FRIENDS OF THE LANPHER MEMORIAL LIBRARY
P.O. Box 61, Hyde Park, VT 05655       email:  lanpherfriends@gmail.com
Visit our website: friendsoflanphermemorial.com

OUR MISSION: To promote the understanding and appreciation of Lanpher Memorial Library and its mission by supporting the freedom to read and placing books in more hands. Through volunteerism, advocacy, increasing public awareness, fundraising and creating partnerships, the Friends of Lanpher Memorial Library seeks to enhance the library’s role in the Hyde Park community.

The Friends of the Lanpher Memorial Library Board meets on the first Wednesday of every month at 5:00 via zoom.  If you would like to attend, please contact Diane Szlachetka, President of the Friends of the Lanpher Memorial Library:  lanpherfriends@gmail.com
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Learn more about what the Friends of the Lanpher Memorial Library have been up to this year by clicking the button below. Want to join in the fun?  Become a member!  Volunteer to be on the Board! 
Welcome to the Friends.

Become a Friend
Annual Membership
Renewed each Calendar Year on January 1

MEMBERSHIP LEVELS
Well-Read $10                 
(1 Complimentary Raffle Basket Ticket)

Bibliophile $15                   
(2 Complimentary Raffle Basket Tickets)

Publisher $20                  
(1 Complimentary Door Prize Ticket at the Gala)

Philanthropist $50          
($5 off each Gala Ticket, up to 4 tickets)
Tuesday Talks 2021
all talks will take place 6:00-7:30  through zoom, unless otherwise noted.
April 6, 2021:  Salvation Farms, Reducing Food Loss.  Speaker: Theresa Snow
May 4, 2021:   "An Everyday Cult", a discussion on cult dynamics through a personal lens. Speaker, Gerette Buglion
June 1, 2021:  Daylilies in our Northern Gardens.  Speaker:  Harold Cross

September 7, 2021:  Local Author, Ann Dávila Cardinal
October 5, 2021 TBD
November 2, 2021  TBD
RESOURCES FROM PAST TUESDAY TALKS:
"Windows, Mirrors & Doors", with Jack Wool

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FRIENDS OF THE LANPHER MEMORIAL LIBRARY SNOWSHOE at Green River Reservoir State Park 2020

Right after a big snowstorm, the Friends of the LML had a Sunny Sunday Snowshoe, with 17 people aged 6 months - 70 years! 

WHAT DO THE FRIENDS DO?
-Sponsor First Tuesday Talks
-Sponsor Library Memberships to the Shelburne Museum, Fairbanks Museum, and purchase an additional Vermont State Parks Pass for Library patrons to get reduced or free admission (learn more:  www.lanpherlibrary.org/attraction-passes-for-loan.html )
-Receive a Wish List to fund specific Library Requests:  Mobile Book Organizers, Stacking Chair Dolly, Carpet Sweeper, Fund Library Materials





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If you purchase items through amazon.com, you can benefit the Friends and the Library by logging into Amazon Smile first! The Amazon Smile Foundation will donate .5% of the price of eligible purchases to FLML through this popular charitable program.  Every little bit helps!  To register, go to smile.amazon.com and select Friends Lanpher Memorial Library. Thank you for continuing to support our Library!
Bob Stein made the Little Free Library and is the steward, shown here with Friends of the Lanpher Memorial Library President, Diane Szlachetka.

The Friends dedicated the first registered Little Free Library in Lamoille County on May 1, 2019 at the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail, Trail Head on Depot St. Hyde Park.