Terryville Public Library

Friends of the Library

The Friends of the Terryville Public Library is a voluntary, non-profit group of interested citizens whose purpose is to enhance the value of the library to the community. To accomplish this, the Friends undertake projects to publicize the Library and underwrite the cost of speakers, events, and useful, special library materials. The Friends focus on projects that lie outside the scope of the Library’s budget.

The Friends underwrite many events including the Winter and Summer Reading Programs, our annual Santa Visit, and Senior Citizen programs. The Friends also purchase materials for the library. In the past year, a multimedia projector and sound system, two new children’s computers and Accu-Cut dies and die machine parts were purchased by the Friends for the library’s benefit.

The Friends are able to carry the burden of these costs through a commitment to fundraising. Yearly fundraising events include an annual Book and Bake Sale held the first weekend in May, a Basket Raffle an on going lobby book sales and the sale of bags, note cards, T-shirts, sweatshirts, holiday ornaments and cookbooks. The Friends also sell Entertainment Books (Hartford County) during the fall and early winter. Donations of time and funds from local residents, businesses, and other organizations have also provided much needed support for Library programs.

For more information, or to learn how to become a member, visit the library or attend our next Friends meeting.

The Friends of the Terryville Public Library meet the second Wednesday of each month at 6:30 pm.

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Membership Types
Children - $2.00 (receives a bookmark)	Family - $12.00 (receives one book bag and bookmarks for children)
Member - $5.00 (receives magnetic note cards)	Business Organization - $50.00 and up (receives a sweatshirt)
Patron - $20.00 and up (receives a sweatshirt and pewter lapel pin)

Current Officers:
Sharon LaCourse, President Daniel Santorso - Secretary	Cathy Paskus, Vice-President Nancy Henderson-Treasurer

Adopt-a-Shelf

Looking for a new way to help the library? Adopt-a-Shelf is a volunteer opportunity designed to keep materials in correct order and dust free. Interested volunteers donate time to keep one section of the library neat and orderly by "adopting" that section. Volunteers chose a favorite topic or type of material.Twce a month, the volunteers spend time checking that the section they have adopted is in the correct order.

Circulation of library materials has increased 15% since July 2008. With over 57,000 volumes in the library's collection, it is difficult to keep the shelves straight with so much use. Some people don't put items back in the proper spot when they are browsing. Sometimes topics are so popular, the shelves just look messy. Our library pages work diligently to put materials back when they are returned, but "shelf reading" for proper order is time consuming. When every item is in the proper place, everyone - the librarians and the patrons - can find the materials they need and the pages can put materials away more quickly.

Volunteers should be adults or teens ages 15 years or older, detail and order oriented, and be able to work independently each month. We also ask that volunteers be able to commit at least 2 hours a month for a minimum of 6 months. See the Reference Librarian, Lisa Bower Courtney, to sign up! Or e-mail me @ lbcourtney@biblio.org .

Annual Book Sale - May 7th - 8th

The Terryville Public Library will hold the annual Book Sale, starting with a Preview Sale on Friday, May 7th from 5:30 – 7:00 pm. There will be a $5.00 entry fee for the Preview Sale. On Saturday, May 8th, the used book sale will be held from 9 am – 4:30 pm. Entrance is free. This sale will be held behind the library in the upper parking lot in the Friends of the Library garage.

The Library is currently accepting donations of used books that are in fair, good to excellent condition (no Reader’s Digest Condensed books or textbooks please). The most desirable donations are recent publications and videos and recordings. NO MUSTY OR WATER DAMAGED BOOKS PLEASE. If you have a large amount of books and have no way to bring them to the library, please contact the library and a member of the Friends of the Library will make arrangements to pick them up from you. For more information or to request pickup of large quantities of books, please call the library at (860) 582-3121

Annual Basket Raffle - May 7th - June ?

We are looking for donations of themed baskets for the Friends of the Library Annual Basket Raffle. Some past theme ideas were: Baking, Bath, Spa, Cozy reading, Barbie, Pokemon, Hello Kitty, Pets, and Gardening. The Raffle starts on Saturday, May 3rd and runs through Saturday, June 7th. Tickets are $1.00 each, 3 for $2.00 and an arms lengths for $5.00.

Lion’s Club Terryville Fairgrounds Annual Flea Market - June 21st

On Saturday June 21st the Friends of the Terryville Library will have a booth at the Flea Market. They are looking for clean and quality items for this fund raiser. For more information please contact Daniel Santorso at Daniel.Santorso@yahoo.com

The Terryville Library Friends Store