Friends of the Mount Pleasant Public Library
The Friends of the Mount Pleasant Public Library – FMPPL – a recognized not-for-profit volunteer organization, has been dedicated to the promotion, welfare and support of the Mount Pleasant Public Library at least since 1965 and possibly longer. We have gone through old records in the Library basement and have discovered minutes of meetings and reports from a predecessor volunteer organization called The Friends of the Library Association from 1961, with handwritten membership rolls, typewritten lists of movies shown at the Library using Friends' funding, lists of books the Library was interested in receiving as donations, etc. In the old days, the Friends of the Library Association was responsible for selecting a lot of what went on at the Library, and volunteers helped out with clipping articles for the Library's local history files, choosing art works to be displayed in the library, circulating a newsletter of upcoming programs to all members, purchasing items for the staff lounge and other functions that have now been taken over by professionals. At times during our history, our Steering Committee included the Library Director, who presided over Board meetings and our members voted on which individual Library entertainment programs to fund. They were invited to Library Trustees' meetings by typewritten letters from the Library Director. The Friends of the Library Association's frequent meetings were held during the middle of the day, because members were retired men, or women who didn't have paid jobs, and agendas were snail-mailed, sometimes with the notation "bring a sandwich"!
As the library became more modernized and insurance and safety issues gained prominence, the organization evolved to become a separate and independent not-for-profit corporation with its own tax-exempt status, otherwise known as a 501 (c)(3) corporation. Our name was officially changed to the Friends of the Mount Pleasant Public Library Inc. or FMMPL Inc. Our purpose is to build and maintain an association of persons interested in the library, its services, facilities and needs; to provide an important source of assistance and supplemental revenue to promote the use and enjoyment of the library by the entire community. In cooperation with the Director and the Trustees of the Mount Pleasant Public Library, all funds raised will be used for the enhancement of the library, its services and to foster public support. Now many of our Board members have daytime jobs so we do most our Board communications by email, holding face-to-face meetings only a few times a year. But we have not changed our focus - to support community use and enjoyment of the Mount Pleasant Public Library in whatever ways we can. We primarily raise funds through two sources: membership dues and semi-annual book sales. These book sales are currently in abeyance during the Pandemic and we do not yet know when it will be possible to resume them.
As the library became more modernized and insurance and safety issues gained prominence, the organization evolved to become a separate and independent not-for-profit corporation with its own tax-exempt status, otherwise known as a 501 (c)(3) corporation. Our name was officially changed to the Friends of the Mount Pleasant Public Library Inc. or FMMPL Inc. Our purpose is to build and maintain an association of persons interested in the library, its services, facilities and needs; to provide an important source of assistance and supplemental revenue to promote the use and enjoyment of the library by the entire community. In cooperation with the Director and the Trustees of the Mount Pleasant Public Library, all funds raised will be used for the enhancement of the library, its services and to foster public support. Now many of our Board members have daytime jobs so we do most our Board communications by email, holding face-to-face meetings only a few times a year. But we have not changed our focus - to support community use and enjoyment of the Mount Pleasant Public Library in whatever ways we can. We primarily raise funds through two sources: membership dues and semi-annual book sales. These book sales are currently in abeyance during the Pandemic and we do not yet know when it will be possible to resume them.
Listing Details
Address
350 Bedford Road, Pleasantville, NY 10570
Contact
Kathy Schuler, President
Telephone
(914) 769-0548, ext. 250
E-mail
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