What Do Friends Fund

The Friends Provide Passes To

  • Boston Children’s Museum

    New Self Check-out Station

  • Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Museum of Science, Boston
  • New England Aquarium
  • New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill
  • Providence Children’s Museum
  • Roger Williams Park Zoo
  • USS Constitution Museum
  • Discounted tickets to the Southwick Zoo
  • Reserve A Museum Pass

The Friends Sponsor Children’s Programs

  • Multiage Story Time
  • Baby Time
  • Sensory Playtime
  • Wiggly Ones
  • Lego Builders
  • Pikachu Posse Pokemon Club
  • Drop in Crafts for Kids & Teens
  • Virtual Gaming
  • Many more each season
  • Story Time

The Friends Sponsor Adult Programs

  • Page Turners Book Club
  • Read it and Eat it ~ Cookbook discussion group
  • No Fail Crafts for Adults
  • Puzzle Swaps
  • Adult Craft and Hobby programs
  • Speakers such as Mike Tougias and Gary Hylander
  • Water Color Meetup
  • Tech 911
  • Fiber Art Group
  • Many more offerings each season

The Friends Also Sponsor

  • Summer Reading Program
  • Best Sellers Rental Collection
  • Community Read

 The Friends Have Provided

  • New signage for the Donation Shed at the Norfolk Transfer Station
  • New Self Check-out Machine
  • IPads for Children’s room
  • New Sign for the Library
  • Marquee Movies Collection
  • Browsing Baskets
  • The free “Book Page” magazine which has reviews of the latest books for children and adults and books on CD
  • Key technology resources, such as the self-check stations and automated book return
  • Three video display signs
  • Children’s room ~ shelves and endcaps, and Yogibo chairs
  • CD cleaning equipment
  • All public use computers and 12 computers for patron to use
  • All staff computers
  • Furniture in the renovated schoolhouse
  • Landscaping maintenance and improvements