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Thank You for Another Book Sale Success

Friends of the Pinney Library cannot have a successful book sale without YOU Pinney Friends! So many of you came to shop our collections on Saturday, April 24 that we were able to net $1,127.28 to support our work! Perhaps it was the gray and soggy day that encouraged so many to come find a good book to curl up with indoors, but we wonder if it wasn’t also the stories…Libraries live to house stories, and some of our Pinney Friends’ stories were shared at the sale, and warmed our hearts!

…A young woman buying a full bag for herself, slipping us a $10 bill and whispering that she wanted to buy a bag for her dad who was filling a bag for himself. As a treat!

…A three year old (about that age) very carefully, book by book, picking out a children’s book for herself and then, with mom prompting…, opened her fist with coins to pay for the book.

…A woman selecting DVDs for the senior residents in an assisted living facility where her mom lives to enjoy in their community room.

It was also a wonderful coincidence that the Saturday of the sale was also Earth Day, so maybe some stories were to peruse our collection of Earth Day type books!

Friends of Pinney Library Annual Report

If you were not able to attend our virtual Annual Meeting, well…we missed you! But we don’t want you to miss out on all that the Friends have accomplished this year, so here is our Annual Report:

2022


SUPPORTING OUR LIBRARY APPRECIATING OUR STAFF
$2,000 – Youth Programs Gifts Cards for the Holidays for all staff
$3,000 – Artist in Residence Programming Lunch for National Library Workers Day
$2,000 – Collections: Juvenile Spanish Language
$1,000 – Play Lab Equipment

COMMUNICATING WITH OUR MEMBERS
Three issues of NEWSNOTES – highlighting Pinney staff
and Friends activities and events
Refreshed Friends of Pinney Website https://friendsofpinneylibrary.org/

Annual Meeting with local author

RECEIVING-SORTING-SAVING BOOKS
Gather, Review, Store Book & Media Donations
Sort & Store Withdrawn Books & Media
(Volunteers work every day to process this material)
Estimated 1,800 items donated

RAISING FUNDS
Booksale in Pinney Atrium: February 5th, April 9th, August 6th, October 8th
Citywide Booksale at Madison Library Support Center: June 4th
Ian’s Pizza – DOUGHNATION Pizza for Pinney, May 25th
Beer & a Book Madison BIERGARTEN, September 7th
Ongoing Sale Cart of books in Pinney Lobby