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Friends of the Lake Forest Library celebrate 50th anniversary, ready large book sale
Summary
At the Aug. 3 Lake Forest City Council meeting, Dr. Tanya Heng outlined the Friends of the Lake Forest Library's 50th‑anniversary programs, volunteer operations, and scholarships, saying the group has about 2,000 boxes of sale inventory and awarded three $2,000 scholarships this year.
Dr. Tanya Heng, president of the Friends of the Lake Forest Library, told the council the volunteer group is marking its 50th year and preparing for a multi‑day community book sale. She said the Friends process donations daily, maintain roughly 60 sorting sections, and currently store about 2,000 boxes of books in off‑site storage while they prepare inventory for the sale.
"We gave $2,000 scholarships to these 3 students this year," Dr. Heng said, noting the Friends also run train‑station book giveaways and a beach book cart that she estimates uses "about 44 bags of books every week." She described a volunteer base of roughly 50 year‑round helpers that expands to about 200 volunteers during sale week, and highlighted the group's work cataloging art provenance for docent‑led walks and producing a short historical video.
The presentation included logistics for future public–private partnerships and library restoration phases. Dr. Heng said the Friends will coordinate with the library board and the library's new executive director to support restoration of the historic rooms in a planned phase 2, then subsequent phases as funding and priorities allow. She invited council members and residents to the sale and related anniversary events.
The presentation was part of the city manager's community spotlight. Council members asked timing and partnership questions; Dr. Heng reiterated the group's willingness to support restoration and community programming.
