What is Friends?

Friends of the Eddyville Public Library is a section 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that was founded in 2006 to help further the general goals and objectives of the Eddyville Public Library.

The primary goals of Friends are:

  • to stimulate community awareness of the library
  • to advocate for the library
  • to sponsor community events and activities
  • to support special fundraising programs
  • to encourage gifts, endowments, and memorials
  • to promote volunteer activities
  • to provide support to the library's annual children's summer reading program
  • to purchase items and materials that cannot be bought from the library's general budget