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Friends of the Saint Clair Shores Public Library

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The Friends of the St. Clair Shores Public Library sponsor a variety of activities designed to enrich your library experience. Its efforts support the St.

Monies raised by the Friends help provide additional, value-added opportunities for patrons of the Saint Clair Shores Public Library. The Friends of the Saint Clair Shores Public Library is a not-for-profit organization run by a voluntary Board of Directors. Clair Shores Public Library but it is neither governed by the library nor any city or government agency. Likewise the content of this page is

posted independently by Friends' volunteers to promote Friends fundraising and enrichment activities. We encourage people to "Like" our page and our posts as well as to comment and share useful information. We believe in freedom of speech and respect diversity of opinion. We do, however, have a few simple rules we will apply out of respect for all of those who visit and/or "like" our page:
No name calling; No profanity; No advertising or spam; No duplicate postings. As a general rule, if you wouldn't say it to your grandmother or to your clergy person, please don't say it here otherwise we may need to delete or hide a comment. Recent Contributions
Purchase of Fiction Books
Library’s 75th Anniversary
Adult Enrichment Lectures
Touch-screen Computers for Children’s Library
Computer for Self-Checkout
Large Print Books
Book Discussion Group
Copy Machines
Prizes for Library Contests
Contribute to Children and Teen Halloween Party
Macomb Reading Partners - Books
Poetry Program
Book Page Subscriptions
Children’s and Adults Summer Reading Program

Past Contributions
Save Our Library Campaign
Macomb Reading Program - Tutoring
Memorial Garden
Contributed seed money for non-print books,
music CD’s, audio books, and Blu-Ray DVD’s
Furniture and Displays for Adult and
Children’s Area such as puppets, alphabet rug
Encyclopedias, Literacy Classics and Popular
Series for the Youth Services Department
Library’s 50th Anniversary Celebration

08/24/2026

📚Where are all our Bookish friends?

📚Broncos & Books, Thursday, October 8th, 3:00 - 6:30pm at Roy O'Brien Ford.

📚A FUNDRAISER for the Friends of the Saint Clair Shores Public Library, St. Clair Shores Public Library.

🚗For every test drive taken, will donate $30, up to $6,000 to the Friends of the Library. We could earn $6,000 for the library! How cool is that!

📚Plus…we will have a Book Fair going on in the dealership delivery room. The Cheesecake Shoppe & Cafe, various childrens and adult authors, Circare, four808 store , bookmark making station and author Lindsay Gizicki from Hank a Roo Readings and so much more!

📚🚗Whether you’re in the market for a new Ford vehicle, love to read or just want to support our amazing community library…this event is for you!

🚨Save The Date!🚨

08/21/2026

🏃‍♂️🐕 Meet the Author Event Announcement! 🏃‍♂️🐕

Join author Dion Leonard for a captivating event as he presents the main edition of his New York Times bestselling book, Finding Gobi. This inspiring, true story chronicles Dion’s journey during a grueling 155-mile ultra-marathon across the Gobi Desert in China, where he met a small stray dog named Gobi. What started as a chance encounter quickly turned into a life-changing bond, as Gobi became Dion's steadfast companion, matching his stride every step of the way to the finish line.

When the race ended, Gobi went missing, sparking a nationwide search to reunite the two. This incredible story of determination, love, and loyalty is sure to captivate readers of all ages and is perfect for animal lovers and adventure enthusiasts alike.

At this special library event on Saturday, October 24th at 1pm, Dion will share the unforgettable tale of his and Gobi’s journey, the search to bring Gobi home, and the deep bond they share. Finding Gobi is a truly moving story that will inspire anyone who has ever loved an animal or pursued a dream.

Don’t miss this opportunity to meet Dion and Gobi, hear their story firsthand, and be inspired by their remarkable adventure.

This is a FREE event for all ages. Registration is required. To secure your spot, register by calling the library or via the events tab on the library website.

08/15/2026

Happy Citywide Garage Sale Weekend!! ⛵️

Major props to Cool City Committee - St. Clair Shores for organizing this event each year and putting in the work for all of the communications for all to enjoy. 😎

With that in mind as the weekend closes out tomorrow, we want everyone to know that the Friends of the SCS Public Library are accepting puzzle and game donations to sell as a fundraiser at the Lac Ste Clair Art Fair in September.

If you have extras leftover that you would like to purge, please contact Doreen Lawrence, our President of the Friends via email at [email protected] or cell at (248) 635-3146.

PLEASE DO NOT DROP OFF ANY DONATIONS AT THE LIBRARY. The library is not yet open to the public and not equipped to manage donations. We appreciate anyone's generosity to support the Friends and our future library programming and initiatives.

08/06/2026

📚 The Friends volunteered and hosted a craft session with our summer playground program yesterday afternoon at Veterans Memorial Park.

In total, the kids made 99 chickens and 40 vases! Special thanks to Flipside Liquidation for a generous donation of flowers to place in the vases.

Be sure to come say hello to us at Touch-a-Truck next Tuesday in the library parking lot! 🚒

07/29/2026

The Friends of the Saint Clair Shores Public Library are holding another Dine to Donate Fundraiser; this time in partnership with the Leo's Coney Island at 23815 Jefferson in St. Clair Shores! Dine on Thursday, August 13th from 4-8 PM and 10% of all sales will be donated to help support our library remodeling needs!

07/20/2026

👋 Hey Friends! Join us at our next Dine to Donate at our local Leo's Coney Island on the Nautical Mile in SCS! 10% of all sales will be donated to help support library remodeling needs. Come say hey to some of our volunteers and let's get excited together for the anticipated announcement of the library reopening! These fundraisers have been extremely helpful to local businesses (especially Nautical Mile during construction) and as a way to continue to raise funds while the library has been closed. ⛵️

06/07/2026

⭐️ Thankful the rain stayed away today and enjoyed spending time at JuneFest talking to all of you about the Friends and providing children's books!! It's just a matter of time until the library reopens and we cannot wait to see you there again!! 💙

06/02/2026

⛵️ That is a wrap on our very special month of May as the Charity of the Month in the Snoopy Museum. A heartfelt thank you to Mike's on the Water for this opportunity; donations made for visiting the museum in May totaled to $2,718.90. 🤩 We really enjoyed interacting with patrons at the museum and building more awareness on our group that supports our amazing SCS Library!! ☀️

05/30/2026

We have just one more day here as a beneficiary of the Snoopy Museum donation at Mike's on the Water. It has been a wonderful month and we've enjoyed spending time here meeting fellow Snoopy fans and library supporters!! ⛵️ Thank you, Mike's on the Water!!

Address

22500 E 11 Mile Road
St. Clair Shores, MI
48081

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 9pm
Tuesday	9am - 9pm
Wednesday	9am - 9pm
Thursday	9am - 9pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+15867719020

Website

https://scsfriends.mailchimpsites.com/

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