For those who love working with books, visiting the library and supporting their community, joining Gloucester County Friends of the Library is a great way to stay involved and help provide literacy and educational programming for people of all ages. The group is currently seeking new members to take part in its efforts.
“It just helps to enhance the mission of the library,” said Chris Thomas, treasurer of Friends of the Library, about the organization.
The Friends of the Library raises money through its bookstore, located at Gloucester County Public Library’s Main Street Center, to help fund literacy and educational programming for the community, staff training opportunities and materials for both library branches.
The group also helped with the funding for last year’s renovation at the Main library. Members even raised enough funds to purchase an interactive computer table for the children’s area.
“It’s really a yearly membership,” said Thomas.
Once per year, new and returning member...