OLLF Newsletter – Winter 2024
From the President:It has been a busy fall for me and our library. In September, the city budget was adopted, and the library department budget was cut. Programming staff was cut, and some electronic service was ended.
The Oak Lawn Library Friends raised approximately $1,200 through the Day of Giving and Hunt Cares. In addition, we will be getting a grant for $4,000 from American Woodmark this winter. The grant is focused on improving our gardening collection and seed library. Below is a photo of the check. This will allow us to add gardening books, seeds and programs to serve the community.
Thanks to a generous donor, we now have a nice seed library cabinet that looks like an old library card catalog.
We also have added a new pet membership. The cost is $10 a year and all funds raised from these memberships will be used to support pet programming and fund the purchase of books about pets. Our sewing classes have made some pet bandanas. When your pet joins, you get a free bandana for your pet.
You can join online for yourself or your pet. If you want, you can send a photo of your pet, and we will put them on our Instagram feed and on a dedicated page for pet members.
The link to our membership page is: https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/membership-page/
We continue to fund a subscription to BookPage for 50 copies a month. This magazine has news on the newest books coming out.
Our website currently has 4,787 author pages. It covers new and old authors with author biographies and books in order of publication. It is updated with new authors on a weekly basis.
At our Oct. board meeting, we set aside $640 in support of upcoming programs thru May 2025.
To check out upcoming events at our branch, you can View our online calendar at dallaslibrary.org/events
Here are a few flyers of events that will take place in Jan. 2025.
On January 11th, 2025, at 1 p.m. , the Oak Lawn Library will host an author event. He is a local author who has written a historical novel about an annual gathering on Lake Texoma. I have included a copy of the flyer advertising this event.
Here is a flyer for science experiments for children starting in Jan.
Shop Kroger & Benefit the Library
You must re-enroll starting August 1st each year. If you have a Kroger Care card, link your card to number # 41560 and you will benefit the Oak Lawn Library Friends every time you shop at Kroger.
For suggested books, you can use this link: https://oaklawnlibraryfriends.com/book-recommendations/
Oak Lawn Library Friends Membership Form
| Name(s) | ||||
| Address | ||||
| City, Zip | Home Phone | |||
| Email Address | ||||
| Membership Status (please check one) | ||||
| Student/Senior $6 | You can pay with cash, check or PayPal. The PayPal option is on the Oak Lawn Library Friends website. | |||
| Sustaining $20 | ||||
| Pet Membership – $10 | ||||
| Household $25 | ||||
| Non-profit $50 | ||||
| Close Friend $75 | ||||
| Corporate $250 | ||||
| Other | ||||
| MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: Oak Lawn Library Friends 4100 Cedar Springs Dallas, Texas 75219 | ||||
Finally, I encourage you to join OLLF as a member or consider serving on the OLLF board. The board meets several times a year with staff. We discuss what programs and books the staff and the community want and explore ways to raise money or provide volunteers to meet those needs.
Oak Lawn Library Friends 