North Canton Friends of the Library

Purpose: To support the library by funding purchases of items not covered by the library’s operating budget.

Examples of Friends purchases:

• High-speed copier
• Foul-weather floor mats
• License enabling showing movies in the library
• Tools for custodians
• Furniture for children’s program room
• Programs for adults, teens, children
• Bookmarks and book bags

A Friends purchase for the library was this high-speed copier.

Principal fund-raising sources:

• Two annual public book sales.  2009: April 2-5 and August 13-16
• Friends Members-Only book sale. 2009: February 8
• Proceeds from books sold daily in Friends Corner (adjacent library’s main entrance)

Friends membership dues: $10 annually per household (for those age 18 and older).  Please leave your dues – with your name, address, phone number, email address – at library’s circulation desk or mail to Friends of the Library, North Canton Public Library, 185 North Main St., North Canton, OH 44720

Membership benefits:

• Access to annual Members-Only book sale
• “First dibs” on set-up day for public book sales
• Support a valued community asset – the library
• Annual members social in May and December holiday luncheon
• Receive membership booklet
• Make new friends
• Beginning in January 2009, the library newsletter, “Read All About It,” will be mailed only to members of Friends of the Library and Friends of Little Art Gallery

Friends meetings:  Held monthly – except June and July – on the second Wednesday at  7 p.m. in the library’s conference room.

Questions? Phone Mary Lou Farbeann at 330-494-0581