathy
Nelson -- President
- Mary
Breeze -- Vice-President
- Joanne
Artz -- Secretary
- Bob
Webster -- Treasurer
Officers are
elected each year at the Annual Friends Dinner Meeting.
Annual
Dinner Meeting
The Friends
have an annual dinner meeting held each May, at which Officers and Directors
are elected.
The Friends usually have a program associated with the dinner involving
an Indiana author of some note, and the dinner is always a memorable
and enjoyable event.
The 2009 Annual Dinner and Meeting will be held on Monday, May 4
at the APL at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will include the election of the
2009-2010 officers and a presentation from our guest speaker, Judge
James M. Redwine, author of Judge Lynch!
Recent authors include Harold Morgan, author of Home Front Heroes, Philip
Gulley, author of Front Porch Tales, Nelson Price, author of Indiana
Legends: Famous Hoosiers from Johnny Appleseed to David Letterman, Mike
Whicker, author of Invitation to Valhalla, Margaret McMullan, author
of In My Mother's House and How I Found the Strong with good will and
humor, cowboy poet and humorist Marvin Wild and local television personality
Hal Wolford.
For more information on the Friends Annual Dinner Meeting, contact Stan
Campbell at 838-3286.
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