The following appeared in a recent Letter to the Editor of the Napa Register by our Corresponding Secretary, Barb Stone.

The Friends of the Napa Library continues to be very busy in the past few months to support the Napa County Library during these challenging times.
First off, thank you to all who supported us though Napa CanDo’s Give!Guide! The annual drive, held virtually this year in December, enabled the Friends to raise over $13,000 to support our library’s programs.

We also had a very successful December Book Sale. The sale was held over fewer days than in the past as the community continues its pandemic recovery, but managed to raise over $11,000! Locals made the sale a success despite having to brave the winter rains.

Mark your calendars for Saturday, March 19 – Sunday, March 27 for our first return to our full nine day book sale since 2019. Thw sale will include all of our customers favorites: members-only on the first day, special sale days, half price and bag days.
Need some reading material or other enterainment between sales? Check out our on-going Library Lobby Sale. Merchandise including books, CD’s and DVD’s is replaced daily so there’s always something new to discover.

The Friends continues to accept books, CD and DVD donations. Since our volunteer staff is limited due to COVID restrictions, please call ahead if you have a large donation to make sure we have the staff to assist you. We can be reached at (707)253-4614.

Visit us here at www.folnapa.org or follow us on Facebook and Instagram to find updated information about our sales and other actvities.

We thank you for your support!

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NOTICE TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE FRIENDS OF THE NAPA LIBRARY

Friends of the Napa Library
Annual Membership Meeting
Wednesday, March 16, 2022, at 4:00 p.m.
via Zoom

The annual meeting of the Friends of the Napa City-County Library, Inc. (FOL) will run concurrently with the FOL Board of Directors’ regularly scheduled March meeting.

At the meeting, the Nominating Committee will present a slate of nominees for board positions pursuant to the FOL Bylaws, Article VI, Section 1. The following slate would serve for three years, April 1,2022 through March 31, 2025:

1. Lee Milovich
2. Pat Milovich
3. Shari Sanguinetti
4. Sidney Odom
5. Ken DeJarnette

Additional nominations may be made from the floor with the consent of the nominee.

For questions and interest in participating in the meeting via Zoom,please contact Kathy Oates, FOL recording secretary, at kathyoates@comcast.net or 707-363-5955.

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We are excited to return to our full schedule Multi Day Book Sale!

 

Join us in the Community Room at the Napa County Library on Coombs Street in Napa. We have a great selection of fiction, history, biography, cookbooks, sciences, gardening, heath and self-help, literature, how-to and home crafts, business, law and politics, Children’s books for all reading levels, special priced books for adults and children and a wide selection of DVD’s and CD’s. Check our our new category – Unsorted!

Book Sale Date and hours:
Saturday March 19 10am – 4pm. MEMBERS DAY
Sunday March 20 1:30pm – 4pm
Monday March 21 10am – 7pm
Tuesday March 22 10am – 7pm
Wednesday March 23 10am – 7pm
Thursday March 24 10am – 7pm
Friday March 25. 10am – 4pm HALF PRICE DAY
Saturday March 26 BAG DAY #1
9am – 10am SENIORS ONLY
10am – 4pm EVERYONE
Sunday 1:30pm – 4pm BAG DAY #2
BAG DAY #1 One Bag of Books = $5
BAG DAY #2 Two bags of Books = $5
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

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A BIG THANK YOU to EVERYONE who donated to the FRIENDS of the NAPA LIBRARY from the 2021 CanDo Give!Guide!

Thank you for donating to the Friends of the Napa Library through the 2021 Give!Guide!
You have worked hard for the money that you donated to us. We appreciate it and are thankful. Words are fleeting, and we want you to know that a simple “thank you” doesn’t do justice to how deeply we appreciate your support. We are so glad to have you counted in our community of givers.

The Give!Guideprovides the Napa community to opportunity to become acquainted with the non-profit community and the ability to spread their donations among those who pique thier interest.

We are honored to be part of the G!G and hope to be included in this year’s edition coming up in December 2022.

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Looking for the perfect gift for the person who has everything? Why not visit the 2021 Cando Give!Guide?

Click here to go to our page in the 2021 CanDo Give!Guide. Once you have visited our page, you can also visit the pages of other area non-profits and make any additional donations. All of the participants are local non-profits and depend on your generous donations particularly at this time of the year.

Lucky winner of our 2nd Opportunity Gift

During the month of December when the Give!Guideis open for business, we hold two random drawings for gifts to award to our donors. Recently Maureen Grinnell of Yountville was a lucky winner!

She won a bottle of Merlot from Rutherford Hill Winery and a tasting for six lucky friends. THANK YOU TO MAUREEN FOR HER DONATION TO THE FRIENDS OF THE NAPA LIBRARY THROUGH THE GIVE!GUIDE and to RUTHERFORD HILL WINERY FOR THEIR VERY GENEROUS DONATION!

There is still time to make your donation. The website is open until December 31st. We at the Friends of the Napa Library send our heartfelt thanks and wish you all a happy holiday season and a Happy New Year!

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