Friends of the Library

Our group supports the programs and collection of International Falls Public Library in many ways.  We sponsor special events for children, adults, seniors, and families.  We raise funds to purchase equipment and materials outside the normal library budget.  The Friends also work to enhance and increase awareness of library programs and services.

Recent Activities

• Provide books and magazines to readers at the Food Shelf, the Servants of Shelter sites, and to those living at the Falls Good Samaritan Center
• Support Family Night every Tuesday during the school year which offers a craft project for kids and parents to make together
• Create “You Can Read!” for graduates of first grade, each student selects a book to take home with a library card application enclosed
• Host a monthly book sale, providing the community with a monthly opportunity to shop for book bargains, netting the Friends $1479.50
• Host Project Bookshelf, giving every child in Head Start and Early Head Start a book
• Bring regional authors to speak about their books, in 2009 we met:
  • John Fort, author of Fur Bearer
  • Frank Maraj, author of Snapshots: a Life Revisited
  • Dennis Weidemann, author of This Water Goes North
• T-shirt children (175 in 2009) who read at least 10 hours during summer reading
• Give prizes for the summer teen reading program, in 2009 44 teens read 515 books
• Establish the adult summer reading program that drew 73 participants in 2009
• Continue Books for Babies for those born at Falls Memorial Hospital
• Purchased a digital picture frame to showcase library events and local photographers
• Hosted Bremer grantees at a breakfast in the atrium
• Participated in the first online charitable donation campaign of www.giveMN.org

How To Join

Download this Adobe PDF form, print it, fill it out, and mail it to the Library.

Friends of the Library Membership form

Donations