What Do Friends Fund
The Friends Provide Passes To
- Providence Children’s Museum
- Children’s Museum of Easton
- Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- The John F. Kennedy Library & Museum
- Plimoth Plantation
- Roger Williams Park Zoo
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
- Massachusetts Parks Pass
- Mystic Aquarium
- Peabody Essex Museum
- The Hall at Patriot Place
- Discounted tickets to the Southwick Zoo
- Zoo New England (Franklin Park Zoon and Stone Zoo)
- Tower Hill Botanic Garden
- USS Constitution Museum
- Winter Skate at Patriots Place
Reserve A Museum Pass
The Friends Sponsor Children’s Programs
- Robots on the Run!
- Art Adventures
- Ed Morgan Singalong
- Kids Yoga
- Baby Time
- Story Time
The Friends Sponsor Adult Programs
- Book Discussion Group
- Read it and Eat it ~ Cookbook discussion group
- Cookies and Coloring for Grown-ups
- Adult Craft and Hobby programs
- Speakers such as Mike Tougias and Gary Hylander
- Great Discussions
The Friends Also Sponsor
- Summer Reading Program
- Best Sellers Rental Collection
- Magazine Service ~ Zinio
- Community Read
- Hoopla
The Friends Have Provided
- 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 recently 12 new computers for patron to use
- All staff computers
- Furniture in the renovated schoolhouse
- Landscaping maintenance and improvements
