About Us
Like school teachers, our Boone County library operates with limited resources. That’s where Friends of the Library help out. We work hand-in-hand with the library administrator to prioritize how we allocate the funds we derive from the following sources:
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Book sales -our primary source of income, and we hold several throughout the year.
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Memberships
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Donations
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Valentine’s Day Bake Sale
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Silent auction – a desirable like-new book on display at the library goes to the highest bidder.
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Trolley books sale - come into the library and browse a selection of good books available at bargain prices.
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Raffles
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Third-party book sales through Better World Books online bookseller
What else does FOL do?
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Our small team of members delivers books twice monthly to homebound patrons in our community.
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A rotating fresh assortment of age-appropriate books is supplied monthly to preschools throughout Boone County.
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We pick up collections of donated books at private homes or left from estates.
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FOL is more than willing to partner with literacy initiatives in the community. One such project involves working one-on-one with literacy challenged students to help them prepare for the GED exam. For information, please contact President: Carol Harris at 909-744-2394 or email at president@folbc.org.
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Our newsletter “The Bookplate” is issued quarterly.
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Where does the money go?
Among other miscellaneous expenditures benefiting the library throughout 2024, Friends of the Library allocated:
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$8,000 for the purchase of new books
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$1500 for summer programs for children
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$300 for the children’s 1000 Books Read Program
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$400 for the genealogy department.
FOL also helps out with the cost of building and ground repairs/improvements as needed.
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