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

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For the month of June 2021, Friends of the Lanpher Memorial Library will receive a $1 donation from each purchase of the $2.50 reusable Community Bag at the Hannaford store located at Route 100, 80 Fairground Plaza, Morrisville VT.

Become a Friend
Annual Membership

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            MEMBERSHIP LEVELS
            Well-Read $10               
            Bibliophile $15                   
            Publisher $20                  
            Philanthropist $50  
            Please make checks payable to: 
            Friends of Lanpher Memorial Library
            Mail to: P.O. Box 61, Hyde Park, VT 05655     

Love your library. Let’s be Friends!

Are you looking for ways to volunteer in the community? 
Do you want to work with fun and creative folks?
The Friends are a dynamic group that champions reading within our community, and supports the Lanpher Memorial Library as a community center. We’d like to increase our membership, including new voices, new viewpoints and new skills.

Contact us:  lanpherfriends@gmail.com

Tuesday Talks 2021
all talks will take place 6:00-7:30 through zoom.

June 1, 2021:  Daylilies in our Northern Gardens, Speakers:  Harold and Leila Cross

September 7, 2021:  Local Author Speaker:  Ann Davila Cardinal

October 5, 2021:  Vermont Food Venture Center, Speaker, Connor Gorham

November 2, 2021: Children's Literature, Speaker, Jack Wool
RESOURCES FROM PAST TUESDAY TALKS:
Recording of Salvation Farms April 6th talk with speaker, Theresa Snow  https://greenmountainaccess.tv/project/tuesday-talks-salvation-farms-vermonts-us-of-farm-raised-foods/
"Windows, Mirrors & Doors", with Jack Wool (below)

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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.
Please join us.
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

WHAT DO THE FRIENDS DO?
-Organize unique community programs and events
-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!
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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.  
Find it on the Official Little Free Library Map!
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!