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Friends of the Greenburgh Library Book Sale Continues Sunday and Monday

Lots of fantastic books are still available for purchase at very low prices.

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The following notice was sent out to residents, officials and staff from Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner:

The Friends of the Greenburgh Library will be holding their annual book sale today and tomorrow at the library. A number of people who attended the event yesterday advised told me that there are fantastic books available for purchase at very low prices.

I hope to see you at the library this afternoon. The following was posted on the Friends website and highlights some of the great things the Friends do for our community.

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PAUL FEINER

Friends of the Greenburgh Library

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End of Year Report 2012-2013 June 1, 2012 – May 31, 2013

This past year has been a busy one for the Friends!

Membership continues to rise – we now have more than 580 paid members (many of them Lifetime members!).Book Store income continues to increase – we are averaging $850 - $900 per month. Total Book Store income was $27,330, expenses $8,900Book Sale income was a record $16,243 and expenses were lower than previous sales at $9,170The Friends have disbursed nearly $18,000 to the Library. These funds were used for a wide variety of programming: Friends sponsored a total of 290 programs, with total attendance of 4,934. My favorite is Musical Munchkins – Friends sponsored 12 sessions, attended by 585 children!!This spring, the Friends created a new budget line for Library Staff Professional Development. To date, we have funded nearly $1,000 for staff members to attend and participate in continuing educational programming related to their positions at GPL.In April, the Friends conducted a Library Week survey. Results were most interesting: 650 surveys were taken; 57% responding were from Greenburgh; nearly 175 come once a week and 100 twice a week. Reasons for coming to the Library range from use of our resources to just finding a quiet place to read or work.Our web site was launched: friendsofthegreenburghlibrary.org Please check it out!Our email was also activated: friendsgpl@aol.com – please contact us with your questions and suggestions.

If you have an interest in serving as a Store/Saleteer, or becoming a member of our Board, please contact me through our email.

Thank YOU for your support this year! None of this would have happened without you.

Linda Karesh, President

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