We’re So Glad You’re Here! Friends Groups are integral to sustaining BPL's creativity and energy. Your support and advocacy ensures neighborhood libraries have essential funds to purchase program supplies and care for well-tread spaces. Above all, you help educate your community about BPL, so that more people can benefit from our diverse resources and services.
Friends of Brooklyn Public Library support their local branch in many ways. They support their library through advocacy, increasing community awareness, raising funds and helping at special events. Friends host monthly meetings and events, including book and bake sales, author talks and readings, holiday events and much more!
Want to become a Friend? Visit your local branch and talk to a library staff member or join us at one of our upcoming events!
Upcoming Events
Jamaica Bay Friends Group Craft Club: Lanyards
Join us for a special Friends group craft club session: Let's make lanyards!
Lanyard Facilitator is Christine King
Instruction will be provided & supplies included.
Time : 5:30pm -6:30 PM
Location:
Jamaica Bay Library
9727 Seaview Ave.
Brooklyn…
Friends of Sunset Park Library Monthly Meeting
Do you love your library? Want to find out how to get more involved with your community? If so, join the Friends of Sunset Park Library as we host our monthly meeting on Tuesday, July 9th at 6PM.
The Sunset Park Library is looking for dedicated volunteers…
Friends of Walt Whitman Library Meeting
Walt Whitman Library needs your support! Join neighbors at our Friends of Walt Whitman meeting for community members to find out more about how they can help and have a say in the future of Walt Whitman Library.
Friends of Walt Whitman Library MeetingWednesday, July 10th, 5-6PM
In…
Midwood's Friends Book Sale
Book Sale
Please, no haggling. Money that is raised to benefit our branch.
Thanks for understanding!
Friends Of Jamaica Bay Library: Craft Club!
Join us Thursdays for handcraft coworking with group organizer is Cathy Henry-Ayum
Bring your own craft materials and supplies to work on.
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Midwood's Friends Book Sale
Book Sale
Please, no haggling. Money that is raised to benefit our branch.
Thanks for understanding!
Plant ID & Cyanotype Craft for Kids
Environmental educator and Clinton Hill Library Friend Chelsea Parise will help children to identify the many plants and flowers that feed and house local pollinators and birds in the library gardens and trees. They will then make lovely cyanotype prints using flowers and leaves from the library…
Friends of Borough Park Library Hybrid Meeting
Do you love your library? Want to find out how to get more involved? Join us for a hybrid meeting on Tuesday, July 16th at the Borough Park branch.
The Borough Park Library is looking for dedicated volunteers to support our branch's services to the community. Join us to…
Friends Of Jamaica Bay Library: Craft Club!
Join us Thursdays for handcraft coworking with group organizer is Cathy Henry-Ayum
Bring your own craft materials and supplies to work on.
…
Friends of Cortelyou Library Hybrid Meeting
Interested in ways to support your local library? Join volunteers who support the Cortelyou Library through fundraising efforts and more! We will be hosting our next Friends meeting on Thursday, July 18th at 6pm. Join us and turn your ideas into reality!
Follow the Friends of Cortelyou…
Resources for Friends
Handbook and Forms
- Friends Handbook (.pdf)
- Code of Conduct: Color or B&W (.pdf)
- Sign-in Sheet: Color or B&W (.pdf)
- 2024 In-Kind Donation Form(.pdf)
Example Fliers
- Bake Sale Flyer One (.docx)
- Bake Sale Flyer Two (.docx)
- Book Sale Flyer One (.docx)
- Book Sale Flyer Two (.docx)
Useful Websites
Join the Conversation on Facebook:
BPL Friends Facebook Group
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