VOLUNTEER
Brittany Thompson & Ebony Howard from AKA help rearrange our office
We are dependent in so many ways on our volunteers. FOL sponsors special events where help is needed, such as our Annual Used Book Sale and the Children's Festival of Reading. Library advocates are needed at community meetings and forums, to stand up for the importance of the Public Library in Knox County. Volunteers can also help with office work, mailings and on newsletter production. So, how might you help as a volunteer? Check out the opportunities below and send an e-mail to the chair of that committee (for your convenience there's a download-and-print flyer at the bottom of this page with everything listed, too.) If you do not have e-mail, call the FOL office at 215-8775 to find out how your time and talents can support the Knox County Library!
BE A ROCKER: The Book Sale Committee needs volunteers to work one, four-hour shift per month at our used book store in the Lawson McGhee Library: the Friends@Rothrock Used Bookshop. Contact Jean Idell at idellj@bellsouth.net.
The Annual Used Book Sale needs volunteers to pick up books and sort them throughout the year. Volunteers are also needed to staff the annual sale, and help with publicity and organization.
To volunteer, e-mail Book Sale Co-Chairs Maggie Carini or Jean Idell, or call the Friends office at 215-8775.
Go Forth and Multiply – Speak up about why it's important to beFriend your Library! (Wo)Man a membership table at a branch during National Friends of the Library week in October for a two/three hour shift. Opportunities year-round as well, such as membership drives. Contact membership committee chair Peggy Bridges, pbassbridges@yahoo.com.
Put Books in Readers' Hands: Update collections at one of our special Shoebox Libraries, located all across town. Contact Dottie Stamper, dottie_stamper@msn.com.
Volunteer Kate Mahaffey-- here working at the 2011 Children's Festival of Reading tent-- works once a month at our Friends@Rothrock Used Book Shop downtown