Thursday, October 25, 2007

Blue Mountain Community Foundation Meeting




Thanks for the check Blue Mountain Community Foundation!
The Friends are now able to purchase "Ingles Sin Barreras" for the Library.
Unapproved Minutes of Friends Meeting October 9, 2007


Meeting called to order at 7:30
In attendance: Kim D., Virginia G., Jennie T., Virginia S, Betty S.,

Reports:
Jill updated the group with the treasurer’s report.

The Book Sale was a great success! We made $440.30 with money still coming in! We are looking for people to take the remainder off our hands! Bookworm will go through and take what they will. Some will go to the Walla Walla bookstore. We still have mystery, romance and bestsellers available!

We received the exciting news that we received the Blue Mountain Community Foundation Grant! We will have representatives present at a reception to accept the check on October 18.

The Bookmark Contest theme this year is “Rise Up Reading”. It will be part of the annual meeting coming up in December.

We are having a planning meeting for the Annual Meeting on October 16 at 6:00 p.m.

Virginia S. will provide the refreshments for the Staff Meeting for November and Jennifer T. will have them for the December meeting.

Kim Dotta will provide refreshments for the November meeting.


Meeting was adjourned at 8:30

Annual Meeting

The annual meeting will be held on December 8th, 2007 at the Burbank Library. Members will meet from 2-3 pm and all are welcome at 3 pm. There will be a silent auction, food and entertainment. We will also announce the winners of the children's book mark contest. If you would like to help with the event or the silent auction please let us know.

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Book Sale A Success

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The sale made almost $400. Thanks for all your help!

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Unapproved Minutes for September

Unapproved Minutes of Friends Meeting September 11, 2007


Meeting called to order at 7:30
In attendance: Kim D., Virginia G., Jennie T., Virginia S, Harold.

We didn’t have an official meeting for August as there were only two people in
attendance!

Reports:
Jill updated the group with the treasurer’s report..

We now have one small canopy, and have purchased two more.

Still researching ideas for the perpetual plaque.

The teens washed the windows and had a pizza party to thank them!

There were 43 finishers of the Summer Reading program. We still have some books to
give away.

The picnic at Hood Park was a success! All who were there enjoyed the good food and
fun entertainment! We will do that again next year!

We will check into having a combined meeting again with the PTO.

We will make an appearance at the Elementary School open house on Monday 9-17.

We are looking for donations of books for the Friends Book Sale in September. The
sale is scheduled for September 28 and 29. We have added to the sale a Farmers
Market and Craft fair for Saturday from 9-12.

Jill will provide refreshments for the October meeting.

Meeting was adjourned at 8:30