FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
"Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."
Mark Twain
LIBRARY HOURS
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Tuesday and Thursday
10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
SUMMER READING
Join us for a summer filled with mystery and adventure. Registration for the 2012 Texas Reading Club "Get a Clue!" begins Monday, June 4th. For program information and sponsors, visit our Summer Reading page.
Looking for a Good Book?
Check out the Texas Library Association's Reading Lists with book selections for children, teens, and adults.
2x2: Age 2 - Second Grade
Texas Bluebonnet Award: Third - Sixth Grade
Lone Star: Sixth - Eighth Grade
Tayshas: High School
Maverick: Graphic Novels
Lariat: Adult
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Did you know the Friends of the Library will deliver books and more right to your door? For anyone who is homebound and unable to visit the Library due to illness, age, or disability, a Friends member will schedule deliveries and pick-ups for you. The program offers books, large-print materials, audiobooks, and DVD's. For more information on how to set-up an appointment, visit our "Events & Programs" Page.
Hot off the Press!
Read Friends President Carolyn West's library news column before it hits the paper. Her latest feature is called "Sam Houston is Coming to Town"
Past Columns:
"And the Beat Goes On!!" - November 2011
"Portraits and Passions" - September 2011
"Dig, Dig, Digging!" - July 2011
"Mad About Science" - July 2011
"Just How Long is L-O-O-O-N-G???" - June 2011
"Everyone Needs a Little TLC" - June 2011
"Hot Diggity Dog" - March 2011
"Art in Bloom" - February 2011
Welcome to the Friends of the Rains County Public Library, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. We devote our time to raising funds for library collections and creating educational and cultural outreach programs which impact the community. Our Friends group is steadily growing, and we are always looking for enthusiastic volunteers to strengthen our advocacy efforts.
The Kitchen Daughter
Jael McHenry, author - April 2012
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens, author - March 2012
The mission of the Friends of Rains County Public Library is to support our library through volunteering, fundraising, and programming in order to improve our library's service to Rains County and the state of Texas by:
- Implementing and maintaining the development of WOW (Words on Wheels) for homebound residents of Rains County.
- Recruiting local businesses as sponsors.
- Hosting author programs and at least two literary events to generate interest in literature.
- Installing and implementing an audio visual system in the Meadows Cultural Center.
- Supporting renovation efforts to upgrade the library's appearance and functionality.
- Forming a teen board to generate an ongoing Teen Program.
- Developing and implementing a user-friendly Friends' Web site that links the sites of Rains County, the City of Emory, the Rains County Public Library, and the Chamber of Rains County.
- Continuing the workforce resource program to improve education and employment in the community with a spring one day workshop.
- Completing a minimum of five (5) grants to enhance the Rains County Public Library.
What would we do without our wonderful volunteers? Linda Rowland and Shirley Haskins were awarded special Volunteer Book Bags during the September 2011 Annual Meeting. We appreciate their hard work and dedication to the Friends of the Library. Their talent is unmatched.
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VOLUNTEER HOURS
Volunteer hours are used for various purposes including applying for grants and reporting statistics to the County Judge and Commissioner’s Court. Hours are to be submitted quarterly and emailed to Linda Rowland. When recording time, hours may include special events, fundraising activities, training seminars, travel time to and from meetings, and preparing library projects while at home.
DOWNLOAD QUARTERLY REPORTING FORM
AWARDS & HONORS
At the 2011 Founder's Day Awards Ceremony, Lyn Baldwin, President of the Friends of the Rains County Public Library, was presented with a check for $1,421.00. Funds were raised from the May 7 Founder's Day Festival in Emory and dispersed to local non-profit organizations who serve the youth, elderly, and underprivileged in the Rains community.
Awarded Honorable Mention by the Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF), the Friends of the Rains County Public Library were recognized for our creativity, innovation, and promotion of the Friends group to the community during National Friends of the Libraries Week, October 17 -23, 2010.
We are a 2010 recipient of a $1400 BOOKS FOR CHILDREN grant from the Libri Foundation which provides new, quality, hardcover books for the library. The Foundation supports the concept that children who learn to enjoy reading at an early age continue to read throughout their lives.
In 2009, ALTAFF recognized the Friends of the Rains County Public Library with two Best Friends Awards for outstanding publicity and marketing materials that promoted the group and our programs and projects.
Friends of the Rains County Public Library
P.O. Box 591
Emory, Texas 75440
(903) 473-5000, ext. 283
friends@rainslibrary.com
