Friends of the Amery Area Public Library

OUR MISSION

Enriching the community by connecting people with information, ideas and experiences
                                    

FRIENDS MEMBERS ARE IMPORTANT !!!

In 2024 The Friends of the Amery Library will continue celebrating our  long time service.

The Friends of the Amery Area Public Library Foundation actively supports the library's mission by providing critical financial support for collections and programs.   Friends help energize library services. Membership dues, grants and donations support The Friends' goals.

PLACING BOOKS INTO THE HANDS OF EVERYONE

The Friends Bookstore is located in the lower level of the Amery Library/City Center.  Our goal is to place gently used books and media into the hands of everyone.  Used books and media are available to all for a free will donation.

The bookstore has been increasingly successful, a unique and essential resource in our community.  Patrons' good will offerings have provided supportive funds to the library.

In 2023 approximately 8,000 used books and media were redistributed into the community.  This provides supplemental support for the library while offering affordable books and media to our community, as well as reducing the waste stream directed to landfills.  Book sales of gently used books are always held on the first Saturday of the month, and on the preceding Thursday. 

FRIENDS SUPPORT

Over the last eight years:

• Library Programs $45,219 (including Large Print Books $23,151)

• A total of 4,018 large print books were checked out in 2023 to patrons with limited or reduced sight ability. 

• Summer Reading Programs $11,052
• Amery Woman's Club “Read to Me” program $2,400
• Author Events $6,715
  
• Other Library Programs $11,848
• Awarded Scholarships to Amery High School Students  $27,200
  
  
• Presentations, large print books, childhood and adult literacy, summer children's enrichment - programs that enrich our community and provide us with a library that is a multi-media center for research, learning, and social activity. 

BENEFITING OUR COMMUNITY

• Adult Programming
• Large print purchase program
• Early literacy program at Amery Hospital & Clinic
• Early literacy station
• Gifts for 'First Baby Born during Library Week'
• Summer reading programs- Adults and Children
• The  Digitization of the Amery Free Press - Badgerlink DPI- Archive of Wisconsin Newspapers.

LIBRARY SERVICES 2023

• Registered Library Users 3,134
• Library Programs 215     Attendees  3,707
• Public computer sessions 2,346
  
• 69,826 items, books and other materials placed into circulation 
• 25,540 books in print, 860 audiobooks, 4,311 DVDs, and 611 other materials available for checkout
  
• User access to 171,980 E-books
  

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT

Your donation is greatly valued and will go a long way in supporting the incredible work and services our Amery Area Public Library  provides to the Amery Area Community;  overcoming the complications of communication and distancing.  Blazing a trail ; enriching  the community  by connecting people with information, ideas and experiences. 

MEMBERSHIP FORMS AVAILABLE AT AMERY LIBRARY AND AMERY LIBRARY WEBSITE 

• Amery Area Public Library https://amerylibrary.org    
• CHOOSE THE 'ABOUT US' TAB, THEN 'FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY'
• FILL IN MEMBERSHIP FORM:  FRIENDS

MEMBERSHIP DUES

$ 5.00    INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP 

$10.00   SUPPORTS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AND MEMBERSHIP 

$30.00   SUPPORTS CHILDREN'S SUMMER PROGRAMS AND MEMBERSHIP 

$50.00  SUPPORTS LARGE PRINT BOOKS AND MEMBERSHIP 

$100.00 SUPPORTS CHILDHOOD AND ADULT LITERACY PROGRAMS AND MEMBERSHIP

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WE APPRECIATE OUR SPONSORS

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