P Friends of the London Public Library Gmrnunity Support For Your Libmry Decembet, 2010 ~ The 2010 Book Sale - Don Menard, Sandra Whitehall, Karin Palmel; Ann Henderson The Western Fair Special Events Building was again the place to be October 22-24 as thousands of London book lovers attended the 2010 annual Friends of the London Public Library Book Sale. We are happy to tell you that this year's sale grossed over $42,000. The proceeds will help support the wonderful and varied library programs that Londoners enjoy each and every day (more details at a later date). And, several social agencies will benefit from materials unsold during the sale. As you can imagine, it's not a simple matter 19coordinate an And, of course, the planning committee works year round to organize the event logistics such as booking the building and icucks. And let's not forget the warehouse team that ;ollect, sort and box the materials for transportation to the sale. Oh, and what about the marketing people, who produce, print and distribute posters and promote the event in local news. And then the& are the hundreds of volunteers who come to the sale itself to setup, stock, cashier and finally tear down the tables late Sunday afternoon. WOW! A special thanks to the teachers and students from the London InternationalAcademy for their continued support and to LPL staff for their support and effort in preparation for and during the sale. Where would we be without our volunteers? That's easy. We would not have a book sale. That's how important you all are! Thank you! Thank you so much to each and every person for giving of your time and talents once again to make the Friends Book Sale a resounding success! We hope you will all join us again next year. Thanks How to contact Friend$ Email - friends@lpl.london.on.ca. Leave a message at 519-661-2448. Regular mail - Friends of LPL, 251 Dundas St, London, ON,N6A 6H9. More details on our website: wwwJondonpubliclibrary.ca/friendsofthelibrary M e tAconda RobertaAlie & children Barry and Joan Attridge Judy Balasch & family James Balasch Lisa, Jacob & Hayden Bikly Gerald Chambers Alana Cousins David Cox Jennifer Cromwell & daughter John Danton Shawna Ducker Daniel 8 lwona Efczynski Mary Elliot Dave Etherington Sharon 8 Steven Fenwick Ann Ftchett . m e t e rGeigenmiller dandy Gilmore Rachel Hall Beverly Harley Doug Harris Weizhen He Adina Helmer December, 2010 Jim Hull Geoff Hume Heather Huston Seong Hwan Park Fred Israel Paul Jubewille Romayne Kaufman Harold and Katherine Keeling Holly Kenny Ken & Lucy Kieffer Matthew Kiefkr Julia Kilpatrick Kim 8 Esther MacLaren-Maddox Clare Kong Katie Koper Karen Leam Ruizhe Li Jackie Looper Sandy Lotush Deb & Scott Lowry Zhuang Lu You Shannon Maheu Ray Maloney Marion Marchant Wilda Mardlin Justin Mann Damian Mauszal Shirley McCallan Liz McClure Micheline McDougal Bob McGowan Shirley 8 Mary McLean Erin McMurray Dawn Morgan Henry Morgan Shelia Morgan Michelle Mylemans Ola Nowosad Suzanne ONeill Philip Palmer Helen Pathy June Payne June & Gord Petznick Ellen 8 Tim Phillips Queen Piercy Doreen Reed Gail &Anna Kat Remish Dons Robinson www.londonpubliclibrary.ca/friendsofthelibrary Volunteers (continued) Bill Sanders Dave Saunders Kate Schiller-Deorksen Jean Scott F i c t o r i a Seymour Andrew Sharp June8BrianSherry Gail Sneddon Kay Somerville LUZ&Alex Souto Lorraine Speiran Fay St Louis Tracy & Chelsea Stirling David Tait Keith 8 Terry Temple Bamy Thompson Caitlin Traviss Tracylutiin Gail Turpin Kyla Urquhart Mary Beth Vanderaar-Reid, 8 daughter Krista VanderHoeven Rita Vanstigt Will Verschuren A n d a Wakefield nn Wearring eettina Weber Nancy & Bob Wightman MaryWlllick Cao Xueping Zhang yi Jing Seong Yong Park Andrea a g a r HuiyanZu yi Xuan Zhe Cashiers BernadetteAllair Janet Bargh Inez 8 Sig Boehme Len Carey Beth Crowder Nom & Caroline Davis Lois & Jillian Denomme Liz, Jim 8 Dave Etherington Leslie Graham Mike Gregory Bev & Michele Harris Ted Henderson Lily Hopcrofl Maureen Hyatt Jean 8 Bill Knowles Bob Kymlicka Mitch Lenko Jackie 8 Jenne Looper Dot Low Helen MacKenzie Peggy Maker Susan Merskey Margaret Mitchell Closed Viola Poletes Montgomery M a , Arthur 8 Lara Naregakian Hilary Neary Cliff 8 Mary Oliver h a Pakkert-Migneron Helen Pathy Lois Patterson Ann Rasmussen Anne Salmon June Smith Carmen Sprovieri Connie Sullivan David Tate Peggy Tetarenko Susan Trail1 Gail Turpin Audrey 8 Auke Van Holst Linda Wakefield Pamela Wesson Nancy Whightman Ann White Stella Woodhouse Dec 24 -Jan 2 Meet the Candidates - Hilary Neary On Sept 21, Friends hosted an all-candidates meeting at the Central Library. The candidates met with Friends of the Library, members of the public, Library staff and representatives from community