Books make the holidays brighter! We recently received this thank you note from the local Meals on Wheels coordinator: 

"A heartfelt Thank-You from Meals on Wheels to the Friends of the Library for the donation of paperbacks as holiday gifts to our clients. We will be delivering a fabulous holiday meal on Fri 12/24 to 45 home-bound seniors. They will be receiving a gift from a local group plus the book plus other holiday goodies. Thanks for your part in bringing holiday cheer to local seniors."

Rain or Shine! Friends of the Library Book Sale will be held in the Sonoma Valley Library parking lot on Sunday, November 21, 2021 from 10:00am to 3:00pm.  If it is raining, the sale will be held on the covered area at the library entrance. Many categories of books and vinyl LPs will be available for purchase. Hardback books are $2 each, paperback books $1 each and LPs $1 per disc. Books will be restocked throughout the sale.

MASKS ARE MANDATORY. Credit cards encouraged. Cash accepted. No checks will be accepted. Bring your own bags, please. Street parking only. No restroom facilities available.  See you at the Library!

The Annual Meeting of the Sonoma Valley Friends of the Library will take place on Thursday, October 14, at 3:00, via Zoom. The Zoom link will be posted on the SVFOL web site a day or two before the meeting. Election of officers will take place at the meeting. Only one Board member term is open this year, the position of Secretary. 

If you are interested in the position or have a suggestion for a candidate, please notify Marge Thomas, margemthomas@gmail.com. Members of the Nominating Committee are Robin Kunde, Karen Sanders, and Marge. Nominations will also be taken from the floor during the meeting.

We hope to see you “there”.

In order to continue our beloved and long-standing tradition of quarterly Book Sales, the Sonoma Valley Friends of the Library are in need of a Book Sales chairperson or persons.  For 15+ years, Dave Dobbins and Carol Brown coordinated the many aspects of the sales including a wonderful hard-working crew of volunteers, who turned the Book Sales into a humming well-oiled machine.  The Sales have operated much like a traveling show, set up and struck down quarterly, with all the moving parts stored and ready to rise again three months later. 

Many people are eager and ready to volunteer as helpers to whomever steps up to take this unique opportunity for our library.  And, as with any successful endeavor, it requires those special one or two people to take the lead.  It's a commitment requiring both love and yes, a good amount of time.

As many of you know, we had a successful first-in-over-a-year Book Sale in May, thanks to two of our hardest-working Friends, Tony Pisacane (who does a yeoman's service for the Friends and Sonoma Schools) and Janette Tschann, both of whom stepped up with the offering of a one-time basis.  We are grateful for all they already do.  

Book Sales have been the primary avenue of revenue through which we Friends support the Sonoma Valley Library.  We hold the hope that that special someone(s) in our big-hearted community will step up and take this opportunity to keep this beloved "institution" of Friends of the Sonoma Valley Library Book Sales continuing in perpetuity.  

On behalf of the Board of the Friends of the Sonoma Valley Library, if you are interested in being that special person(s), please contact Janet Constantino at constanj8@comcast.net.  Or, you may leave a message at 707-939-9624.