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About the Friends

May 2023

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The Friends of the Half Moon Bay Library is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization (EIN 94-2939460). The Friends support our local library by enhancing programs for adults, teens and children of all ages and backgrounds in our community.

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We are extremely proud of the achievements below (and many more!)

 

  • We are extremely proud of the achievements below (and many more!)

  • We ensure financial support to the library for the Adult Meals Program. The program provides about 45 meals every day to those in need in our community.

  • We raised nearly $15,000 during the Coastside Gives 2022 campaign for permanent shade awnings and additional outdoor furniture to ensure that the library provides a safe, welcoming outdoor place to gather throughout the year. Some of the furniture is now in place in the Childrens Garden at the library!

  • We are pleased to be working in partnership with the Coastside Community School Backpack Drive by donating childrens books and financial support.

  • We have started an eBay bookstore for unusual, rare, or collectible books that have been donated. Go to www.ebay.com/usr/friends_hmb for more information.

  • We have Sidewalk Book Sales at the library on the 3rd Saturday of the month. These are a major source of revenue for us. And check out our Book Cart and Bookshelves anytime the library is open for gently-used fiction and non-fiction! 
     

If you would like to know more about the Friends, please contact our president at president@hmblibraryfriends.org

 

Click here for our current by-laws, updated in 2020.

The Friends of the Half Moon Bay Library join San Mateo County Libraries in our dedication to being a positive force for our communities and standing up for equity, inclusion and social justice. To our communities of color, we stand with you.

 

​Board of Directors

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Paul Gater – President

Deb Kessler - Vice President, Director of Membership

Dave Schorr  - Treasurer

Laura Wilson - Secretary

Sandy Gleichmann - Member-at-Large

Carolyn Belknap - Member-at-Large for Communications

John Claussen - Member-at-Large

Carol Price - Member-at-Large

Wendi Shafir - Member-at-Large and Head of Book Sales

For more information, click here to visit the Half Moon Bay Library website.

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Friends of the Half Moon Bay Library,

620 Correas Street,

Half Moon Bay, CA 94019

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