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The Friends of the Library,
Dinwiddie: Spring Meeting
Where:
Dinwiddie Library
14103 Boydton Plank Road
Dinwiddie, VA 23841
Date:
May 5th, 2008
Time:
7:00pm
Friends Groups
Friends
Groups provide significant support to the library system
in many different ways:
Financial -
Friends Groups help raise funds for projects and
acquisitions in excess of the general library budget
Services - Friends groups sponsor programs designed
to add to the cultural life of the community.
Advocacy - Friends campaign for new buildings,
renovations or expansion. They work for library
legislation or appropriations.
Friends encourage gifts, endowments and memorials for
the library.
Community Involvement - Friends groups are living
proof of the library’s value to the community.
Hopewell / Prince George
Friends of the Library
First organized in
1988, as the Friends of the Appomattox Regional Library
Headquarters, this organization has overseen numerous book
sales, and has contributed money and resources when
necessary. Newly reorganized in 1999 to open membership to
residents of both Hopewell and Prince George. The Hopewell /
Prince George Friends of the Library are striving to promote
the library services and the many services it offers.
The
Hopewell/Prince George Friends hold numerous fundraisers
throughout the year to help support the programs and
services offered by the Appomattox Regional Library System.
The Friends raise money by holding book sales and by the
dues paid by our Friends members. These monies are donated
to ARLS to help defray the costs of the library's annual
Virginia Author Series, as well as to fund programs and
prizes used for ARLS's Summer Reading Program.
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Hopewell /Prince George
Friends of the Library Officers:
President – Ed Pappas
Vice President – Carol Peterson
Secretary – Pam Tuggle
Treasurer – Michael Pritchard
Hospitality - Diane Ragland
Membership - Peg Whipple
Publicity - Becky McDonough |
Hopewell / Prince George
Friends of the Library
P.O. Box 178
Hopewell, Virginia 23860
For
Additional Information
Please Contact
ARLS Volunteer Coordinator
Jan Rowley at 458-6329
Ext 2001 or jrowley@arls.org |
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Membership Fees |
$5.00
For student membership |
$10.00
For Individual membership |
$20.00
For family membership |
$35.00
For organizations, business or corporate membership |
$100.00
For lifetime membership |
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Click Here To Read The Constitution and By Laws of the
Hopewell /Prince George Friends of the Library |
Friends
of the Library Dinwiddie
The Friends of the
Library, Dinwiddie (F.O.L.D.) was founded in September of
1987. The purpose of this organization has always been to
maintain an association of persons interested in libraries,
to focus public attention on the library and to support and
stimulate the use of the library's resources and services.
During its first meeting a sheep was chosen as the
mascot--thus the initials F.O.L.D. The FOLD is constantly
seeking to bring new members into it's "FOLD".
The FOLD
raises money by holding a continuous book sale at the
Dinwiddie Library and by the dues paid by FOLD members. These
monies are donated to ARLS to help defray the costs of the
library's annual Virginia Author Series, as well as to fund
programs and prizes used for ARLS's Summer Reading Program.
FOLD Officers:
President
Robin Nunnally
Vice President
Susan Chappell
Secretary
Alice Dalton
Treasurer
Betty Mayes |
Membership Dues
$2.00 - Student
$5.00 - Individual
$10.00 - Family
$25.00 - Sponsoring
$50.00 - Lifetime |
For Additional Information
Please Contact ARLS Volunteer Coordinator Jan Rowley
at 458-6329 Ext 2001
or
jrowley@arls.org |
Donations -
Collection Development Policy (.pdf)
The
Appomattox Regional Library System welcomes gifts of books
and related materials, but accepts them with the
understanding that it has the right to handle or dispose of
them in the best interest of the library. Such
material may be added to the collection provided it meets
the standards of selection outlines in the ARLS Collection
Development Policy. Gift items should be clean,
intact, and odorless; contain current information and
conform to the same criteria as those items purchased for
the collection. Any items deemed unsuitable may be
sent to book sales or disposed of otherwise.
If the donor
so desires, a book plate stating the donor’s name is
inserted in the front of the gift. Donations of money
may be made directly to the Library. Checks are to be
written to the Appomattox Regional Library System. Donations
are entered into the library’s book budget. While a donor’s
suggestions are given particular consideration, disbursement
of contributions is subject to selection criteria. Donors
are notified of selections made with memorial contributions
Volunteering -
Application Form
The mission
of the Appomattox Regional Library System’s volunteer
program is to encourage and expand the involvement of
community volunteers. Youth and adult volunteers will work
with the staff to provide service to others by supporting,
preserving, and promoting free and easy access to ideas and
information. The Library believes that volunteers are an
important human resource. They have the right to be treated
as co-workers, trained in a professional manner, and given
richly deserved recognition.
The library
benefits from the volunteer program in many ways. Volunteers
create a positive image of the library in the community.
Volunteers demonstrate community support for the library. As
well, volunteers bring information about local ideas, issues
and concerns to the library so that the staff and
administration can better meet community needs.
Volunteers
bring their unique abilities and skills to the library. In
turn, volunteers may receive training, which gives them new
technical, administrative, or customer service skills.
Volunteers learn about the "behind-the-scenes" operation of
the library. They become allies in promoting library
services and programs to the community. For young adults,
volunteering can afford opportunities to meet requirements
for community service hours for school or service
organizations. On occasion, the volunteer program can
provide an opportunity to make legal restitution to the
community through library service.
The exchange
of ideas between volunteers and the library staff benefits
the library as part of a positive and essential public
relations effort.
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