Friends of the Forks Library is a volunteer nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and benefiting the Forks Branch library.

Our Goals:

• To Raise money for building enhancements, materials and services that are beyond the library's annual budget.

• To Encourage Reading as a lifetime activity for local residents, and to assist those with special needs

• To Promote and Nurture a closer relationship between the library and the Forks community

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Book Donations and Sales

Donations are always welcome; inquiries may be made to Forks Library staff at 360-374-6402.  In the past, book sales have occurred around Valentine’s Day—“Love is in the Air”, during April’s Rainfest—“The Garden of Readin’”, the 4^th of July, and in the Fall.  Subject to change, most hard cover books sell for a dollar, paperbacks for fifty cents and children’s books for ten cents.  Please call 360-374-6560  for information on upcoming book sales.

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Officers

Officers of the Friends Board for 2005:

President: Debbie McIntyre
Immediate Past President: John Barrett
Vice President/Secretary: Kate Monahan
Treasurer: Ellen Matheny
 

The Friends may be contacted by writing to:
Friends of the Forks Library
171 S Forks Avenue
Forks, WA 98331

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METTINGS AND OTHER ACTIVITES

Join us. We meet the first Wednesday of every month in the Forks Library conference room at 5:30p.m.. Add your e-mail to our mailing list and hear, firsthand, about coming events. Our group also promotes readings, music, and cultural events.

Become a Friend of the Forks Library and be a part of the heartbeat of the Forks Library

 

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Articles from the Forks Forum

The Friends of Forks Library is a non-profit group of book-lovers dedicated to fund-raising for our local library. Book-sorting parties for our eclectic group have led to many fascinating discussions. The Forks Forum has kindly agreed to allow us to share our passion with a broader audience.

Reviews so far:

• Secret life of bees

• Teacher man

• Twilight

• Adventure Divas

• Julie and Julia

• Reading Starts at Home

• New Moon

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Did You Know? - Article courtesy of the Forks Forum
 By Ted Bondurant

Your Forks Library features a large selection of car and truck repair manuals for both the ace mechanics and amateur tinkers out there. These volumes can be found in the rear in the reference section, and pages can be copied on the copier out front at .10 cents a scan.

Over 200 manuals are there, including the Motors, Chilton and Mitchell’s series and they feature both foreign and domestic repair info; tune-up, electronics and performance data; truck engine, clutch, transmission and drive axle technology; plus some individual car/truck/motorcycle manuals and also body work guides for those so inclined.

Our librarians would also like your input for adding new manuals and updating our collection this year. Grab a handbill from the front desk and list your preferences there in the space provided—maybe take one home for your brother or husband (or gear-grindin’ granny?) to fill out. Please return these to the librarians so they can get a sense of what manuals will be the most useful or desirable for local monkey-wrenchers, hot-rodders or tinkerers to enjoy.

 Further help can also be had on our library’s Web site; you can access automotive sources that our NOLS system pays to let you have for free! Check it out on the Forks Library home page or have a librarian show you how to get it on one of the library’s free computers.

You can also help the library serve the community better by donating repair manuals you no longer use or need (whether current or vintage) that we could add to our collection. Be sure to browse through our handy home guides, as well as materials in other practical areas of crafts, hobbies, fix-it or collect-it fascination. It’s your library—use it and join in its support so we can make it even better.

Contacts: Reference Services, Children's Services, Outreach to the Homebound,
Port Angeles Branch, Sequim Branch, Forks Branch, Clallam Bay Branch,
NOLS Administration

Information: Employment, NOLS Policies