Who are we?
Sequatchie County Friends of the Library (FOTL) is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt,
charitable, volunteer non-profit organized to support the Sequatchie County
Library. The Friends advocate for governmental library funding and provide
funding for and services to the library. Without funding and services
provided by the Friends, the Sequatchie County Library would be unable to
provide the level of service its patrons have come to expect. Its
membership consists of library patrons who become members to support
the library and its services to the community, to "give back" to the library in
some way in exchange for what the library has meant to them.
charitable, volunteer non-profit organized to support the Sequatchie County
Library. The Friends advocate for governmental library funding and provide
funding for and services to the library. Without funding and services
provided by the Friends, the Sequatchie County Library would be unable to
provide the level of service its patrons have come to expect. Its
membership consists of library patrons who become members to support
the library and its services to the community, to "give back" to the library in
some way in exchange for what the library has meant to them.
FRIENDS OF THE SEQUATCHIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
| The Friends volunteers had as much fun as the children at the "Splish Splash Reading Bash" event ending a Summer Reading Program |
What is upcoming?
| A Friends volunteer holds the hose high for water "limbo," but the kids loved it when he lowered it and they got soaking wet. |
What have we done lately?
How do I join?
The FOTL is a non-profit membership organization, with tax-deductible
annual dues.
Amount Membership Type
$ 5 Individual
$ 10 Family
$ 25 Contributor/Business
$100 Lifetime
Join Today
You may pick up a membership form at the library. Once you complete the form, you may deliver it, along
with a check or cash for your dues to the librarians or a FOTL member. If you prefer, you may mail the
completed form, along with the check for your dues, to: FOTL, Sequatchie County Public Library, 227
Cherry Street, Dunlap, Tennessee 37327
Membership Renewal
We especially appreciate all who remember membership renewal is required each January and renew
their memberships without further reminder. This helps to cut down on costs and volunteer time! Each
year please complete a new membership form by either downloading it from this site or by obtaining one
at the library.
Change of Address
To change your membership address over the Internet, please send an e-mail with your new address to
LucyS@bledsoe.net. If you have it, please send the entire nine-digit ZIP code for your new address. Also
please send your telephone number and your email address.
annual dues.
Amount Membership Type
$ 5 Individual
$ 10 Family
$ 25 Contributor/Business
$100 Lifetime
Join Today
You may pick up a membership form at the library. Once you complete the form, you may deliver it, along
with a check or cash for your dues to the librarians or a FOTL member. If you prefer, you may mail the
completed form, along with the check for your dues, to: FOTL, Sequatchie County Public Library, 227
Cherry Street, Dunlap, Tennessee 37327
Membership Renewal
We especially appreciate all who remember membership renewal is required each January and renew
their memberships without further reminder. This helps to cut down on costs and volunteer time! Each
year please complete a new membership form by either downloading it from this site or by obtaining one
at the library.
Change of Address
To change your membership address over the Internet, please send an e-mail with your new address to
LucyS@bledsoe.net. If you have it, please send the entire nine-digit ZIP code for your new address. Also
please send your telephone number and your email address.
How can I help?
Volunteer
When you look at our membership form, you will see it allows you to tell us what volunteer areas interest
you. There are plenty of opportunities for regular volunteer service or one-time help. We always need
volunteers for the two book sales a year, the story hour, and the summer reading program, but there are a
number of ways you can help. We would particularly like help with fundraising for the Imagination
Library. Please use the link in this sentence or the navigation button above to see the important work
being done by the Imagination Library in Sequatchie County.
Later add volunteer role descriptions
Make a Monetary Donation
A $15 contribution to the Imagination Library funds a monthly age appropriate book mailing to one
Sequatchie County child, aged birth to five years for one year. A donation to honor someone or to
remember someone may be used for any of the funding needs of the library from a book purchase to
matching funds for a technology grant. If you wish to honor someone or to give a gift in someone’s
memory, please deliver your gift to an FOTL member or to a member of the library’s staff. Gift forms are
available at local funeral homes, too. If you wish, you will receive a receipt for your tax deductible gift.
