The Things We Find in Books, Chapter 3 The FOL received a large volume of donated books recently and, once again, many of the books contained treasures! Here are a few of our most recent finds. –A 1903 receipt from The School Education Co. in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The receipt is for a square edge that…
Top Posts from the Friends this Year (2022) It’s the end of an amazing year at @folblackmountain! Thank you!!! Sharing all of our happenings, discoveries, tips, and smiles with you has truly been a pleasure, and your engagement and support of the Friends has been absolutely phenomenal. In reflecting back on the year, we wanted…
Thank you New Members Many thanks to our new members and those who renewed their memberships in 2022, as well as those while shopping during the December Pop Up Book Sale. We appreciate your support as we continue to provide our Black Mountain Library with much-needed large print books, magazine subscriptions, and furniture needs such as lightweight…
Friends Pop-Up Book Sale a Great Success! Our December 10th Book Sale raised over $1,100 for the benefit of the Black Mountain Library. These pop-up book sales are very successful thanks to the many book lovers who come and buy books. Thank you for supporting our library! And we hope you had fun perusing the many boxes of…
Sowing Circle Presents: Seed Starting with John Bowen Saturday, February 18 @ 2pm This is an in-person event at the Education Room at the Black Mountain Library. Master Gardener, John Bowen, kicks off the opening of the Sowing Circle season and the Seed Library! John will offer instructions, tips and tricks on starting your seeds and…
January Book Club Fair – Pack Library or Online Is one of your new year’s resolutions to read more? Are you interested in joining a book club in 2023? Here is an opportunity to learn more about your options. This program will feature short presentations from representatives from a dozen local book clubs and some…
Seed Library Volunteer Opportunity You likely know that the Black Mountain Library has an active Seed Library! In addition to a variety of seeds, we offer programs during the growing season. We are seeking a volunteer to become our Seed Library Program Chair. To that end, we are searching for a volunteer who enjoys organizing and…
A Passion for Books Library patrons and FOL volunteers all over the world share one thing: A passion for books. Here in Black Mountain, many FOL donors share stories about the books — who the books belonged to, what kind of books they are donating, when and where they got the books. A recent large…
Library Float Wins Award in Parade Our parade float, “Black Mountain Public Library: Bringing Joy for 100 Years” to commemorate our centennial, won second place in the annual Black Mountain Holiday Parade! We had a blast as we marched along State Street greeting the crowd with a LIBRARY chant, waving and tossing candy. Thank you to all our…
Gift Giving Made Easy If you are struggling with gift ideas, consider supporting your public library through the Friends of the Library! Your support helps provide the library and community with important resources including newspaper subscriptions, large print books, extra programming and more. We’ve made it easy for you to support the Friends. Giving the…