Friends of the Abbott Library

2007 Members
Betty Tatlock, President
Michelle Rouillard, Treasurer
Derek Tatlock, Program Chair
Linda Urbach, Secretary
Brenda Greene
Barbara Wheeler
Ed Epremiam
Nancy Clark, Immediate Past President

Membership is open to all individuals and families interested in the purposes of the organization who pay annual dues.

The goal of the Friends is to support, coordinate and enhance the activities of the Library, and to stimulate and promote good library service in the community by doing the following:

• working in cooperation with the librarians and the library trustees in support of the library    
• maintaining an association of persons interested in good library service  
• assisting in development, promotions and completion of library services, facilities, programs and community services    
• soliciting gifts, bequests, endowments and other financial contributions above and beyond the library's annual budget    
• acting as liaison between the community and the library, and increasing public awareness of library resource

Examples of the Friends support:   

• sponsorship of the Summer Reading Program and Hampstead Players    
• purchase of equipment for the After School Kids Program    
• purchase of equipment for the library such as the new bar coding system and disc cleaner/repairer    
• paying for mailings, advertising and brochures needed by the Library Trustees that could not be purchased with town monies or building funds
• The Friends sponsor several fund raisers each year which include the Annual Appeal in early June, the Pancake Breakfast in July and a Plant Sale in May, as well as others.