Friends of WGPL

Friends logo in green and grey 319x500The purpose of the Friends is to :

  • help Webster Groves maintain an independent community library;
  • promote public interest in the use of the library, its resources, and its services;
  • provide financial support for the daily operation of the library through membership dues and book sales; and,
  • encourage volunteer participation in this vital community resource.

Founded in 1974, the Friends of the Webster Groves Public Library have contributed more than $275,000 to the library, including funds for landscaping, an underground sprinkler system, carpeting, furniture for the reading area, computers, the Summer Reading Programs, art restoration, Book Page magazine, and large print books.

Join the Friends

The Friends need your membership dues and your help as well. The more volunteers we have, the more we can do for our library. Please consider becoming a Friend and volunteering a few hours of your time. Click here to download a brochure about the Friends, including an application form.

Your Friends membership of $20 or more helps support the activities of the Library.

    • $35 helps buy a large print book
    • $50 supports the children’s Summer Reading Program
    • $100 helps to provide book club kits
    • $250 supports special library projects


 

Make checks payable to Friends of WGPL and mail to :

Friends of the Webster Groves Public Library
301 E. Lockwood Ave.
Webster Groves, MO 63119

Your contribution is tax deductible.

 

Book Sale and Donations

The Friends collect books and audiovisual items for our book sale. We ask that you follow the guidelines listed below:

NO textbooks older than 2015

NO software technical guides older than 2015

NO old magazines

NO encyclopedias or Readers Digest Condensed Books

NO 12-Step Program Books

Please bring only 2-3 boxes of books at a time. The Friends are volunteers–the library staff is not involved in sorting book donations.

Please sort your books before donating and use your recycling bin for ancient paperbacks with bent or torn covers or broken spines.

Places that will take books that can’t be donated include:

Half Price Books, 630 N. McKnight Rd, University City 63132 (Delmar and McKnight)

Better World Dropbox at Kirkwood Crossing near Chipotle, Big Bend and Kirkwood Rd., 63122

 

Paver Program

Due to difficulties with the paver process, this program has been suspended until we can figure out how to make it better for everyone.

 

 

Friends Board

president
Sue Gold
vice-president
Laura Wehrenberg
secretary
Deborah Ladd
treasurer
Ann Hannan
 
membership
Nancy Leahy
members at large
Sara Fitzpatrick
Dorothy Heltibrand
Sue Jagler
Ellen Jost
Renee Petty

 

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    fAlso check out the Friends’ Facebook page to keep up to date on all the Friends’ activities.