Friends of the Fortuna Library

Fortuna, California

Board of Trustees 2013-2014

President: Carol Kinser 1st Vice-President: Laura Clark 2nd Vice-President: Amy Samuelson Secretary: Hannah Lewis Treasurer: Dale Harris Director: Irma Silva Director: Louise Sierk Past President: Jane DeHaan Librarian: Chris Cooper

Friends of the Fortuna Library 753 Fourteenth Street Fortuna, CA 95540 - phone (707) 725-2931 E-mail: carol2931@live.com

Just Among Friends The Friends of the Fortuna Library Newsletter New Board 2012-2013 FFL Officers are (front row, l to r):  Dale Harris, Treasurer; Carol Kinser, President; Louise Sierk, Director; (back row, l to r): Judy Irvin, Director; Laura Clark, 1st Vice President; Sean Flynn, Secretary; and Jane DeHaan, Past President.   Not pictured: Amy Samuelson, second Vice President. Library Day 2013 The 12th annual Fortuna Library Day is Saturday, March 9. Activities will be held again at the Veterans Memorial Bldg. on Main Street.  A big used book sale opens at 10 a.m. and will continue through the dinner hour. Art by local students will be on display. Dinner will be served between 5 and 7 p.m.  Tickets for the dinner are available at the library or by calling 725-2070.  Purchase includes membership in FFL.   Previous Library Day book sale at River Lodge Library Day help needed If you able to help with the used book sale, please contact Dale Harris at 725-2963. Volunteers are needed to help set up on Friday afternoon (March 8) as well as on the day of the sale.   New web address   Please note that we have a new web address, thanks to the generosity of the Friends of the Redwood Libraries, which has provided a web home for branch Friends of the library groups.  Look for us at  www.eurekafrl.org/fortuna or by clicking the Friends link at the library home page. The Friends appreciate FRL's generous donation of time to maintain the web site. Something for everyone - It's not too late to Be a Friend! The Friends of Fortuna Library provide adult, children's and teen magazines, newspapers, music CDs and family videos, self-help resources, job enhancement information, adult literacy materials, new fiction and non-fiction in English and Spanish, plus activities for children, teens and adults, and much much more.... Your membership helps promote literacy, intellectual freedom, volunteerism, self-help, independence, and support for the library in our community.  If you weren't able to renew your membership through a Library Day ticket or donation, please take a moment to do it now. New members are always welcome, with no obligation to attend meetings. Thank you for all you do! Visit the Humboldt County Library website

Mission The Friends of the Fortuna Library is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and enhancing Fortuna's Memorial Library. Our revenues derive from book sales, donations and member support. We sponsor the Grandparents and Books program and the summer reading program for children. Meetings New members are welcome to attend monthly meetings, currently held at 9:30 A.M. on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Minutes and meeting dates are posted in the library.

Volunteers Needed: The Friends of the Fortuna Library need help in the following areas: Annual Book Sale Grandparents & Books Volunteering at the library Help with Fortuna Library Day Maintain web page Membership: Friends are very special to the Fortuna Library. Won't you join us by becoming a member? For more information, click here.

Updated March 3, 2013