Friends of the Goldendale Library

What Friends Do

A favorite Friends activity is the annual book sale, usually held during the Goldendale Community Days in early July.  Thousands of books are available for a dollar or less in the Camplan Room of the Library.  The books come from community donations and from Library discards.  To donate books , bring them to the barrel by the main  floor elevator any time the Library is open.  Boxes of books will be held in the first floor (basement) foyer.  Friends help store, sort, arrange, and sell the books.  Contact the Friends to volunteer. 

Friends members who attend Board meetings make decisions for the organization.  Guests are always welcome.  Friends meet in the Camplan Room of the Library at 12:15 the second Monday of alternate months January, March, May, July, September, and November.  Read our meeting minutes to find out what's happening with the organization.

Each August, the Friends hold an ice cream social on the library lawn, complete with cake, ice cream, watermelon, root beer, and entertainment.  Contact the Friends to volunteer.   There is an annual membership party and often other social activities.

Friends have developed a literacy tutoring program for adults including an English class for Spanish speakers.  Contact the Friends if you would like to teach.

Friends publish a bi-monthly newsletter for all members.  The current newsletter is sent to all members and posted by the elevator near the library circulation desk.  To volunteer or submit copy for the newsletter, email us at goldendalefriendsnews@gmail.com.

Friends often help with library programs, such as speakers or the summer reading program..  Friends host the Fort Vancouver Regional Library Board when it holds its June meeting at the Goldendale Library Branch.

Friends have published two books on local history, Bluelight to Pucker Huddle, and Stories Told By Early Pioneers Of Klickitat Valley.  Plans are under discussion to publish others.

A current Friends’ priority is rural outreach to improve access to the library.   Examples of our efforts include the recent installation of a Klickitat book return, a Bickleton book sale, and adoption of a newsletter slogan which reflects the entire area served by the Goldendale Library.

Friends had a centennial celebration to honor 100 years of Goldendale Community Library service.  This was an important event for Klickitat County residents.

Friends support political measures which affect our Library, such as the Levy Lid Lift measure of August 2010.  Klickitat County’s 63% yes vote was instrumental in passing the measure for the entire library district.

Friends’ By-laws and Procedures give more detail of our meetings and activities. 

Members of the Young Adult Advisory Board  of the Goldendale Community Library are courtesy members of the Friends.

Membership is available to you.  Come see what we’re about.

See also the Fort Vancouver Regional Library website and the Fort Vancouver Regional Library Foundation website.