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SHPL- FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
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The Friends of the Sterling Heights Public Library, organized in 1976, is a
volunteer non-profit group dedicated to enhancing and improving library services for our
community. Friends contributions, fund-raising activities, and volunteer efforts support
adult and youth programs, maintain and improve collections, and provide new technologies
and capital improvements.
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Click
here
to read the latest issue of Briefings,
the Friends award-winning newsletter. (You will need Adobe
Acrobat Reader)
The
Friends Board was elected for a 2-year term in October 2007. Officers
are: President Barbara VanSyckel, Vice-President Mary Pawlowski, Treasurer
Denise Shepard, and Secretary Madeline Stewart. |
Calendars for Sale
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 Start
your Christmas shopping now, or treat yourself to a purchase that will last
all next year. The Friends of the Sterling Heights Public Library are
currently selling the Page a Day Book Lover’s Calendar for 2009.
Discover 365 days of good authors, good books and good reading for only $7.
The calendars are on display in the Friends of the Library bookstore and can
be purchased at the circulation desk. |
Recycle @ the Library
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Good News from the Friends! We are
now accepting used cell phones and cell phone batteries for recycling. Just leave them
in the box across from the Circulation Desk. We no longer can accept used
ink cartridges. |
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The Friends Book
Store is open Monday-Thursday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Friday and Saturday
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please stop by for some great bargains.
In other bookstore news, restaurant gift certificates are
now awarded to bookstore volunteers each month as a thank you from the
Friends.
Watch for Red Dot books in the Bookstore. All items marked with a red dot are on sale for 50% off the regular price.
You can have all the red dot items you can pack in a plastic grocery bag for $3, or a paper grocery bag for
$5 during our special bag sales.
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Friends Express Books
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 Friends Express Books. Get the latest New York Times fiction
bestsellers for a fee of only 25¢
a day. The Friends will purchase multiple copies of the
bestsellers for your convenience. You only pay a quarter a day (no charge for days the
library is closed). Just think, no more long hold lists. Read that bestseller NOW.
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The Library Board of Trustees and the Friends of the Sterling Heights
Public Library first gathered at an organizational meeting on Oct. 14, 1976 when the
library was located in a three-bedroom ranch house on the present library site. Though few
in number, members of the Friends staged book sales during the following three years, and
with the proceeds purchased a library card laminator, a day-long film festival, and
children's listening center in the library.
With the move to the new, two-story building in October 1979, the
library experienced a dramatic increase in usage. The Friends looked for ways to add to
its membership in order to give additional support to the growing library. The Bears
fundraising campaign proved to be the answer. Membership increased from 17 individuals in
October 1976 to 180 families in July 1981.
In 1997, membership stands at 174 individual members, 138 family
memberships and 7 lifetime members. The Friends fundraising total is now over $201,000.
Just a few of the items donated by the Friends include the CD-ROM local
area network and the "In Use" sculptural relief gracing the main wall. Our
Friends have certainly helped make the library the outstanding city service that it is
today
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 Click
here
to print out an application form. (You will need Adobe
Acrobat Reader).
Applications to join the Friends of the Library are also available throughout the library
and in the quarterly City Newsletter. Make checks payable to Friends of the Sterling Heights Public Library. As a 501 (c)(3)
non-profit organization, dues and contributions are tax deductible and also quality for a
Michigan Tax Credit.
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Dodge Park Road - Sterling Heights, MI 48313
