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The Friends of the Berryville Library spent the week of Oct. 15-23 celebrating the 18th annual National Friends of Libraries Week.
The Friends of the Berryville Library, originally established in the 1980s but reconstituted in 2017 after a long period of dormancy, has grown to more than 185 individual and business members. Registered as a 501(c)(3) organization in 2020, the Friends launched the Berryville Library Building Project in April 2021 with the goal of raising $3.5 million by 2025 to build a new 10,000-squarefoot library. To date, $2.8 million has been raised.
“We’re so excited about the tremendous success the Friends have had over the past few years,” said Friends president Shirley Rash. “The Friends not only raise money for a new library but also work on other projects that assist the library with more immediate needs. We’ve helped pay for mobile hotspots and other programming and technological needs the library has. Help us help the library by joining and volunteering with us.”
Other officers of the Friends of the Berryville Library are vice president Elaine Floyd, secretary Mike Ellis, treasurer Karen Johnson and historian Carol Ann Engskov, Historian. Rebecca Jones, Peggy Lodewyks, Eddie Usrey and library director Julie Hall also sit on the Friends board.
As part of the annual celebration of the Friends, Mayor Tim McKinney issued a proclamation during the Oct. 17 Berryville City Council meeting recognizing National Friends of the Library Week and the work the Berryville Friends do.
“The Friends are an incredibly important group,” Hall said. “The support we receive from our Friends allows the library to provide many more programs and services for our community than we would be able to do without an active Friends group. Please join the Friends of the Berryville Library today.”
Please contact the Berryville Library at 870-423-2323 or visit berryvillelibrary. org/ friends to learn more about the Friends and how you can join.
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