Friends of the Phelan Memorial Library

09/23/2021

Great News! The FOL in Phelan nearly had to close up shop due to lack of members and a complete board. At a special meeting last night we had 5 visitors and found a new president.

Please check back on our page for our next meeting date. We are looking for book loving community members to help us grow our membership and share the value of a community library.

02/24/2020

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02/21/2020

Friends of the Phelan Memorial Library Wants YOU

Friends of the Library are local residents and business members of a community who value public library service. They work as a membership and collectively believe that their library is one of the key elements that make their community a wonderful place to live.

Some 17 years ago the Serrano Friends of the Library was formed to support the joint-use county library branch housed in Serrano High School. In 2008, when the plan to build a stand alone library was announced, the friends group grew and worked to raise funds to provide books and materials to fill our wonderful new Phelan Memorial Library. They raised $25,000 that was matched by our County Supervisor and our new library opened with full shelves.

In those 17+ years the members have become grandparents and great grandparents and today fresh energy and ideas are needed to carry on with this important effort. Our mission includes promoting library events, raising funds to help purchase supplies and fund special events, managing our used book store and conducting book sales, supporting Summer Reading Programs for children and young adults, recruiting volunteers and increasing public awareness of library needs.

If you have talents in social media, we need you. If you believe that books open the world for the reader, we need you. If you just retired and want to use your skill set and support your community, we need you. If you are young and want to add some community service to your resume, we need you. If you enjoy spending time with like minded people who treasure public libraries, we need you and all those mentioned above to help our Friends of the Phelan Memorial Library continue to pursue our mission into the future.

11/03/2015

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The Friends help support the Phelan Library with activities, fundraisers, and other promotionals all in the name of reading.

11/03/2015

Join us this saturday for Mystery Theater. November 7,2015 from 7;00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. doors open at 6:30
What a great way to support your library and enjoy a fun night out with friends. Tickets on sale now at the library- presale tickets are $12 and a limited number available at the door for $15

09/01/2015

The Friends help support the Phelan Library with activities, fundraisers, and other promotionals all in the name of reading.

09/01/2015

We have some exciting programs coming up soon at your Phelan Memorial Library. Save the date for November 7,2015 as your Friends of the Phelan Memorial Library will be hosting our fall fundraiser- details coming soon

06/04/2015

This Saturday kicks off the 2015 Summer Reading Program. Come on out receive incentives throughout the program just for reading. Don't forget to ask for a calendar of events.

05/28/2015

It's almost here! This Saturday, May 30th is the day for the FOTPL Book Sale ~ 9am -2pm at the Phelan Memorial Library. Remember, early birds find the best books.

12/04/2014

Tonight is the night for holiday fun! Now that the rain and fog has subsided, it will be a perfect afternoon to visit the library!

01/11/2014

Sit, Stay, Read, formerly WAGS, resumes in January. Join us today, 1/11/14 at 10 am for this wonderful program where you can practice your reading skills on a nonjudgemental listener: dogs! Therapy dogs come into our library to listen to you read, and boy do they love hearing stories.