March news from the Friends

March 2020

Greetings Friends!

This past month was very exciting! We hope you enjoyed going back in time to meet abolitionist "Frederick Douglass" as part of our bi-annual Betty Grinnan Friends of the Library Program for American History. Nearly 100 guests attended this elegantly catered evening event for a donation fee of $10 for members/ $25 for non-members. Mr. Douglass also spent an afternoon with home school families and children from the Florence Fuller Child Development Center.

Again, we express our deep gratitude for the generous donation to the Friends from the Patricia Peck Estate which will enable us to fund a broad range of programs and library projects to further serve the needs of our community, such as a mobile library van which will bring literacy to under-served areas.

As always, we thank our donors, members and bookstore customers who continue to support us, and look forward to making our 30th year the best year ever!

Sincerely,

Cyndi Bloom, Board President

Friends of the Boca Raton Public Library, Inc.

QUICK LINKS:

Boca Raton Community Garden

Gumbo Limbo Nature Center

Boca Chamber of Commerce

BRPL March programs newsletter

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Get your tickets at the link below for the Palm Beach Book Festival at FAU on March 21st! See the line-up of NYT bestselling authors. Use discount code BOOKCLUBALL for an all day pass and BOOKCLUB for a single panel ticket. https://fauevents.universitytickets.com/w/default.aspx

Don't forget to register for the Family Book Club Brunch on Saturday, March 28th , at the library, an annual event funded by the Friends. This year's book is The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane , by Kate DiCamillo. Guests receive a copy of the book with enrollment. Register in person at the Youth Services desk at either library or by phone at 561-544-8584. See highlights of last years Family Book Club Brunch here.

Check out the highlights from the Friends Special Educational Presentation

School children were treated to a Special Educational Presentation of "Frederick Douglass" in February at our bi-annual Betty Grinnan Friends of the Library Program for American History

Friends Community Room, Downtown Boca Raton Public Library

400 NW 2nd Avenue, Boca Raton

See more highlights from this fascinating event and follow us on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/bocalibraryfriends/

Friends Members get advance invitations and discounts for Special Events. Not a Friends member yet? Sign up at https://www.bocalibraryfriends.org/membership

Enjoy Free Upcoming Events with Friends

NOTE: Donations and/or quality used books to be sold in our bookstore are welcome at the time of the event, for the benefit of the library. These programs help raise awareness of the library, and all funds received support the Boca Raton Public Library.

Speaker Presentation: Alessandra Tamerin, MS on "The Butterfly with Torn Wings " by Giovanna Maria Acciavatt i

March 15th at 3:00 pm -Spanish River Library

Speaker Presentation: Rose Feinberg Ed.D, on the lives and careers of three singing women: Bette Midler, Carole King and Barbra Streisand

March 22nd at 3:00 pm -downtown BRPL

Music Matinee: David Pedraza , violinist

April 5th at 3:00 pm -downtown BRPL

Speaker Presentation: Sarah Sampaio, PhD, entrepreneurship and business management for seniors

April 26th at 3:00 pm -downtown BRPL

Registration opens 3/12

Our Bookstore

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Come visit us!

Visit us today and peruse our aisles of fiction and non-fiction books on a wide range of subjects, including travel, cooking, humor, self-help, language studies, classics, bestsellers, children's books, and much more. We also sell audiobooks, music CDs and DVDs. Many of the books and media in our bookstore are bargain priced at $3 or less!

All items are donated, and sales support the library and Friends events. If you are moving or doing spring cleaning and sorting your own library to make room for new books and materials, please consider donating to our organization.

Our amazing bookstore provides ongoing funding for many of our programs and events throughout the year. It is operated completely by a team of Friend's devoted volunteers. We hope you'll stop in and see us soon.

Friends of the Boca Raton Public Library Bookstore

Lobby of the downtown Boca Raton Public Library, 400 NW 2nd Avenue, Boca Raton, FL 33432

561-544-8596 | bocalibraryfriends.org/bookstore

Open Tuesday-Saturday 10:00am - 5:30 pm / Closed Sunday and Monday

Book Club Discussions

Wed., March 18th at 7:00pm

Spanish River Library

Tues., March 24th at 10:30am

Downtown Library

All book club discussions are open to the public.

More information on book club selections and moderator contact information can be found on our website at https://www.bocalibraryfriends.org/bookclubs

Our Art Gallery

View the art of Marianela Perez in our upstairs art gallery at the Spanish River Library now through April 13th.

Follow the artist at:

https://www.facebook.com/Marianelaperezart/

and

https://www.instagram.com/

Exhibit curated by Friends art gallery curator, Victoria Sheridan.

All exhibition artwork is for sale.

Our Mission

The Friends support and enhance the value of the Boca Raton Public Library as it serves our community.

We are a 501(c) (3) organization.

EIN 59-2004980

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