organizations which partner with the Library. In this relaxed atmosphere, it was possible to discuss issues relating to the Library, as well as neighbourhood and city-wide concerns. Candidates were given a tour of the Library, giving them an opportunity to see the diverse operations of a large library system and to learn more about +he interconnectedness of Central to the branch library network. As part of the Friends’ campaign to inform andidates about the London Public Library, they had all been sent an information package containing a fact sheet about LPL, as well as more specific information specific to the branches in their wards, and/or contiguous to their wards. The goal of Friends here was to increase awareness of the importance of libraries to Londoners in the minds of the City’s new Council. The new Council will be appointing trustees to the Library Board soon; at least two of these will be members of City Council. December, 2010 www.londonpubliclibrary.ca/friendsofthelibrary Annual General Meeting - Carmen Spmvieri The annual meeting was held Sept 30, 2010 at the Central Library with approximately 40 in attendance. The President highlightedthe events of the past year, thanking the many volunteers for their support and enthusiastic commitment to the numerous projects undertaken during the year. ,e. Among the many projects were the popular Book Sale held for 3 days in Oct, 2009 at the Western Fair, ;he Library Store reaching its fifth year of operation, the successful Book For Every Child@campaignwith more than 6000 London children receiving new books, the Speaking with Friends event featuring authors Mary Rubio and Elizabeth Waterson, and the many receptions hosted by Friends . During the year, over $130,000 was presented to the London Public Library Board for enhanced services, such as early literacy stations for children and the London Room digitization project. Once again, Friends took part in the annual City Council budget deliberations where we spoke in support of the Library's budget request. The following officers were elected to the executive for 2010 - 2011: President Carmen Sprovieri, Vice-president - Deb Lowry, Secretary - Peter Geigen-Miller, Treasurer - Yuriy Tyschuk, Past Co-Presidents Suzanne ONeill, Connie Sullivan. Also at the meeting, Friends received the Gabriele Schreiber "Friends of the Year" Award (see below). - London Friends Win Canadian Award - Carmen Spmvieri Speaking With Friends - Carmen spmvieri As part of the Speaking With Friends series, noted Canadian mystery author, Peter Robinson (below), was welcomed on Sept 30 following the AGM. The audience was treated to a fine reading from his latest book, "Bad Boy". He graciously answered numerous questions from the floor, which contributed to a most enjoyable evening. Following the reading, Friends hosted a reception at which Mr. Robinson was available for autographs and Oxford Books provided books for purchase. Proceeds from the event went to children and youth literacy programs at the Library. At the annual meeting, Dorothy Macnaughton (middle above), President of the Friends of Canadian Libraries, presented Friends with the Gabriele Schreiber (Random House of Canada) "Friends of the Year" Award for outstanding support to its library and superior volunteer involvement. The plaque denoting the award will be placed wtside the third floor Boardroom. In addition, Lahring Tribe (left) from Random House, presented Friends with $1000 to purchase materials for the FLibrary. In presenting the award, Dorthy said "Friends of Canadian Libraries is so pleased to have awarded the Gabriele Schreiber Friend of the Year Award to the Friends ofthe London Public Library. You have a wonderful, enthusiastic, hard working group of individuals who certainly deserve this December, 2010 www.londonpubliclibrary.ca/friendsofthelibrary Friends Honour Friends -Don Menad At the Annual General Meeting, the Friends of the London Public Library recognized three of its volunteer members for their long time services as Friends of the Year. Jim Lambe (left) has been a key player in assisting with the organization of the Sale for 14 years. Jim has developed a very effective warehouse drganlzation to house the sorted materials prior to the sale. He has also taken on the task of getting those iatenals to the sale. In recent years, he has been joined in the warehouse by his wife, Madonna (second from left), now one of our key book sorters. *ow About Joining - Friends? -Anne ?asmussen The mandate of the Friends of the London Public Library is to advocate on behalf of the library and to raise funds which enhance library programs and collections. Funds are raised through memberships, donations, the book sale in October and