Advocate
Tell your state and local governmental officials just how important the library is to you.
Donate Used Books
Please donate your books, videos, CDs, and magazines to us for our bi-annual sales. Your donations
provide others in our community with very low-cost access to reading and audio and video materials,
decrease the burden on our landfills, and yield a tax deduction for you as well.
When you look at our membership form, you will see it allows you to tell us what volunteer areas interest
you. There are plenty of opportunities for regular volunteer service or one-time help. We always need
volunteers for the two book sales a year, the story hour, and the summer reading program, but there are a
number of ways you can help. We would particularly like help with fundraising for the Imagination
Library. Please use the link in this sentence or the navigation button above to see the important work
being done by the Imagination Library in Sequatchie County.
Later add volunteer role descriptions
Make a Monetary Donation
A $15 contribution to the Imagination Library funds a monthly age appropriate book mailing to one
Sequatchie County child, aged birth to five years for one year. A donation to honor someone or to
remember someone may be used for any of the funding needs of the library from a book purchase to
matching funds for a technology grant. If you wish to honor someone or to give a gift in someone’s
memory, please deliver your gift to an FOTL member or to a member of the library’s staff. Gift forms are
available at local funeral homes, too. If you wish, you will receive a receipt for your tax deductible gift.
Advocate
Tell your state and local governmental officials just how important the library is to you.
Donate Used Books
Please donate your books, videos, CDs, and magazines to us for our bi-annual sales. Your donations
provide others in our community with very low-cost access to reading and audio and video materials,
decrease the burden on our landfills, and yield a tax deduction for you as well.
We are working on a flag decommissioning ceremony. From April 17th through
the 22nd, we will host the 2012 Art & the Library Exhibition. It will be part of Valley Fest
on Saturday and Sunday. Last year 38 artists exhibited, and we had 264 visitors. We
will also have a booth at Valley Fest, and we will host a luncheon honoring our Library
Director, Betty Worley, for 50 years of service. Our guest speaker will be Susan
Gilmore, who will publish a novel set in Dunlap, Tennessee, in fall 2012.Our meetings
regularly take place each month on the 2nd Tuesday beginning at 4:30pm. Our
standing committees include the Imagination Library committee, the book sale
committee, the genealogy committee, the nominating committee, the publicity
and public relations committee, the membership committee, and the finance
committee. Any of these committees welcome new members.
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We are presently sponsoring the 2011-12 Story Hour sessions, and we sponsored the
2011 Summer Reading Program. We just held our annual meeting for all Friends and
members of the public. Our guest speaker was retired Special Agent Harold Bibb, U. S.
Secret Service. We are preparing for out next book sale in March 2012.
Recent FOTL purchases on behalf of the library include: new end caps to display books;
shelving; tables; a jump drive and memory card; a copier/printer for the library director;
an electronic photo frame; installation of computer cabling; Ellison die cuts and storage;
parking cones; and a new clock. Other purchases have permitted us to complete an area
upstairs which is being used for comfortable seating during story hours, a break room,
and a small conference or meeting area. We reorganized our office to permit improved
book sorting for bi-annual sales and the area around it to create another meeting space
for library patrons. We just began a genealogy group in September 2011.
2011 Summer Reading Program. We just held our annual meeting for all Friends and
members of the public. Our guest speaker was retired Special Agent Harold Bibb, U. S.
Secret Service. We are preparing for out next book sale in March 2012.
Recent FOTL purchases on behalf of the library include: new end caps to display books;
shelving; tables; a jump drive and memory card; a copier/printer for the library director;
an electronic photo frame; installation of computer cabling; Ellison die cuts and storage;
parking cones; and a new clock. Other purchases have permitted us to complete an area
upstairs which is being used for comfortable seating during story hours, a break room,
and a small conference or meeting area. We reorganized our office to permit improved
book sorting for bi-annual sales and the area around it to create another meeting space
for library patrons. We just began a genealogy group in September 2011.