Friends of the Napa Library

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A Big Thank You to Give!Guide Donors

The Friends of the Napa Library would like to thank all of our Friends and the community for their generous donations through this year’s Give!Guide campaign. We recongize that there are many very worthy organizations participating in this year’s program so being the beneficiary of so many donations was very rewarding.

This was the first year that we participated in the Give!Guideand we very much enjoyed the experience. At the kick off event we were able to meet our fellow participants as well as community memebers. Our outreach at the Napa Farmers Market and appearance on KVON as well as Spanish language annoucements allowed us to bring our message to more community members. We would like to thank the Napa Farmers Market, our fellow Give!Guideparticipant, for providing space and encouraging outreach.

All in all we are more than satisfied with this year’s campaign and hope to participate next year and expand our aibility to fund programs for the Napa Library.

The 2019 CanDo’s Give!Guide Napa Valley is Here!

Click on this image to visit the entire CanDo Give!Guide website!

The Friends of the Napa Library is delighted to be participating in this year’s CanDo’s Give!Guide. We join 45 other remarkable local non-profits that were selected by Napa Valley CanDo to participate in this extraordinary vehicle for fund raising, community support and collaboration.

We are tasked primarily to raise funds to support both new and on-going library programs for both children and adults. To get a good look at what happens with the fruits of our labors and what programs we fund, please see Where The Money Goes. Our main sources of funding are memberships and book sales. In addition to our 10 day quarterly book sales of gently used books, CDs and DVDs, we also offer these items for sale year round in the lobby of the Napa City Library.

It takes many people, mainly volunteers, to make us successful. Volunteers serve in a wide range of capacities including sorting and cleaning books for the sales, organizing and staffing the quartely sales, community outreach and serving on our board.

A particularly important goal of Friends of the Library is to encourage young readers to become lifelong readers. As evidenced by the library programs we support, we believe that getting children to love books turns them into teens who love books which results in adult book lovers. And the cycle continues from generation to generation!

Please continue your visit to our site to familiarize yourself on who we are and what we do.

We encourage you to visit our page on CanDo’s Give!Guide website to show your support for our mission and the Napa residents we serve. Click here to be taken to our page at this incredible resource for giving.

Friends of the Library Continues Membership Drive

Friends of the Napa Library celebrated the 13th annual National Friends of Libraries Week, October 20 – 26 by hosting an information table in the lobby of the library. Anyone joining was entered into a drawing for a book and Napa-themed gift bag. We decided to extend the gift bag drawing for new members through Wednesday. November 13! The drawing will be held on Wednesday, November 20 at the Friends of the Napa Library board meeting.

Membership Drive Gift Basket

Items in the gift bag include:

    • Tour, wine tasting and lunch for 4 at Robert Mondavi
    • Four bottles of Napa Valley and California wine
    • Two wine glasses
    • Children’s picture book signed by local author and illustrator
    • Three Coffee table books: 1) Photos by Ansel Adams; 2) Napa Valley Wine Caves; and 3) Paintings/Illustrations by Norman Rockwell
    • $25 Gift Certificate from Napa Bookmine on Pearl Street in Napa

    In order to be entered into the drawing, your membership application must be received by the Friends of the Library by November 13. There are many ways for you to join. You can pick up a membership form at the Napa library at our lobby sales area, complete it and return your form with payment. You can click here to visit our Membership Page. There you can join using the PayPal link or by downloading the form and returning it with payment. Forms and payments may be mailed to us at Friends of the Library at 580 Coombs Streeet, Napa, CA 94559 or dropped off at the library. Just remember, your form and payment must be received by November 13.

    We look forward to welcoming you into membership of the Friends of the Library and Good Luck on the drawing!

     

TRIBUTE TO ANITA LEES

OUR TRIBUTE TO ANITA LEES

Anita Lees

We sadly recognize the passing of FOL President Anita Lees who died unexpectedly on September 24.  Anita served on the Friends of the Library (FOL) Board for over 18 years and was appointed President in March 2019. In addition to her work on the Board, she spent Tuesday evenings sorting books donated by the community and staffed the quarterly FOL book sales.

Anita enjoyed making friends with those who loved books; getting books and sharing the love of reading with young children; and practically anything to do with reading and books. She was an avid reader and loved to discuss her latest finds.

We will sorely miss her intelligence, her sense of humor and her guidance. She will also be missed by Todd, her husband of 22 years, her dogs, cats and pet chicken as well as many friends and family.

If you are moved to make a donation to the Friends of the Library in memory of Anita, please see our donation link in the lower right of this page. Or you may send a check to: Friends of the Napa Library, 580 Coombs Street, Napa, CA 94559.  Please indicate on your donation that you are remembering Anita.  Thank you.

Friends of the Library/Napa County Library Partnership Goes Live on TV

Want to know even more about Napa’s Public Library and the Friends of the Napa Library?  Here’s your chance.
Throughout the month of September, Napa Public Access Cable TV will broadcast a lively discussion of the many and varied programs and services of the Napa Library and the partnership the Library has with the Friends of the Napa Library.
What is the broadcast schedule, you ask?  Watch this informative and entertaining half-hour conversation beginning Monday, September 2nd and continuing throughout the month on Mondays at 11:30am and Saturdays at 5:00pm on Comcast Channel 28, AT&T Uverse Channel 99 and via live streaming at www.napavalleytv.org.