A Friend of the Library

Several years ago the director of our local library asked if I would be willing to serve on the Sun Prairie Library Board.  I was thrilled to be asked and of course accepted.  Before officially being appointed, at the director’s invitation, I attended a Board meeting to meet the other members and observe how a meeting was run and the topics they made decisions on.

Then there was a glitch and I couldn’t be appointed because I live about ¼ mile past the city border.  I was disappointed but said I would be willing to serve on the Friends of the Sun Prairie Library Board.  The Friends don’t have residential restrictions.

A week ago I was asked to serve on the Board of the Friends and accepted the offer over the phone.  On Monday night I attended the annual meeting and along with two other volunteers I was elected.  At our local library the “Friends” raise funds by operating a small bookstore within the library.  The funds are donated for a variety of purposes including maintaining an aquarium ecosystem, the summer reading program, equipment purchases and other special projects.

Growing up in a small community in northwest Indiana our library was a lifeline for me.  I am looking forward to making a commitment to our library in Sun Prairie where my nearly three year old grandson Ross can have the same opportunity I had growing up.  (Ross loves talking to the fish in the aquarium.)