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Friends for Your Library? Would you like to establish a Friends of the Library group to support your neighborhood library? FJPL will try to help you.
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8,000 volunteer hours in 2011! |
Our volunteers worked a little over 8,000 hours in 2011.
- They sorted books to get ready for our sales.
- They worked at our Great Jacksonville Book Sale at the Fairgrounds and at our Book Warehouse Sales.
- They worked at our Saturday Morning Bookstore (now open on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, as well as Saturday).
- They worked at our bookstore in the Main Library.
We are very proud of them…and we invite you to volunteer with FJPL.
You’ll help our Library and you’ll have fun.
Contact Harry Reagan at harry.reagan@comcast.net or 891-7582.
Special deal for FJPL members….
50% discount on all used book purchases at our bookstores in Main Library and University Park Library through Feb. 25.
Not a member? Come in and sign up and get this discount.
Also, our Saturday Morning Bookstore (at University Park Library) will be open Tuesday and Thursday mornings through Feb. 25.
From the Jan. 7 Florida Times Union….
Friends of the Jacksonville Public Library donating record $260,000
It’s good to have friends — especially when they’re giving you $260,000.
Friends of the Jacksonville Public Library donated that amount to the city’s library system Friday. The group’s annual donations come almost entirely from book sales.
Harry Reagan, its president, said this year’s amount is a record for the group, which was organized in 1955.
The group holds several book sales throughout the year as well as running the BOOKtique bookstore in the Main Library.
Last year, the group had one sale at the Jacksonville Fairgrounds and three at its book warehouse at the University Park
Branch Library. It also sells books each Saturday at the University Park Branch Library from 9 a.m. to noon.
“We really treasure the Friends of the Jacksonville Public Library not only for their financial support, but also for the role
that they play in making the public aware of the library’s presence in Jacksonville,” said Jim Selzer, chairman of Jacksonville Public Library board.
The funds go toward items on the library system’s “wish list” throughout the year, which can include anything from acquisitions of new material and expansions of its facilities.
In 2011, the library system hosted nearly five million visitors.
About three million items, including books, CDs and movies, circulate throughout the system, Library Director Barbara Gubbin said.
Friends of Library check presentation includes FJPL Board members and volunteers and Library staffers. Holding the check.
(left to right) FJPL President Harry Reagan, Library Director Barbara Gubbin and Library Board Chairman Jim Selzer
Our 3rd Book Warehouse Sale is over. Thank you for shopping with us.
Next sale March 2, 3, 4, & 10
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Meanwhile, shop at our bookstore in the Main Library and our Saturday Morning Bookstore at University Park Library, 3435 University Blvd N. |
An announcement from Library Director Barbara Gubbin:
NEFLIN Awards for Library Champion and Innovation go to JPL!
Congratulations are due to Harry Reagan and to the JPL/JEA team for “sweeping” the NEFLIN awards program for this year and winning both the NEFLIN Library Champion Award and the NEFLIN Innovation Award. Harry was nominated for his leadership of the Friends of the JPL and the many achievements of our Friends over the past many years and the past year in particular.
The JPL/JEA Home Energy Evaluation Kits won the Innovation award – this was a joint project begun by Luis Flores following on his efforts to make JPL a more “green” organization and his work in collaboration with JEA and their efforts to help homeowners evaluate their home for energy use. Luis brought in Robbie Tiedeman and Kathy Lussier with a number of other staff involved including Ron Block and the CRU plus everyone at a circulation desk who has checked the kits out. To date, the JEA backpacks have been checked out more than 717 times.
The awards will be presented at the NEFLIN Annual Meeting on September 16 at the Thrasher Horne Conference Center in Orange Park.
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Three Cheers: |
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There is no better friend than a friend of books. Perhaps it's because book readers have a broader world view. Whatever the reason, Jacksonville has been blessed to have had a strong Friends of the Library group for 55 years. What else in this town is still going strong after 55 years? Established on June 14, 1955, by the American Association of University Women, this group was instrumental in moving from the Carnegie library to the Haydon Burns Library, reported Friends President Harry Reagan in a news release.
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Ricardo Montoya Honored as Volunteer of the Year!Ricardo Montoya was chosen FJPL's Volunteer of the Year for 2010. In announcing the board's decision, FJPL President Harry Reagan called Ricardo "an invaluable volunteer." Selecting our top volunteer is an annual tradition and a very difficult task for the FJPL Board. "Ricardo has worked consistently and tirelessly at our sorting center, at Great Jacksonville Book Sales at the Fairgrounds, at our mini-sales and at the BOOKtique," Reagan said. "He pitches in wherever, whenever he is needed." Ricardo came to the Fairgrounds as a customer, decided to volunteer and he has been volunteering ever since. |
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FJPL has started a new program, We need donations to pay the costs of shipping books, tapes, etc. We also need your help to connect with men and women from the First Coast who are serving overseas. Thanks, |
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Games and Puzzles Too!
