Summary
Organization name
Friends of the Longmont Public Library
other names
FoLL
1984
Tax id (EIN)
84-0943973
Category
Education
Organization Size
Small Organization
Address
409 4th AvenueLongmont, CO 80501
Boulder County, CO, US
Through donations, book sales, membership fees, and other fundraising activities, the Friends of the Longmont Library provides essential support for the Library so that they may expand their services and programs to our community. Your support is greatly appreciated!
Testimonials
Our adult services team has been able to offer wonderful programs to our adult patrons through the generosity of the Friends. These programs have helped adults ignite and develop their curiosity about the world around them and empower them to realize they are never too old to learn something new and that the library is an integral part of that learning. We would not have been able to make these programs possible without our Friends. -- Josie Brockmann, Librarian and Head of Adult Services Programming
The Longmont Public Library is alive and vibrant. This is, in part, thanks to ongoing financial support the Friends of the Longmont Library provides. For over thirty years, the Friends have been working quietly behind the scenes, making so many things possible. Thirty years and going strong! --Michael Shepherd
You know why I love this library? It has everything you need! --Clint (9 years old).
The Friends of The Longmont Library offer great Book Sales at prices anyone can afford. The volunteers have fun, enjoy helping the patrons, and provide an organized, well-designed arrangement for their sales. The Longmont Friends are the best deal in town! --Sue Hagedorn
What a perfect blend of the right people doing the right things for the right reasons. --Friends member
I live in Wyoming, but every time I visit my sister in Longmont, we go to the Longmont Library. This is a terrific library that continually amazes me with the books in its collection. Plus, there are always books that I buy from the Friends Book Shop. These purchases are a great way to support a library that I love. --Jewel
The Longmont Library is a terrific community resource. But so much of what it offers the community depends on the financial contributions of its Friends. Using the revenues from its thoughtfully-organized book sales, the Friends can enable the Library to provide amazing programs, services and patron resources outside its budget constraints. --Jim England
A few of the things the Friends currently fund:
• ALL children/teen programs
• All of the adult lifelong learning programs
• Library Computers
• Discovery Passes: Free Entrance Passes to numerous museums, galleries, adventures and experiences throughout Colorado
• A Library of Things: WiFi Hotspots, Telescopes, Ukeleles, Projectors and more!
Mission
The Friends of the Longmont Library are a group of volunteers who love the Library! Everything we do benefits our Library!
Our goal is to promote the Library and literacy in whatever ways we can!
Background Statement
The Friends of the Longmont Library was founded as a non-profit organization in 1984. It is our mission to support the programs and services provided by the Library with direct financial contributions.
In order to accomplish this goal, we collect donated books and have four book sales a year as well as continuous sales at the Lobby Book Shop where quality books are available whenever the Library is open.
The Friends was established by a small, but dedicated group of library patrons who wanted to support both programs and purchase of books for the library. Over the past 30+ years this group of supporters has grown to over 400 members, many of whom spend hours each month sorting, categorizing and preparing for the sales held each year. In the last fiscal year, money raised by the Friends from dues, donations, and book sales funded $62,000.00 of the library's needs. Indeed, a significant number of the teen and children's programs are funded by the Friends each year, as well as adult programs which cannot be supported by the city's budget.
The City of Longmont has provided the Friends with space at the library for sorting and storage of books received as donations for a number of years, as well as space for our lobby sales. However, the time is approaching when we will outgrow the space provided and must consider alternatives. We challenge the community of readers to help us continue our mission by supporting the Friends of the Longmont Library through Colorado Gives Day and the Community First Foundation.
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Organization Data
Longmont, CO 80501