Mansfield Bank presents check

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If I had a penny for every time I searched the web.... Well now the Friends can. Use Good Search!  Each search donates a penny to the Friends of the Plainville Public Library. Thanks for all your help. Do more searches - buy more things!

Print your Membership Form - The Friends membership drive is ongoing. For a small donation: Students/seniors - $5, Individuals - $10, Family - $15, Businesses - $25, Patron - $50, you can help support the Friends purchases of museum passes, magazine subscriptions and programs for adults and children. You may print out this membership form and mail it with a check payable to the Friends of the Plainville Public Library, Inc., 198 South St., Plainville, MA 02762-1512.

You can help by becoming a member or by coming to our meetings on the first Monday of the month at 7 PM from September through June. For more information call the library at 508-695-1784.

Thank you for your continued support. Through your generosity we were able to continue to fund many projects. Without your support the library would not be what it is today ... a wonderful asset to all Plainville residents!



November 2013 - Pictured from the left Melissa Campbell, Director, Debra Cote, Plainville
Branch Manger of Mansfield Bank, and Sandra Pearl, President of the Friends, receive
a check from the Mansfield Bank Charitable Foundation, which awarded the Friends of 
the Plainville Public Library, Inc. a grant in the amount of $1,508 in order to purchase 
the Mansfield Bank Technology Sandbox at the Plainville Public Library. 

Museum Passes from the Friends
New Pass
The Friends of the Plainville Public Library have purchased a new library pass to The Trustees. This pass will allow 2 adults and children under 18 to free or reduced admission to 117 various properties of farms, gardens, beaches, historic houses and more in Massachusetts.
For information on the 117 properties check out the guide at the circulation desk or go to www.thetrustees.org or download their free app Go Trustees, available for your smartphone on iTunes or Google Play.
Book your Passes now with our reservation system.
The Plainville Public Library offers museum passes to the following places, which allow discounted admission to many fun places to go with your family. You can reserve your pass up to 60 days in advance online.
Boston Children's Museum, *Butterfly Place (mid Feb-Oct), Capron Park Zoo, Children's Museum in Easton, EcoTarium, John F. Kennedy Library and Museum, Massachusetts State Parks (seasonal), Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Science, Mystic Aquarium, New England Aquarium (Labor Day-June), Old Sturbridge Village, Plimoth Plantation (mid March-Nov.), Providence Children’s Museum, Roger Williams Park Zoo (March-Dec), Salem Witch Museum, *Showcase Cinema Tickets, *Southwick’s Zoo (mid April-Oct), The Patriots Hall of Fame, The Trustees, USS Constitution Museum, Winter Skate at Patriot Place (Dec-Feb) and Zoo New England.
*NO RETURNS ON PURCHASED DISCOUNTED TICKETS
Recycle Electronics
Recycle with the Friends

By donating items you can clear out clutter, help the Friends of the Plainville Public Library raise funds and help save the environment! Donation boxes are located at the Plainville Public Library, Town Hall and Highway Department Recycling Center for: ink/laser cartridges, cell phones, GPS, iPods/MP3 Players, Digital/Video Cameras, iPads/Tablets, eBook Readers, Video Games/ Consoles/Handhelds/Accessories and calculators.

Donating Materials for the Book Sale

We do accept donations of used books, DVDs and CDs year round. Please bring them to the library during 
regular hours. We do not accept magazines, Reader's Digest, encyclopedias, old text, travel or computer books,
VHS or cassettes.
 Magazines
Friends Fundraiser with Magazines

  • Renew, Buy or Extend your Magazine Subscriptions!

  • 40% of the purchase price will come back to the  Friends of the Plainville Public Library.

  • Choose from over 650 popular magazines!

  • Save up to 85% off newsstand prices

  • Perfect for gifts or offices.

You'll get the satisfaction of helping your favorite library while purchasing something you'd buy anyways. So click here to go to Our own Fundraising Website NOW! THANK YOU!
How can you be a Library Lover? 

Contribute
  • Consider a tax-deductible gift to your library.
  • Honor or remember a friend with our Honorarium Program.
  •  Establish a book endowment.
  • Remember the library in your estate planning.
  • Give through your company’s matching gifts program.

Get involved with the Friends:
  •  Become a member.
  • Volunteer and attend the book sales.
  • Donate your used books, videos and cds for the sale.

Volunteer:
  • Use your expertise to present a program of interest to the community.
  •  Assist the library at special events.

Use and Promote:
  • Visit often and tell your friends to do the same.
  • Attend local town meetings and encourage your elected officials to invest in the library. 
  • Write to your state and federal legislators and demand that library service be viewed and funded as a necessary public service.
  • Speak up for libraries at community groups.
The Friends of the Library raised a total of $25,288.30 last year: (2017)
2017 Income:
Interest                        $ 634.20
Memberships               1,320.00
Donations                     3,092.04
Grant                                700.00
11 Fundraisers           19,542.06                                       
                                  $25,288.30
 
The Friends have spent $22,034.03 in the following ways: (2017)
2017 Expenses:
26 Programs                           $ 1,965.90
18 Museum passes                 16,496.45
5 Magazine subscriptions             391.99
Staff's wish list                           1,497.93
Fundraising expenses                1,194.92
Miscellaneous                               486.84
                                               $22,034.03
 
Net                                         $ 3,254.27