GOOD CAUSE: Our Free & Fabulous Libraries Depend on the “Friends”

CharlestonGOOD has chosen The Charleston Friends of the Library as our ‘Cause of the Month’ because they provide essential support and advocacy on behalf of our incredible library system here in Charleston County.

So what do the folks at FOL do?

Well, in their own words…

We raise money to fund more than 6,000 programs sponsored annually by the library, including Summer Reading. To accomplish our goal of advocating for and enhancing the library system, we provide opportunities for the community to invest in their public library through donations of time, money, and books.This year, tens of thousands were helped through supporting the Charleston Friends of the Library. Those helped included young children learning to value reading with help from the Summer Reading Program; teens needing a positive after-school environment; the unemployed building job skills; workers seeking tax assistance; and others reaching across language and cultural barriers, fulfilling personal passions. (Yes, a lot more than borrowing books goes on at our library). There is one place in Charleston, a village square, where everyone congregates equally – the public library.

We think that sums it up pretty darn well.

HOW YOU CAN HELP SUPPORT OUR LIBRARIES

• Become a member of the Charleston Friends of the Library
• Volunteer with FOL
• Make a donation to FOL
• Shop at the FOL Fundraising Mall
• Buy some books at one of FOL’s great book sales

UPCOMING BOOK SALES

FOR MORE INFO: CharlestonLibraryFriends.org