Official Notice of Annual Meeting
Official notice is hereby given to interested parties that the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Rancho Santa Margarita (CA) Friends of the Library Board of Directors will be held at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, in the Community Room of the RSM Public Library, 30902 LaPromesa, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688.
The meeting is open to the public.
Purpose of the meeting is to hear nominations and vote on Officers and Directors for RSM FOL for the year 2012.
Who We Are, What We Do
Friends of the Library is a non-profit organization of volunteers who raise money to support the Rancho Santa Margarita Public Library. All members volunteer their time and financial support so that children and adults can enjoy this precious resource. The primary source of funds comes from sales in the Friends of the Library Bookstore, which is overseen by a Board of Directors and operated by the volunteers who staff the bookstore in two-hour shifts. We also hold semi-annual two-day booksales in the Library's Community Room, usually in May and November.
In 2009, Friends of the Library raised more than $100,000 for RSM Library use. This Rancho Santa Margarita Friends of the Library chapter is the only outside resource for meeting our library's needs. Friends of the Library pays for children’s and adult programming, craft materials, speakers, prizes for various contests and reading incentives, paperback books, audio books and much more. Major purchases funded by Friends of the Library include:
- New chairs for the children's section
- Replacement drive-up book return
- New chairs for the Community Room
- Expansion shelving for the library
- Digital scanner for microfilm/microfiche and flatbed scanner.
As the county funding for libraries continues to decline, the role of Friends of the Library becomes more and more important. Friends of the Library is a 501c(3) tax exempt organization so every donor is entitled to claim a tax deduction for each gift to the FOL.
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