Gift membership and Donations

Your Membership support is VITAL to the Friends of the Rochester Public Library. We are very grateful to all of you who continue your partnership with us by renewing your annual membership. Please consider joining, or making an additional donation during these holiday seasons, especially in this challenging economy. The Friends’ operating budget comes from your tax-deductible contributions and other fund-raising activities.  With your help, the Friends enhance library offerings by:

• Promoting early childhood literacy with Read with Me book bags for babies
• Sponsoring programming for children, teens, and adults, such as the visiting author series and providing prizes for the summer reading program
• Operate the Friends’ Used Bookstore which contributes proceeds in
                excess of $50,000 annually to the library’s collection
• Directly support library services and enrich our community

Volunteers help patrons at the Rochester Public Library and the surrounding communities in the following areas: the Bookstore, homebound services, social networking, and more. In 2010, the Friends’ Bookstore contributed $52,000 directly to the library allowing them to purchase additional books, DVDs, and other items. We continued this in 2011!

In this time of economic austerity your membership dues  or donations are more important than ever to help our Rochester Public Library.  Your dues provide you with these personal benefits:

• A 20% discount on used materials purchased in the Friends’ Bookstore
• Early admission to the RochesterFest booksale and other special sales
• Four newsletters per year, whether mailed or electronic. By providing your e-mail address we save printing and postage costs

PLEASE GIVE GENEROUSLY.  THANK YOU.

Membership Levels

      Book Collector      $100 and over             
      Book Lover           $50 - $99                     

      Book Reader         $20 - $49                   

      Bookworm*          $10 - $19                     My gift will be matched by

         *Full-time Student/Senior over 65         ______________________

Thank you for your tax-deductible support of the Friends of the Rochester Public Library

Gift membership

SANTA IS BUSY! Be an ELF
(An Extraordinary Friend of the Library!)
Give a Gift Membership for that special reader in your life: family, friends, strangers even (e.g. an annonymous donation could be given to a local family that would help them throughout the year)!

A gift of membership at the Friends of the Rochester Public Library will delight friends and family throughout the year while providing important financial support to the Library. Share your passion for lifelong learning and reading!

You may give a gift Membership from $10 (see below):
Book Collector      $100 and over             
      Book Lover           $50 - $99                     

      Book Reader         $20 - $49                   

      Bookworm*          $10 - $19     (*students and seniors)         

For information about the Friends go to our website http://www.rochesterpubliclibrary.org/friends
Or visit the Friends Bookstore or Library  for our membership brochures

We also have gift cards in any denomination from $5 to help with your holiday shopping!

Please note your current email address on your renewal form to receive furture events or special offers just for Members.

Thank you for your support!

Be An ELF*

An ELF is an EXTRAORDINARY LIBRARY FRIEND!!

Tis the season to consider giving thoughtful gifts, that can keep giving throughout the year!

A Friends' membership not only gives  a 20% discount in our Bookstore, every shopping day of the year, but also gives early entry into our special book sales throughout the year.
We also have gift cards in any denomination from $5 to help with your holiday shopping!
We have many literary activities that are great fun throughout the year, from morning coffees to author visits to teas and treasure hunts. You never know what we will think up next! There are many volunteer opportunities in both the Bookstore and the Library too.

Thank you for your support!

The Holidays

When I discovered libraries, it was like having Christmas every day. Jean Fritz
Support your local library this year, give generously.

A donation (remember those taxes!), a donation in someone's name (a great gift!), a ticket to Wit Wisdom and Wine (January 15th), a book purchase in the Friends' Bookstore, a Friends membership purchase (early entry into our book sales, Winterfest is next!), a bottle of wine or the Balvenie Single Malt Whisky (in December at Andy's)  are all ways to contribute just a little more to benefit the entire community. You benefit as well!

Friends' Membership, Booksales

Now is an excellent time to become a Friend of the Rochester Public Library! Your membership will give you a 20% discount on (nearly) every book in the Friends' Bookstore. BUT more importantly, it will get you EARLY admission to the Rochesterfest BOOKSALE starting WEDNESDAY June 23rd.
New Arrivals in time for mega book sale!