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The next meeting is Wednesday, May 14th at 3:00pm. Please call 448-1473 to RSVP.

George W. Palmer Distinguished Service Award Presented to the Friends of the Library
Bill Poore, President of the Palos Heights Library Board of Trustees, presented the George W. Palmer Distinguished Service Award to the Friends of the Library on March 12, 2008. As this year's recipient, the Friends of the Library have worked diligently to enhance the library through numerous programs that patrons thoroughly enjoy. Some of these include:

• Christmastime in Palos - which had 700 attendees last year
• Two book sales per year with solid community participation and income
• Book dramatist presentations and speaker programs
• Participation as a Farmers Market greeter giving away free paperbacks
• Numerous fundraisers including the Country House Partners Program, which provides funding for programs and donations to the library

Winter Book and Magazine Sale
The Friends held their Winter Book and Magazine Sale from February 1 through 4. This year the Friends were able to raise $2,320. Thank you to all who helped make the Winter Sale a huge success! The next Friends Book Sale will take place August 9 through 12, 2008.

 
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The Friends of the Palos Heights Library are completing another successful year and would like to thank you for your past support! We hope that you will join us in adding to library programs, materials and equipment.

Mission of the Friends of the Palos Heights Public Library

  • To assist the library in carrying out its mission
  • To encourage gifts and volunteer services to the library
  • To help the community focus on the needs and services of the library
  • To provide library advocacy at all levels of government.
Who are the Friends?

Friends of the Palos Heights Library is a volunteer group that is part of a larger network, Friends of Illinois Libraries (FOIL), the state organization. The network extends nationwide with Friends of Libraries USA (FOLUSA).


Friends Activities:

The Friends participate in many activities during the year, including:

  • Collecting Campbell labels for equipment
  • Farmer's Market
  • Christmas in Palos
  • Sponsoring Programs
Fund Raising Activities:

Friends of the Library focuses their fundraising on programs which are low in labor requirements.

  • Jewel Shop & Share
  • Cub Foods Community Dollars
  • Two Annual Book Sales, continuing book sales
  • Country House Fund Raiser
  • Printer Cartridges
  • Entertainment Books

We hope you will celebrate our 63rd Anniversary of the Library by joining the Friends in 2007-2008. We meet bi-monthly and would love to see you at a meeting. The membership year is May to May. Single membership is $5, families are $10. Those who join by June 30 are entitled to the book sale preview in August. If you haven't joined us yet, click on the form below and mail or bring it to us, along with your membership donation. All donations go directly toward support of the Palos Heights Public Library.
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