Now you can donate games and puzzles, as well as books, videos, tapes, etc., to FJPL.
You can drop them off at most of the city's 21 Libraries, or at the:
Saturday Morning Bookstore
University Park Library
3435 University Blvd. N.
Saturdays from 9:00 to noon.
We'll sell them to raise money for the Library.
Click on image or here for information flyer.
Friends of Jacksonville Public Library
Yahoo Calendar of Upcoming Events
Got Books? |
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Books you don't need? Books you need to get rid of?Bring them to Friends of the Jacksonville Public Library so they can be sold to raise money for our public libraries. Drop them off at any of Jacksonville's 21 libraries or bring them directly to FJPL at University Park Library, 3435 University Blvd. N. any Saturday morning. FJPL volunteers are there every Saturday morning to sort books.You can also shop for bargains on fiction at the Saturday Morning Bookstore. Your books will go to the Great Jacksonville Book Sale, March 5-8 at the Fairgrounds. Proceeds of that sale supplement the library's budget. |
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Friends of the Library Mission Statement
FJPL is a 54-year-old non-profit organization. Our mission is to provide leadership, motivation and support to the Jacksonville Public Library, to literacy and educational groups, to all existing and potential Friends groups, and other library support groups to enable them to succeed in their efforts to preserve and strengthen libraries and to create awareness and appreciation of Library services.
To this end, FJPL has two Great Jacksonville Book Sales at the Fairgrounds every year. FJPL also operates the BOOKtique in the Main Library year-round, and the Saturday Bookstore at University Park Library. The next Great Jacksonville Book Sale is March 5-7, 2010, at the Jacksonville Fairgrounds. For more information or to become a member please visit www.fjpl.org.
Board of Directors - Officers
- Harry Reagan, President
- John Crescimbeni,Vice President
- Margaret Smith, Treasurer
- Jacquelyn Nash,Secretary/Past Pres.
Directors
- Edward A. Charron, Past Pres.
- Lola Gaunt
- Barbara Harkins
- Dan Harkins
- Amanda Hodges
- Ralph Hodges
- Gail Hunyar
- Richard K. Jones, Esq, Past Pres.
- Burt Kagen, Past Pres.
- Sally Kenaston
- Carla Leach
- Ricardo Montoya, Book Sales Chair
- Joel Morris, CPA
- Patrick Pattillo
- Marti Pounder
- Nitya Sivasubramanian, Membership Chair
- David Smith
- Sylvia Wren
The purpose of the Friends of the Library groups is to encourage government support of libraries, increase awareness of public libraries in the community, and raise funds to enhance library services for the good of the public library system.
Fundraising events include
book sales,
author events and much
more.
Contact us about providing a speaker for your organization. Call 630-2304 or email FUTCH711@aol.com
BOOKtique
Visit the Friends' bookstore, BOOKtique, in the Main Library!
Location:
Main Library
303 N Laura St
Jacksonville, FL 32202
Phone number: (904) 630-2304.
Hours:
Mon - Sat: 10:00 - 6:00 p.m.; Sunday: 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
To join one of the Friends of the Library groups, please see the contact information below.
- Friends of the Jacksonville Public Library, Inc.
- Sharon S. Futch, Executive Director/Bookstore Manager
- 303 N Laura St
Jacksonville, FL 32202 - Phone: 904-630-2304
- Fax: 904-630-1090
- Please apply via US mail. The application form is available here. (PDF, 112KB)
- Friends of the Beaches Public Library
- President: Virginia Maxted
- Address: 600 3rd St
Neptune Beach, FL 32266 - Phone Number: (904) 992-1171
- Friends of the Bradham*Brooks Northwest Library
- President: Alisa Harrell (904) 358-0434
- Treasurer: Evelyn Eaves (904) 768-4535
- Address: 1755 Edgewood Ave West
Jacksonville, FL 32208
- Friends of the Murray Hill Library
- President: Judy Klein
- Address: P.O. Box 60071
- Jacksonville, Fl. 32236
- Phone Number: 904-384-1523
- E-mail: MHLFriends@gmail.com
- Visit us on Facebook/Friends of the Murray Hill Library
- Friends of the Willowbranch Library
- President: Elaine Starling
- Address: 2875 Park Street
Jacksonville, FL 32205 - Phone Number: (904) 384-2767
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