Mission Statement: The Friends of the Gingerland Library is dedicated to stimulating growth in library resources and facilities.  The Friends seek to heighten community interest in Gingerland Library and to support academic programs by funding library 

collections and facilities.

What is the Friends of the Gingerland Library?

The unique quality of the public library is that it allows the entire community to develop roots. These roots are not bound by a common religious belief or political position, but are a free expression of concern for the common good.

Friends contribute to the cultural opportunities of their community by sponsoring book fairs, exhibits, story hours, and countless distinguished programs. Friends use their imagination and energy to emphasize the conviction that books and other library resources afford residents of our community a matchless means of enriching their lives and of acquiring a greater understanding of the world in which we live.  We are a non-profit community-based group dedicated to supporting the Gingerland Library and guiding input into its enhancement.  We are firm believers that an institution is only as strong as the community that supports it; therefore, we are committed to helping this diamond in the rough achieve its full potential.  Our purposes include providing financial assistance to the library, to promote the library as a learning center for all citizens in the community, and to act as an advocate for improved library services

Friends freely probe all kinds of possibilities, always in the spirit of enhancing the role and impact of the library.  The library is not a place, it is a process, a process that should be open to serious and playful possibilities.  It is this “fun” dimension that makes active volunteer participation more palatable to many individuals.  It also opens up creative thinking without boundaries allowing the exploration of the outer edges of library potential.