the Book Store outside the entrance to the Central Library. The funds raised are used for purchasing items such as public-use workstations, supporting library literacy programs, the Book For Every Child" program and the digitization of historical documents in the London Room. In effect, Friends support Library programs not covered by the City operating grant. We would welcome you as a member of Friends and greatly appreciate your support of these efforts. Our membership fees are low and the work they allow us to do is most worthwhile. Please support us by completing a membership application form and becoming a member of the Friends of the London -ublic Library. Winners of the draw from membership renewals returned by Oct 31 are Linda McClure, Lorraine Lyons and Bob and Elizabeth Kymlicka. Congratulations to the winners; their book prizes will be delivered during November. December, 2010 A Book For Every Child@- Gail Turpin The grey days of November have arrived. Thesearegooddaystocurlupand readabook. They're also good days to make a trip to your local bookstore and buy a book or two for the holiday A Book For Every Child@campaign. The 2010 campaign began Sat, Nov 6 and ends Sat, Dec 18. Participating bookstores include Coles Bookstores, Oxford Book Shop, Scholar's Choice stores, The Toy Shoppe of London, UWO Bookstores and The Upper Room Bookstore. They offer 20% off the price of books purchased for A Book For Every Child". These books remain at the stores until collected by members of The Friends of The London Public Library and taken to the Children's Library. Librarians then sort the books into age groups and distribute them to requesting London agencies. Financial donations are welcome and may be made at any library branch. Books are distributed throughout the year so donations are always welcome and new books can be dropped off at any library branch. If you buy a book or make a donation to A Book For Every Child", you'll be sure to brighten up a child's day. www.londonpubliclibrary.cdfriendsofthelibra~ A ! ! Your Executive President Carmen Sprovieri Co-Past Presidents Connie Sullivan Suzanne 0 'Neil1 Vice-president Deb Lowry Secretary Peter Geigen-Miller Treasurer Yuriy Tyshchuk Membership Anne Rasmusssen Book Sale Coordinator Don Menard Book Sale Volunteer Coordinators Sandra Whitehall Karin Palmer Warehouse Coordinator -Jim Lambe Library Store CoManagers Jackie Looper Mary Blasl A Book For Every Child" Gail Turpin Newsletter Editor Len Carey Speaking With Friends Carmen Sprovieri Receptions Karen Payne Library Board Liaison Gina Barber LPL Director Margaret Mitchell P- December, 2010 6 New Executive Members -Len Carey - Deb Iowrv Vice-PresiQent Deb is a long time Londoner. She graduated with a B.A. in Psychology from UWO and recently retired from the Canada Revenue Agency as the Assistant Director of Finance &Administration. Deb became a Friend of the LPL because she has long been a strong proponent of continuous learning. She believes that a vibrant library is an essential and foundational element of a healthy and properous community. Deb loves to read and she and her husband, Scott Curoe, are both Library Store volunteers. Yudv Tvs~.t&uaYuriy has lived in London since 1997. He graduated from Catholic Central High School and subsequently from the UWO bey Business School. He is currently a tax consultant with KPMG. Yuriy enjoys cycling, reading and spending time with his wife-to-be, Yuliya. He believes strongly in community libraries and sees his role as the Friends Treasurer as a way of giving back to the community. - k Store Co-Manaaer Mary graduated from Goderich High School before joining 3M in London where she worked in Human Resources and Accounting, from which she recently retired. Mary has one daughter, three grandchildren and one great-grandchild, all in London. She is an avid walker, gardener, curler, and golfer and, in her spare moments, enjoys spending time with a good book. She believes that the Library is vital to all Londoners and felt that becomimg more involved in the Library Store was an opportunity to combine her interest in books and to meet and help people. Anne arew UD in London. attended Medwav ~-Hiah School andgraduated from the Nursing program at Victoria Hospital. She was married in Australia (husband Henning) where she received her B.A. in Anthropology and Politics. She and her husband have travelled extensively. They lived in England and Denmark, before returning to London where she worked at UWO. Anne has two children and three grandchildren. She enjoys gardening and reading; she has always been an active user of the library and wanted to give back a bit of the joy she has received. www.londonpubliclibrary.ca/friendsofthelihrary