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Welcome!

The Friends of the Selinsgrove Community Library is a non-profit organization, established in 2003, of community members who believe that good libraries are essential to the cultural and economic well-being of our community.  We are independent and separate from the library board of trustees, but work in close cooperation with the library staff and board to improve and promote the library.  We focus public attention on library services and activities, strengthen and expand library services and supplement library funding, allowing for special collections, services, materials and programs that would not otherwise be possible.  We also include all branches of the Snyder County Libraries in many of our gifts of support.  Volunteers are always needed and heartily welcomed!  Come on down.  Get involved with other motivated people who share a common interest in making our library the best that it can be.

Library Funding 2010-11

Regrettably, the Pennsylvania Legislature has passed a 2010-11 state budget in which the Public Library Subsidy has been cut yet again, down to $54,549,000, a reduction of 9.1%.  Library supporters statewide had been requesting that the legislature increase the Public Library Subsidy by 5% (which was cut 20.8% in 2009-10), and increase funding to Library Access, especially the POWER library electronic resources, by $3,000,000 (cut 73% last year).  Click here for a 3 year comparison of Library Appropriations for Pennsylvania.  If you wish to print this spread sheet, please go to the File command at the top of your screen, click on Print, click on Properties and click on  Landscape to get the proper orientation for printing.

Our Friends group will continue our fundraising efforts to assist the library as much as possible in this time of severely reduced state funding.  See some of our fundraisers shown below!

Bob Evans Fundraiser
Savory Summer Saturdays!

Thanks to Bob Evans restaurant in Shamokin Dam for supporting Friends of the Selinsgrove Community Library with this wonderful fundraiser.  Bring in a slip on Saturday and Bob Evans will donate 15% of the sale to our Friends group.  Funds raised go to support Snyder County Libraries.

Click here for the Bob Evans slip


Quilt Raffle 2010

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Click here for more information on Quilt Raffle 2010


2010 Crock - Selinsgrove Speedway
65th Anniversary

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For Order Form click here
For details click here


Tree Fest of Children's Books

2010 - Seventh Annual
click here for details
click here for decorators brochure

2009 - Sixth Annual
click here for wrap-up report
2009 Virtual Tour - click here


  
2009 Dauntless Bucket Crock
 Honoring Our Fire Companies



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Available without preordering at Circulation Desk at Selinsgrove Library
 

 

We hope that you’ll renew your current membership or become a new member in 2009. We’re sure that you will be proud of the way your membership will help to enhance the Snyder County Libraries. Forms available at the Library or below (click on Membership Brochure to print the brochure with the membership form).  Learn more about Friends.

We are honored and grateful for generous donations Friends received in 2009.  We were pleased as well that several people chose to acknowledge and honor others by way of a donation to Friends of the Selinsgrove Community Library in a family's or individual's name.  These honoraria are also very much appreciated. 

Membership Brochure

Friends of the Selinsgrove Community Library
P. O. Box 112
Selinsgrove, PA  17870

Questions:
Contact Patty Gaugler
374-8871
pattyg@evenlink.com

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