Book Walk maintenance
Kept the story trail at Efland-Cheeks Park fresh and readable for another year of family walks.
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Projects Funded
17
Years of Support
$252,360
Friends Funding
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Funding Areas
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2026
$160 in Friends support2025
$659 in Friends supportBook Walk repair and maintenance
Repaired the story trail at Efland-Cheeks Park after summer vandalism, getting it back in service for families.
Prison Books Collective
Bought books for the Prison Books Collective’s giving-tree drive at the library.
2024
$8,562 in Friends supportFeatured Project
Book Walk at Efland-Cheeks Park
Built the story trail at Efland-Cheeks Park with Parks and Recreation, turning a walk in the park into a picture book families read page by page.
Prison Books Collective giving tree
Bought paperbacks through Purple Crow Books for the Prison Books Collective, alongside the library’s holiday giving tree.
2023
$250 in Friends supportPrison Books Collective
Bought paperbacks for the Prison Books Collective’s drive at the library, run alongside the holiday giving tree.
2022
$7,475 in Friends supportCommunity Engagement Initiative
Helped the library reintroduce itself after the pandemic: outreach events, radio spots on WNCU-FM, staff shirts and tote bags for the community.
2020
$1,200 in Friends supportTenth anniversary celebration
Threw an open house for ten years of the Main Library on Margaret Lane, with refreshments and giveaways, weeks before the pandemic closed the building.
2018
$1,803 in Friends supportConcerts, events and the Janet Flowers Award
Paid for the summer concerts, town permits and party supplies for Friends events, refreshments, and the year’s Janet Flowers volunteer award.
2017
$1,600 in Friends supportBooks on Break at New Hope Elementary
A second year of Books on Break, keeping books with New Hope Elementary students over the summer.
2016
$5,628 in Friends supportFeatured Project
Books on Break Project
Piloted Books on Break at New Hope Elementary, keeping books in students’ hands all summer.
In partnership with Book Harvest and the Family Success Alliance
2015
$1,269 in Friends supportPrograms through the year
Covered Friends and library program costs through the year, the season the board launched the Janet Flowers Award for volunteer service.
2010
$2,500 in Friends supportEmbrace the Moment sculpture
Helped commission Wayne Trapp’s Embrace the Moment at the entrance, the first public art in northern Orange County, dedicated at the library’s centennial celebration in August 2010.
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