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The Friends of Greenwich Library is a volunteer organization that develops and supports exceptional programs and services at Greenwich Library which promote the joy of lifelong learning and discovery. Everyone who makes a donation becomes a “Friend” of Greenwich Library. Donations support a wide variety of programs and services and are available at no charge.
There are many opportunities to be a volunteer at Greenwich Library! Find Your Place.
The Friends of Greenwich Library is actively looking for new volunteers. Join the Friends and help us continue to bring outstanding programming, education, and resources to the community by volunteering with one of our incredibly engaged communities. Please see the full list of volunteer opportunities here. Questions? Contact the Friends Office at (203) 622-7938 or friends@greenwichlibrary.org.
Volunteers come into the Library monthly to keep the books of an assigned area neat, tidy, and organized on the shelf. Questions? Contact the Friends Office at (203) 622-7938 or friends@greenwichlibrary.org.
Greenwich Library’s Book Van provides delivery and pick-up service of large print books, paperbacks, world language books, audiobooks, CDs, and DVDs to senior residences in Greenwich.
The Friends of Greenwich Library presents fun and engaging theater programming in the Spring and Fall for children, supports the Reading Readiness program, and partners with the Head Start program to encourage the development of early literacy reading skills.
The Flinn Gallery is a non-profit, education-oriented exhibition space that presents art in all mediums from a wide range of periods, visions, and techniques. The Gallery Committee is comprised of over 50 volunteers.
Friday evenings are a time to relax while being entertained or informed by a film. An eclectic mix of new releases, classics, and foreign films at times followed by Q&As with a guest speaker on some aspect of the film.
Read and discuss great books with facilitator Susan Boyer and other book club participants. Meets monthly.
Greenwich Reads Together is Greenwich Library’s community-wide reading experience that engages all of Greenwich in exploring a single book.
This is a collection of over 200 circulating art prints and paintings available to patrons who wish to decorate their homes or office.
The Greenwich Library Oral History Project is a collection of interviews with people who have helped to make or witnessed the history of Greenwich, Connecticut, since 1890. To date, the collection contains more than one thousand interviews and 142 books.
Inspiring the community with world-class dance, music, theater, comedy, and various performing arts genres in the Main Library’s Berkley Theater.
The Poet’s Voice series is supported by the Horace E. Manacher Fund and The Friends of Greenwich Library. The goal of the series is to present acclaimed, distinguished, and award-winning poets to the Greenwich community. The Poet’s Voice series has included Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, State and U.S. Poet Laureates, and a Children’s Poet Laureate. For more information, please contact Rick Hansen at rhansen@greenwichlibrary.org or 203-622-7948.
Check out all events put on by the Friends of Greenwich Library.
The Friends of the Greenwich Library’s mission is to welcome and reflect the Greenwich community through volunteer engagement to develop and support exceptional programs and services that promote the joy of lifelong learning and discovery. Our Values are:
Hilary Martin Lea, Chairman
Francine Gingras, Vice Chairman
Julie Dao McCormick, Treasurer
Ksenija Pejcic, Recording Secretary
Leslee Asch
Ruth Davidson
Wynne Delmhorst
Daisy Florin
Sharon Fortenbaugh
Julia Gray
Pamela Kelly
Mary Ellen LeBien
Archana Makam
Arlene Mark
Sharon Phillips
Mary Sullivan
Susanna Trudeau
Helaine Winer
Judy Crystal (Friends of Byram Shubert Library)
Deborah Armstrong (Friends of Cos Cob Library)
Ian Murray, President, Board of Trustees
Joseph Williams, Library Director
Kate Soboleva, Deputy Director
Kate Petrov, PR & Programming Manager
Lisa Mandel, Development Director
