Friends of the Library

Volunteers from a broad range of backgrounds brought the Woodstock Library into existence. This community pool of spirited workers has been replenished with each generation. After the change to public library status, The Friends Of The Library of Woodstock, New York, Inc. was formally organized in May, 1990, and incorporated four months later. This all-volunteer group sponsors events for raising funds, such as the Library Fair, and the Book Sale, and also supports programs of community interest as the Forum. Volunteers celebrate the freedom to use their time as they choose. The Library offers its own inviolable freedoms: to read and to view and to hear recorded expression of the human mind. The Library volunteers are rewarded by knowing that they help to perpetuate this service, unmatched elsewhere. Contributions are indispensable to the Library's well-being. Perhaps the most appreciated are gifts of money and bequests, which provide support for lasting improvements of the Library property and the enhancement of services to the public. Funds may be donated for a designated purpose, and as a memorial to a loved one if the benefactor so desires. If the donor gives money for new books, a memorial bookplate may be inserted. Another form of contribution is made by the hundreds of people who offer saleable objects for the annual Library Fair. Others donate books from their own homes for the Fair and for the Library's benefit book sales. Donations may be brought to the Library or sent to: Friends of the Library Woodstock Library 5 Library Lane Woodstock, New York 12498 Phone: (845) 679-2213