LIBRARY FOUNDATION

The Friends of the Cape Girardeau Public Library Foundation is an organization of people interested in libraries.  They sponsor activities which focus positive public attention on the library; encourage the use of the library's materials and services; encourage gifts, endowments, and bequests to the library; and lend support developing library services and facilities for the community.

The Friends raise funds through their Annual Book Sale, their annual Membership Drive and through Special Events.  Profits are used to sponsor the summer reading programs each year and to purchase special equipment that the regular library budget cannot afford.  In the past, the Friends Foundation purchased a public access Internet Computer, computer table, kick-stools and display furniture.  In 1999, with the help of several bequests, the Friends Foundation renovated the periodical room into a reading room.

Friends membership entitles you to a private showing during the first hour of the Annual Book Sales, advance notice and reservations for special library events and a quarterly newsletter.  If you are interested in membership, you may call the Cape Girardeau Public Library for more information (573-334-5279) or copy off the form provided and return it to the library.