Our Vision and Mission Statement
Who We Are
The Friends of Henderson Libraries are persons who value libraries as centers of lifelong learning and leisure. Friends contribute money and/or time to support library services and programs.
Our Vision
The Friends of Henderson Libraries envisions a strong and ongoing partnership with the Henderson libraries—a partnership that has unlimited potential for expanding and enriching informational, educational, cultural, and recreational opportunities in the Henderson community.
Our Mission
The Friends of Henderson Libraries engages in a threefold mission:
- advocacy
- communication, and
- support
Advocacy
Friends champions the development, growth, and improvement of library resources, services, and facilities.
Communication
- Friends promotes community awareness and understanding of library resources and functions.
- Friends exchanges ideas and information that allow for sound decisions and successful outcomes.
Support
- Friends enlists monetary and in-kind resources for the District from organizations and individual members of the community.
- Friends defines and implements the volunteer roles that assists in satisfying District needs.
- Friends funds projects, mutually agreed upon with the District staff, through annual allocations, one-time grants, and local, state and national parnerships.
| In addition to the support provided by Friends,
the library district has established other means by which citizens
can contribute by other means. Additional information regarding
these progams can be found on the District website at http://www.mypubliclibrary.com/libinfo/support.html |
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| Our Priorities | |
| Friends has three priorities for 2010: | |
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| Friends supports programs such as Reading with Rover, the Summer Reading Program, One-Book Henderson and Library Book Clubs. | |
| Our History | ||
| 2009 Baker Taylor Award |
Aug 2009 Feature Article |
Aug 2009 Gibson Groundbreaking |
"The only way to have friends, is to be one."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Keep in contact or ask questions by sending email to any board member.
Ron Hughes |
Marian Brown Vice President Biography Paula Petruso Director - Newsletter Biography Leslie Finzer Secretary Biography Julie Buckley Board Member at Large Biography |
Midge Wilkerson Board Member at Large Biography Kathy Hug Historian Biography Colleen Bell Tom Fay Ex-Officio Board Members Colleen Bell (President, HDPL Board of Trustees) |
Lifetime Members
| Marilyn Armstrong |
Drs.
Richard and Patricia Geuder |
George
and Patricia Miller Stephen and Gloria O'Donnell Pamela Omidyar Eric and Kristy Price Sharon Roberts Natalie Shaw Diane Smith R. Brandon Sprague Lucia Sullivan Winnie Teeter Joan Tinker Larry Tinker Joan Weisberg Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Woodbury Dana Wurzer Balderson |
Founding Members
D. J. Allen |
Dr. Richard and Patricia
Geuder |
Julie Pate Laurie Porter Hal Rothman Brandon Sprague Lois Taylor Joan Tinker |
Honorary Members
| Selma Bartlett Shelley Berkley Donna Childs Bob and Jane Fielden Jim Gibson Brian Greenspun |
Lorna Kesterson Claire MacDonald Bob and Sandy Miller Mike O'Callaghan Lauri Porter Hal Rothman |
Hal and Tina Smith Dina Titus John Titus Othena Williams Bruce Woodbury |
Charter Members
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Betsey Abrahamson Margaret Absher Sherry Allotta Karen Anderson Patricia Anger The Bargerhuff Family Janice M. Bennett Symme Benoff Shelly Berkley Charles Berta Renee Blango-Michie Mr. and Mrs. Curt Bottesch Rita Botzenhardt Jean Breneman Marian Brown Joni Brun The Buchanan Family Jan Carl Carol Chabre Melanie Comella Margaret Cray Chloe A. Ducharme Paul and Muriel Dufendach Dorothy Eizenberg David Erdsaune Charmaine Falkenberg |
Doris Federwisch |
Betty Neill-Parker |
| If we are to be as wise as we are strong, then we need
more wise men, reading more good books in more new libraries. |
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Friends of Henderson Libraries
280 South Green Valley Parkway
Henderson, Nevada 89012
Phone: (702) 492-6592
Fax: (702) 492-6599
email: friends@hdplfriends.org
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