We’re So Glad You’re Here! Friends Groups are integral to sustaining BPL's creativity and energy. Your support and advocacy ensures neighborhood libraries have essential funds to purchase program supplies and care for well-tread spaces. Above all, you help educate your community about BPL, so that more people can benefit from our diverse resources and services.
Friends of Brooklyn Public Library support their local branch in many ways. They support their library through advocacy, increasing community awareness, raising funds and helping at special events. Friends host monthly meetings and events, including book and bake sales, author talks and readings, holiday events and much more!
Want to become a Friend? Visit your local branch and talk to a library staff member or join us at one of our upcoming events!
Upcoming Events
Friends Of Jamaica Bay Library: Craft Club!
Join us Thursdays for handcraft coworking with group organizer is Cathy Henry-Ayum
Bring your own craft materials and supplies to work on.
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Friends Of Jamaica Bay Library: Calligraphy
Join us this for a very special handcraft coworking series this summer with group organizer Cathy Henry-Ayum and instructor Adrienne Grande. These classes will be focused on the art of calligraphy.
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Open House: A Community Event by Friends of Sunset Park Library
Discover all that your neighborhood library has to offer through fun, hands-on activities for all ages. Pick up your library passport and collect stamps as you explore stations like letter writing, self-portraits, LEGO building, and more. A community event by Friends of Sunset Park Library. Come…
Friends Of Jamaica Bay Library: Craft Club!
Join us Thursdays for handcraft coworking with group organizer is Cathy Henry-Ayum
Bring your own craft materials and supplies to work on.
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Friends of Marcy Library Meeting
Please consider joining the Marcy library Friends group. Members will meet four times each year to plan, co-ordinate and facilitate special events for all ages at Marcy library. We will also discuss ways we can help promote library services with Brooklyn residents, and share suggestions…
Friends Of Jamaica Bay Library: Craft Club!
Join us Thursdays for handcraft coworking with group organizer is Cathy Henry-Ayum
Bring your own craft materials and supplies to work on.
…
Friends of Greenpoint Library Meeting
Have ideas on how to make the branch a better place? Want to support the branch through advocacy and fundraising? Come and join the Friends of Greenpoint Library and help us plan and support our upcoming events! Bring your time and talent, and ideas, too. All are welcome to join!
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Friends Of Jamaica Bay Library: Calligraphy
Join us this for a very special handcraft coworking series this summer with group organizer Cathy Henry-Ayum and instructor Adrienne Grande. These classes will be focused on the art of calligraphy.
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Friends of Williamsburgh Library Icee & Popsicle Sale!
Join us for an afternoon filled with laughter, delicious flavors, and a sprinkle of joy with the Friends of the Williamsburgh Library!
Buy an icee, meet the Friends, and learn how you can join and support the Williamsburgh Library!
Friends of Midwood Library Meeting
Do you have ideas on how to make the branch a better place? Do you want to support the branch through advocacy and fundraising? Come and join the Friends of Midwood Library and help us plan and support our upcoming events! Bring your time, talent, and ideas, too. All are welcome to join!
Resources for Friends
Handbook and Forms
- Friends Handbook (.pdf)
- Code of Conduct: Color or B&W (.pdf)
- Sign-in Sheet: Color or B&W (.pdf)
- 2025 In-Kind Donation Form (.pdf)
Example Fliers
- Bake Sale Flyer One (.docx)
- Bake Sale Flyer Two (.docx)
- Book Sale Flyer One (.docx)
- Book Sale Flyer Two (.docx)
Useful Websites
Join the Conversation on Facebook:
BPL Friends Facebook Group
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