The Friends of Tiffin-Seneca Public Library

The Friends of the Tiffin-Seneca Public Library was chartered in November of 1981. The Friends group is, by definition, a growing group of citizens who support the Library’s projects and needs through fundraising.
 

The purpose of the Friends is to:
- Maintain an association of persons interested in the Library
- Focus public attention on the Library
- Stimulate the use of the Library’s resources and services
- Receive and encourage gifts, endowments and bequests to the Library
- Support and cooperate with the Library in developing library services and facilities for the community.
- Support the freedom to read as expressed in the American Library Association Bill of Rights.

The Friends are willing to contribute time, talent and money as a supportive organization of the Library and are the official hosts for Library functions as well as provide volunteers for various projects.
 
Friends’ Activities Include:
- The Annual Book Sale
- Summer Reading Program events
- The Books For Kids program
- The Friends’ Annual Meeting and program
- Hosting for Library events, including Community Wide Read events and the  Halloween Hullabaloo
- Special projects throughout the year which in the past has included the Mystery Dinner Theater, the Wreath Sale and the Silent Art Auction

The Friends Need Your Help!
Now, more than ever, the Library needs the Seneca County Community’s support! Stop by your library, borrow books and movies, use a computer, take a class, go to a special event and take your children and grandchildren to the Junior Library’s programs - and be a Friend!
Join the Friends and volunteer your time and assistance. Help at special events, volunteer to shelf books, process books, assist the staff, shelf read or join the Friends’ Board. 
Give a $3 donation for the Books for Kids project. Your monetary support goes directly to books for children in the area.

Fast Friends Facts:
- Since its inception, the Friends of the Library has donated over $100,000 to Tiffin-Seneca Public Library.
- In 2010, The Friends of the Library donated 1109 books to local children through the Books for Kids program.
- The Friends of the Library spring book sale raised over $3,300 in 2009. In 2008, the book sale raised $3,700.
- In 2009, the Friends of the Library donated funds to continue Dimensions, the Library’s monthly newsletter.
- For the first time, the Friends of the Library will had two book sales in 2009. One in April and another in November.

2011 Friends of the Library Board
President, Jane Tomaszewski
Vice President, Bill Bleyle
Secretary, Gerri Bolte
Treasurer, Jim Stultz
Director, Jennifer Bupp
Director, Leona Einsel
Director, Diane Greene
Director, Frazene Thornton
Director, Jane Pickerington

For more information about the Friends, call the Library or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it