Hubbard Free Library

How Can You Support Your Library?

Volunteers:

If you have an hour or two to spare from time to time, there are many possibilities for volunteering at the library, including, but not limited to: reshelving books and other items, assisting at our weekly Children's Hour (do you like to read to children? Do you have some good ideas for craft activities?), sorting books for our book sales, yard work, hauling cardboard and old newspapers to the recycling center, assisting the Friends with publicity for programs, serving as a computer guru. Stop by and see if there's something you might like to do.

The Friends of Hubbard Free Library:

Our Friends organization plans, arranges and publicizes programs and events throughout the year, including two major book sales. They support the library in other ways: in the past they have contributed a refrigerator, two computers, an adjustable crafts table for the Children's Room, and Leo the Library Lion (come in and see him). They provide refreshments and prizes for our Summer Reading program, keep the library looking warm and welcoming with plants and other decorations, and have recently been involved in a major project of updating a valuable picture album of historic houses in Hallowell. Meetings are the fourth Tuesday of every month at 6:30 in the library. All are welcome.

Planned Giving:

There are numerous methods of making charitable gifts-many while retaining income interest, with current tax deductions generated for remainder gifts. Charitable Remainder Annuity Trusts, Remainder Unitrusts, Pooled Income Funds and Gift Annuities are some examples. For information on these and other possibilities please contact the director, Melody Norman-Camp at (207) 622-6582, or hfl.msln.com, Linda Gilson, Treasurer of the Board of Trustees at LindaSGilson@aol.com, or James McKenna, President of the Board, at jmmckenna3@gmail.com

Upcoming capital campaign:

Our wonderful old library is in need of some major structural repair, and overhauling of its antiquated heating and (currently nonexistent) air conditioning systems. If you consider the library one of the community's architectural and cultural treasures, deserving of major support now, in its time of need, and would be interested in becoming involved in the campaign to raise funds, please contact the Director, Melody Norman-Camp at
(207) 622-6582.