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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!
Membership - 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 Library, Inc., 198 South St., Plainville, MA 02762
Your membership includes: The Friends' quarterly newsletter filled with library news and events, entrance to the Friday night Friends Only Book Sale plus one free paperback book and new members get a coupon good for our ongoing book sale.
The Friends are library card-carrying, curious people, lifelong learners, readers writers, thinkers and browsers. We are a non profit group who encourage community participation in planning and funding of special events. We have several fundraisers a year, including our Book Sale in October to fund our activities. We fund programs for adults and children, donate equipment and purchase magazine subscriptions and museum passes.
You can help by becoming a member or by coming to our meetings on the first Monday of the month at 7:00pm 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 AVAILABLE: Heritage Museums & Gardens in Sandwich. The Friends of the Plainville Public Library have purchased a new library pass to the Heritage Museums & Gardens in Sandwich. Each pass admits 2 adults and 4 youths (ages 3-11) for a discounted admission of ½ price per person. The Heritage Museums & Gardens are open daily from 10-5 starting on April 15th to October 9th.
The Friends purchase 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, Edaville USA (April-Jan 1), Hall at Patriot Place, Heritage Museums & Gardens (mid April- Oct), 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, Plimouth 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), USS Constitution Museum and Winter Skate at Patriot Place (Dec-Feb).
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 SaleWe 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. |
Friends Fundraiser with Magazines
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How can you be a Library Lover?
Contribute
Get involved with the Friends:
Volunteer:
Use and Promote:
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 $21,501.99 last year: (2016)
2016 Income:
Interest $ 575.14
Memberships 1,455.00
Donations 1,495.00
Grant 700.00
4 Fundraisers 17,276.85
Total $21,501.99
The Friends have spent $24,459.68 in the following ways: (2016)
2016 Expenses:
19 Programs $ 2,228.51
18 Museum passes 19,054.30
2 Magazine subscriptions 339.95
Staff's wish list 1,973.76
Fundraising expenses 371.18
Miscellaneous 491.98
$24,459.68
Net ($ 2,957.69)
2016 Income:
Interest $ 575.14
Memberships 1,455.00
Donations 1,495.00
Grant 700.00
4 Fundraisers 17,276.85
Total $21,501.99
The Friends have spent $24,459.68 in the following ways: (2016)
2016 Expenses:
19 Programs $ 2,228.51
18 Museum passes 19,054.30
2 Magazine subscriptions 339.95
Staff's wish list 1,973.76
Fundraising expenses 371.18
Miscellaneous 491.98
$24,459.68
Net ($ 2,957.69)
