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The Friends of Kimball Library

Support Kimball Library programs, services, and fundraising by joining The Friends.

The Friends welcome financial contributions and memorial gifts. Checks may be made payable to “Friends of Kimball Public Library.” The Friends of Kimball Public Library is a registered 501(c)(3), tax-exempt, non-profit organization; donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

You can also donate securely through this link:

We welcome volunteers! We have opportunities for people with all sorts of skills. Physical jobs and seated jobs, tech and non-tech. Please contact us at [email protected]

Mission

The Friends of Kimball Library (“The Friends”) is a 501(c)3 non-profit association formed in 1991. The Friends is organized and operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes. Specifically, Friends is to maintain an association of persons interested in libraries, to focus public attention on the Kimball Library, to stimulate use of the Library’s resources and services, to encourage contributions, endowments, and bequests to the Library, to support and assist the Library in developing its facilities and services, and to support, as expressed in the American Library Association Bill of Rights, the freedom to read. 

Executive Board Members, 2021-2022

President: Chris Lesinski
Vice President: Linda Paye
Treasurer: Adele Smith
Secretary: Judith Flint

Projects

Some of the Friends’ ongoing and past projects:

  • New Baby Books – A new book is purchased to honor each child born to a Randolph or Braintree family. Each book is identified with a bookplate with the baby’s name. A letter is sent to the family with a brochure about sharing books with children and informing them of the title of their child’s book. This program encourages parents to make reading and visits to the library an important part of their child’s life.
  • Children’s Summer Reading Program
  • The Book Shop – The Friends of Kimball Library operate The Book Shop, a used book store at 28 Pleasant Street in Randolph, Vt. The Shop offers gently used books of all genres; for children, young adults and adults. For more information, email [email protected] or find us on our “Friends of Kimball Library” Facebook page.