Thanks for Being a Friend! FCPL Honors Friends of the Library Week
National Friends of the Library Week is an opportunity for Fairfax County Public Library (FCPL) to thank our many Friends groups for their contributions throughout the year. These individual groups support, assist and promote library activities for the local community. Every Friends group makes valuable contributions to the entire library, as well as their own branch. Most Friends groups hold book sales, and the proceeds are donated back to the library to help the library acquire books and equipment as well as sponsor programs and exhibits beyond the library's operating budget.
Please watch this video message from our Acting Director Christine Jones, featuring a few of our Friends members.
Please the link below the play in VLC, Quicktime, or other media player:
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2024 Friends Choice Awards
The Fairfax County Public Library Board of Trustees and community members recently gathered on Wednesday, Oct. 9 to celebrate the library’s Friends groups and recognize members nominated by their peers for their service. This year’s Friends Choice Awards were held at Chantilly Regional Library and featured a program honoring 32 awardees.
Board of Trustees Chair Suzanne Levy led the program, praising the Friends groups for their contributions to the library over the last year and honoring each recipient for their contributions. The photo gallery from the awards ceremony is available here.
This year’s list of honorees include:
- Kathryn Hodgdon, Access Services Advisory Group
- Rachel Schreiman, Access Services Advisory Group
- Shelley Brosnan, Friends of Burke Centre Library
- Frank Whittington, Friends of Burke Centre Library
- Tara Lassiter, Friends of Centreville Regional Library
- Rhonda Savage, Friends of Centreville Regional Library
- Vince Krevinas, Friends of Chantilly Regional Library
- Dennis Yenke, Friends of Chantilly Regional Library
- Karen Flagg, Friends of Great Falls Library
- Michael De Sapio, Friends of Kingstowne Library
- Fen Hunt, Friends of Kingstowne Library
- Nancy Newman, Friends of Kingstowne Library
- Wendy Simpson, Friends of Kingstowne Library
- Rita Hoskins, Friends of Pohick Regional Library
- Noemi Goldstein, Friends of Pohick Regional Library
- Sally Tomlin, Friends of Pohick Regional Library
- Barbara Atchison, Friends of Pohick Regional Library
- Kumutha Lane, Friends of Pohick Regional Library
- Andrea Tassan, Friends of Reston Regional Library
- Tom Skirbunt, Friends of Reston Regional Library
- Laurie Selmer, Friends of Reston Regional Library
- Carol Rieger, Friends of Reston Regional Library
- James “Jim” Medler, Friends of Reston Regional Library
- Linda Klieforth, Friends of Reston Regional Library
- Karen Grisz, Friends of Reston Regional Library
- Joel Cotton, Friends of Reston Regional Library
- Mary Catherine Flythe, Friends of Richard Byrd Library
- Maritza Jackson, Friends of Thomas Jefferson Library
- Tammi Souza, Friends of Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library
- Kris Lansing, Friends of Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library
- Karen James, Friends of Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library
- Robert “Bob” Phillips, Friends of Virginia Room
Community members wishing to become part of a Friends groups can find out more information on the library’s website. This page includes a list of the different Friends groups throughout Fairfax County as well as details on membership and how to join. You can become actively involved or simply have the satisfaction of supporting a worthwhile cause. Consider donating your used books to the library for sale during Friends' book sales!