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Friends group details outreach, fundraising and summer programs for Liberty Lake library
Summary
Friends of the Liberty Lake library reported roughly $8,500 in annual donations, summer programs including Play Unplugged and a dinosaur-themed reading challenge, expanded weekday story times, and partnerships with schools for field trips and outreach to preschoolers.
The Friends of the Liberty Lake Library updated trustees on fundraising, outreach and programming during the board’s March meeting, outlining ongoing support for summer reading, community passes and school partnerships.
A Friends representative thanked staff and described the group’s work supporting programming and services. She said the Friends contribute about $8,500 annually to the library to fund presenters, passes (Mobius Discovery Center, MAC Museum), and summer programming. The Friends also run semi-annual book sales (scheduled for June 19–20) as a major fundraiser.
Outreach activities described to trustees include monthly storytimes at local child-care providers and field trips: staff said seven kindergarten classes from a nearby academy will visit the library in March for tours and storytime, and first-grade classes from Liberty Creek Elementary are being scheduled for April–May. Staff summarized the outreach model: “When they go there, they do a story time. So they'll bring 2 or 3 books and do songs, rhymes,” said staff.
The Friends plan to continue partnerships with Play Unplugged, a Hub-sponsored summer program that asks local businesses to offer badge-earning challenges for children. The library’s planned summer-reading theme of dinosaurs will be reflected in its Play Unplugged badge. Staff described how the badge program works: children complete a challenge and earn a physical badge; the Friends and local partners host nights where multiple badges can be collected.
Staff also reviewed a ticket partnership with Spokane Symphony: the Friends provide half the cost and the symphony supplies the other half, yielding 40 tickets per show (four tickets per family) across three performances for a total of 120 tickets. Registration filled quickly for the first shows; trustees suggested staff ask the consultant if physical tickets could be delivered to the library to ease patron pickup.
Board members praised the Friends’ efforts and asked staff to add trustee names to the quarterly slide deck so new council members and others know who serves on the board. Trustees did not take formal action on program items during the meeting.
