Changes in 2006
2006 will see several changes for the Friends. The most important change is that there will now be three book sales per year in order to help move along the amount of books that are donated. The new book sale schedule is tentatively set as the last weekend of January, the first weekend of June and the last weekend of September.
In addition, we are raising our prices to $1.50 per inch of books. Sunday's Bag Days will remain at $5 a bag of book. We are also raising the membership fee of Patron to $30 and of Life to $300. Individual and Family memberships will remain at $5 and $10 respectively.
Book Sale
The next book sale will be held on:
January 27th to
January 29th
(Watch for flyer!)
Friends' Tattler: Winter 2005
October Book Sale: Thank Yous
The October Book Sale netted over $6,600 for the Milpitas Community Library. This money is made available entirely through the efforts of volunteers. We are grateful to the following individuals who volunteered their time during this book sale:
Diane Davis, Margie Stephens, Judy Duffy, Melanie McInerney, Annell Spencer, Melissa Louie, Bessie Louie, Nonie Veccia, Cindy Maxwell, Charisse Iglesias, S.K. Khurana, Eli Yani, Natalie Johnson, Bernice Tate, Alyssa Wong, Amy Weng, Sue Lapsys, Anh Ton, An Tran, Susan Cox, Dilip, Brandon Nguyen, Long Ngo, Tuong Lau, Seema Riyat, Carl, Jessica Yung, Kathleen Kwok, and Brandon Trinh.
If you wish to join this group of volunteers, call the library at 262-1171 and leave your name and phone number so a member of FOML can contact you. You may also sign up to volunteer at a specific book sale by contacting the Adult Reference Desk and placing your name on the list to help.
Changes in 2006
Money that you spend at book sales goes back into the library. Programs the Friends has helped fund over the past year:
- Adult Programming (Author programs, book discussion groups, speakers): ~$5,500
- Young Adult Programming (Movie programs, summer reading club, poetry slams): ~$2,000
- Children's Programming (Summer reading club, guest performers at story times, craft programs): ~$15,000
- Library Supplies (lights, kick stools, color printer/software, CD repair machine, etc.): ~$5,800
- Children's Area Mural: ~$1,500