Friends of the Library
Annual Book Sale
Be sure to stop by the library every other Monday starting March 31st, between 10:30 pm and 12:30 pm for the Friends’ bi-weekly Book Sorting Party! Enjoy coffee and baked goodies as we sort book donations by subject for our annual book sale. The library is accepting donations but remember– No text books or manuals please!
Letter from the Co-Presidents
Start your spring by actively joining the Friends of the Mendham Borough
Library. In the last year, this terrific group of dedicated
volunteers raised over $30,000 to buy all of the new books, DVDs
and other materials for the library.
There is a chance that you are a member of friends already!
If you have attended even one library fundraiser or made any donation
to the library in the last year, you are already a member of the
Friends. We welcome you to help us this year in planning our events
and bringing them to everyone in town.
All our
fundraisers are such enjoyable and successful events because of
wonderful volunteers. We would love to have you join this great
group of people; please call the library at 973 543 4152 to let us
know that you are interested.
Friends Officers: Click
here
to see the minutes from the last Friends meeting. For more information on becoming a Friend, pick
up a brochure on your next visit to the Library or click
here. (Please be patient while the file opens. To print the form, click
on the printer icon just above the flyer.)
Thank you all for your wonderful support of our annual
fundraiser held on Saturday, February 2nd at Mendham
Health and Racquet Club. Significant effort went into the
planning and hosting of our third Family Fun Night.
The evening was a huge success, enjoyed
by many Friends of the Library. Thank you for joining us.
According to a brief history, Mendham has been fortunate to maintain a
public library since 1797. Begun as the Mendham Library Company, transformed
into The Literary Club and the Book and Thimble Club, this generous and
supportive community has always made the library a top priority. The Book
and Thimble Club was so named because a member of the club would read while
others would sew items for a yearly bazaar that funded the library’s
collections.
Formed in the 1970s, the Friends of the Mendham Borough Library (our modern
day Book and Thimble Club) run friend and fund raising events that also go
directly to maintaining the library’s collections.
Help us continue these great Mendham traditions -- join the Friends today
and be an integral part of making these events memorable. The Friends are
actively looking for volunteers so please contact the library for more
information if you would like to help.
Co-President
- Laurie Beck
Co-President - Bridget Poole
Treasurer, Membership - JoAnn Peck
Recording Secretary - Beth Bierals
Corresponding Secretary - MaryAnn St. Jacques
Many thanks to our Friends of the Mendham Borough Library,
for all their hard work putting together
a wonderful Fall fundraiser. Steven and Mimi Sclafani
lent us their lovely home, and
Beth Beirals and her crew of
volunteers made it a great evening.
All proceeds from the party will be used to purchase
new items for the Library's collection.
In May, the Friends of the Mendham Borough Library coordinated a
Book and Bake Sale for the community. A special thanks goes out
to over 50 volunteers who dedicated their time to making this
year's event a
a wonderful success. These efforts not only raised twice as
much money as in 2006 to buy
books for our own library, but, at the end of the sale,
left over books were sent on to seniors in Mendham and Chester,
to local foster families, to the AAUW for their upcoming sale,
and to the North American Taiwanese Women's Association, who sends
the books to children's libraries in Taiwan.
