The Friends of the Flint Memorial Library, Inc. is a volunteer organization which provides vital fundraising and programming support to the Flint Memorial Library. Support for programming offered at the Library includes museum passes, the summer reading programs, and funds for special events and programming that are not included in the library's annual budget.
| Join The Friends today!: Friends Membership Form |
New members are always welcome. Your membership, assistance,
and active participation will help the Friends to support and augment
the Flint Memorial Library's outstanding services in our community.
We thank you for our consideration and generous support!
How To Contact the Friends:
Friends of the Flint Memorial Library, Inc.
P.O. Box 576
North Reading, MA 01864-1458
Library Phone:(978) 664-4942 Fax: (978)
664-0812
A concert for all ages presented
by David Polansky, Monday, June 13, 2011--
from animal songs to show tunes.
Listen to an interview with David Polansky on
North Reading Patch.com.
Past Annual Meeting Programs
Fumito Nunoya gave a beautiful marimba concert Monday, June 14, 2010.
He has been hailed as "magnetic...impressive," by the Houston Chronicle.
Monday, June 1, 2009, 7PM -- The Secret World of Bubbles.
Familes enjoyed a fascinating evening
of soap bubble art with
Keith Michael Johnson.
Jim Parks, of Wingmasters, presented a program on Birds of Prey
the June 9, 2008.
Fiddler Doug Lamey and
singer/guitarist Cliff McGann
entertained over 60 people on
June 4,
2007.
Writers Karen Propp, Jean Tontine, and Kathleen Aguero
read their essays collected in in the book, Why I'm Still Married,
Monday, June 6, 2006.
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Or watch for weekly updates on the library's Facebook page. 
The Friends proudly support Wowbrary!
Summer Raffle Winner
Congratulations to Nolan Stimpson and his family!!
Tickets $2 each or 3 for $5
Contents:
Keurig B-40 Quiet Brew
$100 Gift certificate to Burtons Grill
Five boxes of 24 K-cups
2 coffee mugs
Biscotti
- The Friends are offering two notecards, a watercolor, "When the Trolley Rolled Past the Flint" and a winter library scene. The watercolor was donated by local artist
Don Doyle. A larger reproduction is also available. For more information about Don Doyle, please visit his website.
North Reading photographer Meg Robertson donated this winter library scene for a notecard. Meg's favorite subject is the beauty of New England. She has shown her work and received awards at shows in the local area.
Prints and notecards are available for purchase at the Circulation Desk. Prices range from $6.00 for for five notecards to $20.00 for a matted and framed print of Don Doyle's watercolor. All proceeds go to support programs and materials for the library.
- Click here for a selection of programs and materials the friends have funded in recent years.
- The Friends have adopted an island on the corner of Haverhill and Chestnut Streets. Please be sure to take a look at the island the next time you drive by.
- Book Bags are here! Support the Friends! Bags are
$12.00 each. They make great gifts any time of year!
- Look for the Friends at the
North Reading
Historical and Antiquarian Society
Apple Festival
every September!
The Friends had a table at the 5th Annual
Holiday Light Festival in November 2010.
- Book Sales
- Look for the Friends at the Apple Festival every September!
- The Friends regularly sponsor events throughout the year.
To learn about upcoming events, please here.
Throughout the year, the Friends provide help to the library by sponsoring special events, exhibits, and ongoing programs for the North Reading community. Some of these events include:
- "Friends Expanding Horizons" A series of cultural and educational programs throughout the year for both adults and children. Find out about events.
- Friends Annual Meeting, early June, each year--always a special family event
- An Evening Drop-In Book Group, the first Tuesday of each month
- Events and discussions for North Reading Reads 2011
- Children's Summer Reading Program
- Art Exhibits
- Museum Passes
- President: Adrienne Callahan
- Vice-President: Joanne Hays
- Treasurer: Jean Osborn
- Secretary: Claudette Thompson
Flint Memorial Library and the Friends are now participating in a program called Amazon Associates. When you purchase anything (anything!) by connecting to Amazon from the home page or the Friends page, Amazon sends the Friends a rebate of approximately 4% of the purchase price. So if you link to Amazon from the library website and buy $100 of sporting goods, jewelry, books, or DVDs the library and Friends would get a rebate of $4.00.
This is an easy way to support the library. Whenever you are buying gifts or something for yourself, try a search on Amazon from the library website first! We thank you.
This money will be used to support library programs, including
programs for children, teens, speakers, museum passes and other
library needs.
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The Friends are grateful
for the support of the local business community.
We hope you will support your local businesses. The library has been a
member of the Reading-North Reading
Chamber of Commerce since 2001.
| Ameriprise Financial-Geoffrey Simons | |
| Andrea's House of Pizza | |
| Burtons Grill | |
| Century 21 Spindler and O'Neil | |
| Comcast | |
| DiFranza Designs, Steve DiFranza | |
| Don Doyle, Artist: Nancy Parsons, Producer | |
| Good Day Flowers | |
| Keurig | |
| Mass 1 Auto Body | |
| Museum Tech, Michael Callahan | |
| NORCAM | |
| North Reading Transcript | |
| Pepperidge Farm | |
| Reading Cooperative Bank | |
| The Savings Bank | |
| UPS Store | |
| White Mountain Graphics | |
| Winter Hill Bank |
Spring 2012 Book Sale: Friends' Night, Thursday, May 3, 5-8PM; Friday, May 4, 4-8PM; Saturday, May 5, 9AM-3PM.
Fall 2012 Book Sale: Friends' Night, Thursday, November 1, 5-8PM; Friday, November 2, 4-8PM; Saturday, November 3, 9AM-3PM.
The Friends have partnered with Big Hearted Books of Foxboro. Look for the donation bins in the library parking lot and at Eastgate Plaza.
The Friends welcome your donations of good-condition books,CDs, DVDs, VHS, records, and cassettes for the upcoming Book Sale. Please drop them in the bin or call Big Hearted Books:
1-508-203-9483 for pick-up.
The Books Sales have historically served many purposes -- as a fundraiser for the Friends primarily, but also as a social gathering where people can stock up on reading material for all ages. The Friends have always been dependent on the generosity of the townspeople who donate books in great quantities. It's all a wonderful example of green recycling. These books have many lives. They give pleasure to all their owners, past, present and future.
None of this will change, but this new partnership with Big Hearted Books will enhance the presentation of materials at the Books Sales and allow a venue to sell some donations online, maximizing the profits received from donations.
