Bethel Public Library - Bethel, Connecticut
Welcome to the Friends of the Bethel Public Library

Welcome to the Friends

Membership Form

Meeting Schedule

Friends Board

Book Sales & Donations

Tote Bags & Bookmarks

Museum Passes

Recent Gifts to
the Library

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Friends


President: Jenny Tesar

Email: The Friends of the Bethel Public Library

Welcome to the site of The Friends of the Bethel Public Library, a non-profit organization devoted to supporting and aiding our community's wonderful library. We hope this site will be useful to you.

The Friends raises money primarily through the sale of books, audio books, CDs, videos, and other materials that have been generously donated to us by members of the community. Please click on Book Sales & Donations to see a list of our sales for the current year. We also have an on-going sale of books from a cart near the library's Circulation Desk. Check the cart whenever you're in the library. We continually add new stock, including books and videos suitable for folks of all ages.

Have materials to donate? Great! We accept donations almost every Wednesday evening between 6 and 8 pm just inside the front entrance of the Pro-Access Teen Center next door to the library on Library Place. Please do not leave anything at other times. And please: no magazines, no condensed books, no old textbooks or encyclopedias, and no computer software more than 5 years old. If you need to arrange another time or need to have items picked up, please telephone Rick (744-6641) or Jenny (792-8237).

If you are not already a Friend, please join us. Membership information is available online: Membership Form, at the library's Circulation Desk, and in the library's newsletter. Please come to our annual and general meetings (see Meeting Schedule), give us your ideas, and volunteer your time. Help us support the library and its outstanding staff.

Jenny Tesar
President

Friends of the Library Photo Album
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At the annual meeting of the Friends of the Bethel Public Library, treasurer Mary O'Leary (left) presents a check for $10,000 to Library Board members Jane Bickford, Chair (right) and Tom Addonizio, Treasurer (center). more...
2008: Gerard Brooker reads from his new book, The Illustrator, at a general Meeting of the Friends.
2007: The Friends financed restoration of Young Abe Lincoln on Horseback, the sculpture by Anna Hyatt Huntington that graces the Library's courtyard.
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2007: The Friends financed restoration of Young Abe Lincoln on Horseback, the sculpture by Anna Hyatt Huntington that graces the Library's courtyard.
2007: Young Abe Lincoln on Horseback
Restored to its original beauty.
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2006: The Friends purchased a buffing unit for the Library to clean and repair CDs, CD-ROMs, and DVDs.
2002: The Friends make the first major donation to the Capital Campaign.



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