Just in time for the start of school this month, we are thrilled to announce the recipients of our annual Graduate Scholarship and local Education and Literacy grant. These investments are supported by our generous members, as well as revenue generated from our book sales and other local fundraisers. Thank you to all of our supporters who…
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Mary Kay Sneeringer, owner of Edmonds Bookshop, is joining the Friends of the Edmonds Library this Thursday, Sept. 24 for her annual discussion of new books. The discussion will be via Zoom starting at 6 p.m. and is open to the public using the following link. Please join us! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87325192685.
We hope you can join our virtual member meeting at 2PM on Thursday, August 27. Our guest speaker is Dr. Yvonne Terrell-Powell, the Vice President of the Equity and Inclusion Division at Edmonds College. She will share more about the college’s impact in the local community; priorities for equity and inclusion and how we as committed lifelong learners can support…
Are you dreaming of past summer escapades to beautiful locales? Imagining international adventures when travel becomes safer? Or simply exploring new local destinations as a way to satisfy the travel bug? Join our July membership meeting this Thursday, July 23 at 6 PM, for a discussion with Edmonds’s own travel guide extraordinaire, Rick Steves. Log-in details below. This…
We hope your can join our free, online community program this Thursday, June 25 at 6 PM, featuring Teresa Wippel, founder of the My Neighborhood News Network and Publisher of MyEdmondsNews. Teresa will discuss how local news coverage has changed due to COVID-19. If you plan to attend, please RSVP and submit any questions you may have for our presenter, here. This meeting will be recorded…
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The following includes current assumptions regarding FEL operations as Sno-Isle Libraries begins a phased approach to re-opening community library locations. Please note that all recommendations developed by the FEL board are designed to comply with local public health guidelines, as well as parameters established by Sno-Isle Libraries for all of the Friends groups and volunteers across the system. We…
Please join us for our first-ever virtual member meeting on Thursday, May 28 at 2PM via Zoom! Members will receive all relevant log-in and tech-support details via email prior to the meeting. Not a member? No problem – simply join here and you’ll be added to our membership contact list! In November, Scriber Lake High School teacher Marjie Bowker…
“Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage,” by Alfred Lansing (Non-Fiction) Review submitted by Peter Kelley, FEL Member We are in such a strange time, I find getting lost in an old favorite book can be a small comfort. So I’m here to write about an old book I’ve liked for years — a story of courage and persistence…
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A library can never have too many friends. For over 40 years, the Friends of the Edmonds Library has built community support for Edmonds Library programs and services. Have you used a computer at the library? Friends contribute to that quality equipment. Have you admired the plants or freshwater aquarium? Friends provide the monetary support to maintain these amenities.…
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“Boundless: Tracing Land and Dream in A New Northwest Passage” by Kathleen Winter (Non-Fiction) Review submitted by Chris Walton, FEL Treasurer This is a fascinating present-day memoir told by the author who, in her 50s, decides to take a voyage on a small ship from Greenland through the Northwest Passage. Taking place above the Arctic Circle, Kathleen…
