Happy New Year! I am honored and grateful to have been elected president of the Friends at our annual meeting last November. The Friends is an amazing group of committed, talented, and often long-serving volunteers devoted to our library and community. I’ve been volunteering at the Friends for over two years, but I’m still learning everything that’s involved in this role. Our last president, Robin Olivier, accomplished so much during her tenure and has been helping me get up to speed. At the same meeting, Sue Israel joined the Board of Directors as At-Large Director, replacing Wayne Ainsworth. Welcome, Sue and thanks much Wayne!
Thanks to our members and other shoppers, our December Book Sale was the best ever. We didn’t raise our sale prices, so that means shoppers bought more books, CDs, DVDs, puzzles and games! To make the sale successful, approximately 50 volunteers were involved in planning, marketing, hauling over 400 boxes of books from storage, managing the layout and sale of all the items, and cleaning up afterward. Amazing, and whew! Thanks everyone!
We have another busy year ahead of us, taking in and cleaning donations and triaging the items to the bookstore or this year’s three book sales. We continue to need newer fiction books, so please think of us when you want to pass them along!
Our main purpose is to support the Castro Valley Library and many of its programs, including this year’s programs across all ages, CV Reads, and Storywalk. We will also continue to increase our support to literacy programs and educational scholarships.
The new year means that it is time to renew your membership if you haven’t already. You may do so at our bookstore or online. Your membership dues are the foundation of our annual budget and allow us to sponsor
by Scott Morgan