Alexander Friends of the Library
Purpose: The Alexander Friends of the Library shall strive:
- To support our community’s library through our time and treasure by encouraging gifts, bequests, and endowments,
- To maintain an association of persons interested in focusing public attention on libraries,
- To provide funding for materials, equipment, programs and facilities which are beyond the resources of the library’s budget, cooperate with the library in developing services and facilities for the community,
- and to provide volunteer help whenever needed.
Taylorsville 2025 Officers: Jennifer Beckham, President; Hazel Yoder, Vice President; Sheila Ellis, Secretary; Phil Whitaker, Treasurer; Members at Large: Bill Miller, Kristen Childers, and Dan Coulter.
Membership: is open to any individual who loves the library and wants to show that love by supporting the Alexander Friends of the Library!
Pick up a membership application at the circulation desk in the library. The month of January is Membership Month. Annual Membership is from February 1 – January 31.
Mail it in with your dues to Alexander Friends, PO Box 402, Taylorsville, NC 28681, or bring it by your local library.
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Scholarship: The Alexander Friends of the Library offer an annual $1,000 college scholarship to any Alexander County resident who is currently pursuing a degree, provided that individual has volunteered at the library in some capacity or has participated in activities (such as teen activities) on an ongoing basis. Application forms are available at the library from the circulation desk or by contacting alexcofriendslibrary@gmail.com. The counseling departments at ACHS and at the Alexander Early College also have copies of the application.
Meetings: The Alexander Friends (Taylorsville) meet four times a year, on the second Thursday of the month at the library in Taylorsville at 5:30pm.
Annual Book Sale:
October 2024
Newsletter:
Questions or suggestions? Contact us at AFOL@charter.net or alexcofriendslibrary@gmail.com