Welcome

In the summer of 2004 a group of Fairmount citizens gathered together at the Fairmount Public Library to discuss community support for the Library. They decided that the time was right to organize for support of their community library.

From that meeting was formed the Friends of the Fairmount Public Library to support and encourage our community library and its benefits. This simple page is maintained by the Friends' former secretary for the benefit of the Friends and the general public.

Goals

Among the goals of the Friends is

• to bring the library to the public's attention;
• to encourage the use of the library's resources and services;
• to encourage help for the library in the form of gifts, endowments, and donations of time and talent; and
• to provide monetary assistance for special and unusual items which would be of great benefit to the library but which the library itself cannot purchase.

Meeting Times

The Friends meets in the back room of the Fairmount Public Library. Meetings are on the first Tuesday evening of every month at 6:30 p.m..

The Friends holds their Annual Meeting every first Saturday of December. Formerly held at the Fairmount Lions Club, the Annual Meeting is now at the new Fairmount Public Library. During this event new officers are elected and a guest author gives a presentation.

Membership

Individuals, families and businesses who support the goals of our community library are welcome to join the Friends. We welcome your support through your membership fee, your time and your talents to aiding our library, especially during its transition to new and better quarters.

For other forms of contribution please consult our by-laws.

Documents

To read the following documents you will need Adobe Reader, which is available for a wide variety of Web browsers, including those for handhelds.

By-Laws

Our by-laws were adopted on 7 May 2005 and amended on 2 December 2006 and 1 December 2007.

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