Friends of the Library Foundation

About

The Friends of the Cape Girardeau Public Library Foundation is an organization of people interested in CGPL and its services. They sponsor activities that focus positive public attention on the library; encourage the use of the library’s materials and services; encourage gifts, bequests, and endowments to the library; and lend support in the development of library facilities and services for the community.

Mission and Objectives

The mission of the Friends Foundation is to assist the library by promoting its mission of information-gathering experiences through social interaction, programming, technology, and the written word. The Friends develop and encourage community involvement through fundraising, outreach, and volunteer services.

The Friends Foundation has four objectives:

  1. To raise funds to support and enhance library services;
  2. To act as trustee for the receipt, management, investment, disbursement and/or disposal of monies, goods, or other effects received by the Friends, by way of gift or other means, for the general or specific use or benefit of the library;
  3. To raise and promote public awareness of the library’s activities and services to assure community appreciation of the value of the library and its contributions, resulting in the   library being the community’s first choice for social interaction and information gathering;
  4. To provide volunteer services and support for the library.

Upcoming Events

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EARLY ACCESS - Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Hirsch Community Rooms
Library Branch: CGPL
Room: Hirsch Community Rooms
Age Group: Youth, Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Book Sale
Event Details:
Fill up your shelves with fresh fiction, nonfiction, sci-fi, romance, political selections, cookbooks, children’s books, CDs, DVDs, audiobooks, and everything in between at the Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale here at the Cape Girardeau Public L...
This event is in the "Youth" group.
This event is in the "Babies & Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Children" group.
This event is in the "Tweens" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Seniors" group.

Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Hirsch Community Rooms
Library Branch: CGPL
Room: Hirsch Community Rooms
Age Group: Youth, Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Book Sale
Event Details:
Fill up your shelves with fresh fiction, nonfiction, sci-fi, romance, political selections, cookbooks, children’s books, CDs, DVDs, audiobooks, and everything in between at the Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale here at the Cape Girardeau Public L...
This event is in the "Youth" group.
This event is in the "Babies & Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Children" group.
This event is in the "Tweens" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Seniors" group.

Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale

8:00am - 5:00pm
Hirsch Community Rooms
Library Branch: CGPL
Room: Hirsch Community Rooms
Age Group: Youth, Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Book Sale
Event Details:
Fill up your shelves with fresh fiction, nonfiction, sci-fi, romance, political selections, cookbooks, children’s books, CDs, DVDs, audiobooks, and everything in between at the Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale here at the Cape Girardeau Public L...
This event is in the "Youth" group.
This event is in the "Babies & Toddlers" group.
This event is in the "Children" group.
This event is in the "Tweens" group.
This event is in the "Teens" group.
This event is in the "Adults" group.
This event is in the "Seniors" group.

Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale

1:00pm - 5:00pm
Hirsch Community Rooms
Library Branch: CGPL
Room: Hirsch Community Rooms
Age Group: Youth, Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Book Sale
Event Details:
Fill up your shelves with fresh fiction, nonfiction, sci-fi, romance, political selections, cookbooks, children’s books, CDs, DVDs, audiobooks, and everything in between at the Friends of the Library Fall Book Sale here at the Cape Girardeau Public L...

Friends Foundation Membership

The Friends Foundation raises funds through Book Sales, Membership Drives, and Special Events to support and enhance Library services, acts as trustee for Foundation assets, raises public awareness of the Library, and provides volunteer services to the Library. The Friends Foundation has provided decades of funding support for summer reading programs, special events and services for children and adults, technology upgrades for public computers, and additional materials and resources that fall outside of the Library’s operating budget.

An annual Friends Family Membership is available for as little as $20/year (January-December), includes all family members residing at the stated address, and assures “Friends-Only” early access to all book sales during the first evening of the sale. Additional benefits for the four levels of membership are:

  • $5 in Friends Bucks per year for use at the book sales
  • Subscription to Friends Newsletters
  • “Friends-Only” early access to book sales
  • $5 in Friends Bucks per year for use at the book sales
  • Subscription to Friends Newsletters
  • “Friends-Only” early access to book sales
  • $15 paperback added to Library collection in your name 
  • $10 in Friends Bucks per year for use at the book sales
  • Subscription to Friends Newsletters
  • “Friends-Only” early access to book sales
  • $25 hardback or ebook added to Library collection in your name 
  • $15 in Friends Bucks per year for use at the book sales
  • Subscription to and annual recognition in Friends Newsletters
  • “Friends-Only” early access to book sales
  • $50 toward the addition to the Library collection of both an adult and children’s book in your name 
  • Addition of a 1-inch “Book of Distinction” spine to the Lobby Donor Wall

Friends of the Library Board

Mary McClary

President

Karen Atwood

Vice President

Tammy Sessoms

Secretary/Treasurer

Julie Antill

Board Member

Linda Burns

Board Member

Cherie Henson

Board Member

Diane Jamieson

Board Member

Ann Milam

Board Member

Carol Reimann

Board Member