The Friends of the Library are a collection of non-profit groups accross the nation that were formed as a way to provide direct financial support to their local community libraries. While our groups exist with a common mission of supporting the magic that libraries provide to their communities, our groups are not connected in an official network. 

Our local group is focused on raising funds and acquiring grants to help supplement a variety of programs for our Dallas Public Library including:

• Cultural Passes to local museums

• High quality printing services 

• Arts and crafts activities for children, teens, and adults

• Annual reading programs

Through these different programs that are built and shared by our local library our Friends organization is on the frontline of spreading the positive impacts that reading incurs, and strengthening our library as a keystone of community in our town. 

As a non-profit organization we raise funding through a variety of fundraisers through the year. We come together as a group for these events. We rely on our members and the volunteer time that they are able to give us to get these done, and we also rely on them to keep their ears to the ground and bring new opportunities to the group as they are discovered. We are always on the lookout for new fundraising ideas while maintaining time-tested events with our semi-annual book sale. Feel free to send in a suggestion on our Contact Us page!

Being a member can be whatever you make it! As part of our intake form we have questions regarding what your interests are and the different areas that our organization can use help in.  These areas are wide ranging and by no means an exhaustive list! If you have an interest that isn't outlined we are always open to new ideas on contributions to the group. Alternatively, simply being a member of our organization is a contribution in itself, knowing that your membership fee is helping to fund our critical projects.