Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Friends' Open House

The Friends' Annual Open House was on Saturday, October 21 at Maxwell Memorial Library. Special guest, Rose Burdick talked about feeding birds in winter. The group presented retiring director Katy B with a gift of a ... book!The Hill: An Illustrated Biography of Syracuse University, 1870-Present, by John Greene. It was a lovely afternoon with good friends and good conversation.

      L-R: Rose, Betty, Katy 

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

National Friends of Libraries Week October 15-21, 2017

It's National Friends of Libraries Week!

From ALA:
"Friends of Libraries groups have their very own national week of celebration! United for Libraries will coordinate the 12th annual National Friends of Libraries Week Oct. 15-21, 2017. The celebration offers a two-fold opportunity to celebrate Friends. Use the time to creatively promote your group in the community, to raise awareness, and to promote membership. This is also an excellent opportunity for your library and Board of Trustees to recognize the Friends for their help and support of the library."

The Friends of Maxwell celebrates the week this year with several events:
Annual Open House on Saturday, October 21 at Maxwell from 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m. 
The Open House is a great way to learn about what the Friends of Maxwell do. Rose Burdick will be on hand at the Open House to answer your questions on "Feeding Birds in Winter'. 
Refreshments will be served, and the public is invited to attend.
Art Exhibit: October 3-28 
The Friends of Maxwell Memorial Library are pleased to host the October art exhibit at the library. This year's exhibit will be a photography exhibit titled, 'Around Town', by Jennifer Groth, Susan Morgan, and Mary L. Rohner. All three are former Maxwell employees, and have supported the Friends group for many years. 
A 50-50 Raffle - October 16- 31. One winner will receive half of ticket sales money. The other half will go towards funding window treatments for the Children and Teen room at Maxwell. Tickets are 1 for $2.00 and 5 for $5.00. Get yours at the Main Desk. Drawing will be held on Halloween.

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Disbursements to Maxwell through October 3, 2017

Disbursements to Maxwell through October 3, 2017
$1200.00 - Summer Reading Program for Children events, and Children's        Computer Chair ($146.99)
    630.00 - Portion of Walker Hanging System    324.00 - BookPage magazine
  1919.00 - Furniture for Alcove, now the Friends' Corner 
      75.00 - DVD player for the library   
    100.00 - Holiday decorating at the library (anticipated)
$4248.00 - Total

Thank you to everyone who has supported the Friends of Maxwell Memorial Library this year. Without you, we wouldn't have been able to give the library over $4,000.00 this year!