The Friends of the Daland Memorial Library are a group of people joined together by interest in and concern for the well-being of the library, who express this through annual donations and/or by volunteering their time and talent.
The current officers and volunteers for 2023 are:
Meg Baker, President
Mary Katherine McNamara, Vice President
Lynne Coghlin, Secretary
Kris Goodrich, Treasurer
Amy Wyman, Newsletter
Christina Slosek, Publicity
Membership
Anyone may join the Friends! Annual membership is on a calendar year, January to December but you may join at any time. The Friends host a variety of fundraisers, the primary being the Annual Book and Plant Sale on Spring Gala Day in May. Funds raised plus membership dues help support programs, activities, and support the library gardens. Annual dues start at FRIEND $15; SPONSOR for $25; DONOR for $50; and LIFETIME FRIEND is $250. New members are ALWAYS welcome. Please consider joining this active group of volunteers. Members receive a subscription to our monthly newsletter. Membership forms are available in every newsletter and at the library or you may click MEMBERSHIP FORM for a printable version to mail or drop of to the library. The Friends are also accepting payments by VENMO at @Sophia-Daland last 4 digits: 0822.
Meetings
The Friends meet on the fourth Monday of every month (except July and December) at 7:00pm at the library. Meetings are open to the public.
Newsletter
The Friends of the Library produce a monthly newsletter. You can now choose to be notified by email when the newsletter is posted rather than receive a paper copy. The newsletter includes upcoming activities, minutes from the monthly meeting, town news and lists of new books and other materials at the Library. Check the What’s happening? tab for a link to read the newsletter.
Activities
Through fundraising, the Friends support a variety of library programs including the children’s summer reading program, library passes to five area museums, treats for Trick-or-Treaters who visit the library on Halloween, welocme books for the “Books for Babies’ program, and funding for all of the Junior Book Clubs. The Friends also sponsor a variety of adult programs including NH Humanities to Go programs, senior programing, and the maintenance and enhancement of the library gardens. Members are encouraged to bring new ideas to the meetings to help support the library.
