Plainville Public Library           

 Ask a Librarian at 508-695-1784 or  Email 

198 South St., Plainville, Massachusetts 02762

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NEXT MEETING: Monday, June 2 at 7pm

We meet the first Monday of every month except July and August.

Anyone is welcome to join us!  Be a Library Lover!          

Many Thanks to our New Gardener for our barrel by the front door, Roxanne Lynch.

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Something new -  A set of 3 handcrafted magnets from book pages featuring inspirational words.

Sold at the circulation desk for just $2 each to benefit the Friends of the Plainville Public Library.

A glass marble encircled with tiny silver beads on a strong circular magnet. Sure to keep your messages posted on your fridge or message board.

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Coming June 2, 2008: SUMMER FUN SILENT AUCTION

Just wait 'til you see what we have for you to bid on!

If you have anything you'd like to donate to our auction we'd be happy to accept gift certificates, and donations of new or hand crafted items. All proceeds go right to the Friends of the Library and are used to help the library funds purchases we otherwise could not afford; like children's programming and passes.

Thank you to our following donors to our Summer Fun Silent Auction:

Boston Duck Tours, Cape Playhouse, Capron Park Zoo, Davis' Farmland, Ecotarium, Fuller Craft Museum, House of Seven Gables, Land of Witches and Pirates, Lia Sophia Jewelry (Brenda Glover), Linens N' Things, L.L. Bean, Mystic Aquarium, Newport Mansions, Newport Playhouse,  North Bowl Lanes, Osborne Nursery, Pawtucket Red Sox, Six Flags, Southwick's Zoo, Water Wizz, Wentworth Hills Golf Club, Zoo New England,

Debbie Belanger, Melissa Campbell, Tracey Brown, The Moore Family, Wanda Mucciaccio, Theresa Murphy, Keely Penny,  Kelly Sachleben, Brenda Wales,

If I had a penny for every time I searched the web.... Well now the Friends can.

Use Good Search!

  Click below to do a Yahoo based search for what you need on the web. Each search donates a penny to the Friends of the Plainville Public Library.

http://www.goodsearch.com/?charityid=870808

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Museum Passes From the Friends

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 75 days in advance online by clicking  here.

Boston Children's Museum, Easton Children's Museum, Mystic Seaport, Mystic Aquarium, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Roger Williams Zoo, Plimouth Plantation (April - Nov.), Butterfly Place (Feb.  - Oct.), New England Aquarium (not valid in July & August), Massachusetts State Parks (seasonal), and the Museum of Science (funded by the Plainville Lions Club)

Do you Shop at Shaw's? Save your receipts!!! and bring them to the library to put into our collection box on the circulation desk. Shaw's will give the Friends 1% back in cash. Can you believe we've already raised $181.64! Thanks to you. Keep it up!

Friends Fundraiser with Magazines

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!

Special Books of Gift Giving Quality are available year round at our on-going book sale located by the front door of the Library. We have also EXPANDED our Sale Area in the Friends Hallway. Now both fiction & non-fiction book are displayed. Books are available on a first come basis.

 Hardcovers and Oversize paperbacks are $1 each

Mass market paperbacks (the small ones) are 50 cents each

All children's books are 25 cents each.

Book Pins!        ONLY 1 LEFT!!!

These pins are exquisite. No two are made the same and at just $13 it is a great gift for a teacher, a Grandma, a Friend or anyone who loves books!

Yankee Magazine Community Partners Program - The Friends have joined with Yankee Magazine to raise funds for the beautification of the exterior of the library and around our new library sign. You can help by renewing or placing a new order for Yankee Magazine with a postcard available from the library or do it on the web by clicking here. Just make sure you designate us as your beneficiary. A subscription is just $20 with $10 going to the Friends. You also get a free cookbook. So order early and order a lot of gifts! Click to find out more about Yankee. Makes a great gift!

Membership  - The Friends annual 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 02762-1512

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, $2 off our wonderful canvas tote bags, and a coupon good for the 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!

-          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.

-          Become a member.

-          Volunteer and attend the book sales.

-          Donate your used books, videos and cds for the sale.

-          Use your expertise to present a program of interest to the community.

-          Assist the library at special events.

-          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.