COMING SOON

Celebrity Auction- Date TBA

This event will be the first of it's kind hosted by the Friends of the Library. We are working on getting many big-name celebrities to donate items for our auction. Some donors to date include: Toby Keith, Allen Alda, Steffi Graph, and many more! Many items are personal to the celebrity and/or autographed. This may become an online auction through ebay, to be determined soon. If you would like to donate or help the Friends with this fundraiser, please contact the Library or come to the next Friends meeting.

Recent Activities:

2nd Annual Spaghetti Dinner - Friday, March 26, 2010

The event was held Friday, March 26 from 5-7 PM at the Mt. Sterling Church of the Nazarene, as it was last year. Cost was $7.00 per adult, $5.00 for seniors. Dinner consisted of salad, spaghetti entree, bread, dessert and drink. Delivery was available on orders called in prior to 5:00 PM on March 26. This year we added a silent auction of themed baskets which was a big hit. All proceeds benefit library programs and materials. This was a huge success these past 2 years with most of the village participating or just joining us for a great meal, commradarie and fellowship. A BIG THANK YOU to Tracie Sampson (active member of the Friends of the Library organization) and her family for all their hard work. Tracie has cooked the spaghetti entree for the event both years. This year Tracie donated from her family's restaurant, the FREEWAY SUBSTATION, all the salad dressing and other miscellaneous items. Tracie also secured donations from her vendors for the bread and rolls (Auddino's Bakery) as well as the sauce (GFS) and plates (SWD). Also this year we were fortunate to have Jewitts IGA donate the meat for the sauce. A special thanks to the First Church of the Nazarene in Mt. Sterling for allowing us the use of their facilities for the 2nd year in a row. We would like to thank all those who volunteered their services to help in one way or another. Volunteers created the flyers and tickets and distributed them, set up the room, prepared and cooked the meal, delivered meals, collected tickets at the door, seated supporters, served, cleaned and cleared tables, washed dishes, donated desserts, money and theme baskets for the silent auction. Without the many volunteers it would not have been possible to have such a successful fundraiser.

Holiday Fashion Show Luncheon- Sunday, November 22, 2009

Our first Holiday Fashion Show and Luncheon was held on Sunday, November 22 at the BRICKHOUSE CAFE. Festivities kicked off at 1:30 PM with live musical entertainment from local musicians "Lefty and Skeeter" performing an accoustical duet of various medleys. The fashion show began at 2:00 PM. The event was held at the new BRICKHOUSE CAFE. Adult holiday fashions were provided by Dress Barn of Prime Outlets. Teen fashions were provided by Repeats of Mt. Sterling. Catering was provided by the BRICKHOUSE CAFE. There were a total of 15 door prizes donated by the following businesses : Sterling Pharmacy, Hair's the Place, The Olde Country Shoppe, Becky Martin- Longaberger, Katrina Bush, Flowers By Ralph, Sharp Cuts Plus, Cindy Hodges- Tupperware, Dress Barn-Prime Outlets, and Repeats. The following people won Door Prizes: Mary Lou Junk, Elaine Seama, Faith Simmons, Janet Fritch, Hannah Gray, Jo Newton, Margie Deyo, Keith Morgan, Sally Hammond, Connie Cash, Judy Virgalitte, Liz Satterfield, June Bergman, Jean Baxter, and Florence Reno. This event was the first we have held of it's kind to date. However, with the obvious success, we plan to do this as an annual event and possibly expand into other seasons. Tickets were $10 each and included the holiday fashion show, a light lunch, dessert, and live musical entertainment. We had a great turnout to help us support a worthy cause. This event could not have been pulled off without the many hours of planning and labor by a few key people. From creating and distributing the flyers, making the programs and tickets, decorating center pieces for the tables, to both adult and teen Models volunteering their "talents", and a few people working many hours hauling tables and chairs to and from, setting up, setting tables, decorating, and cleaning up, it was a deed worth doing. Thanks to all the members of the Friends of the Library organization for their participation and/or attendance, and especially the library staff in their dedication. A BIG THANK YOU goes to the Martin family, owners and proprietors of the Brickhouse Cafe and their servers Heather Martin, Lee Martin and Angel Monahan for all their hard work and allowing us to use their venue.

Raffle for "Violet" doll

Friends member Casey O'Neil donated a 3 foot, hand-made, prairie themed doll to be raffled off with proceeds going towards equipping the public meeting room. The tickets are sold for $5 for 6 tickets or $1 each ticket. The drawing was held on Monday, September 28. Even with the rain, Violet managed to make an appearance at the Mt. Sterling Good Ole Days festival where tickets could be purchased as well. The winner of the drawing was Julia Shipley, grand daughter of Dean Shipley.

Community Yard Sale and Farmers Market-

Saturday, September 5, 2009

On September 5, 2009 the Friends of the library and library staff collaborated with the American Legion Post 417 for their fall yard sale event. There was the addition of a Farmer's Market as well as a fish fry held by the American Legion Post 417 and concessions. The fish fry was so successful, it sold out within the first 2 hours. We look for this to be a successful annual event.

Semi-Annual Community Yard Sale- Saturday, June 6, 2009

The Friends of the Library hosted their second community yard sale since September 2008 on June 6, 2009. Though there was not as many tables as in September, the village still showed up to browse the 10 or plus tables and support the Library by purchasing from the vendors available. We also had a lot of donations once again with the proceeds benefitting the Summer Reading Program.

Spaghetti Dinner- Friday, March 27, 2009 at the Mt.Sterling Church of the Nazarene

The Friends sold tickets for a spaghetti dinner with all the trimmings. Dinner was served at the Mt. Sterling Church of the Nazarene, located at 226 N. Market St. Tickets were $5.00 for seniors, $7.00 for adults, $5.00 for children ages 4-12, and free to children 3 and under. Serving was from 5-7 p.m. Delivery was available if called in by 5:00 p.m. on Friday. All proceeds supported the Summer Reading Program. This was by far the most successful fundraiser held to date and will most likely become an annual event. The support and attendance from the community was much more than ever anticipated in these economic times. This event took many hours of planning, setting and cleaning up, not to mention all the labor of making and serving the food and drinks. A special Thank You Words alone cannot thank those who contributed either by donation of money or food items, or driving to pick up supplies or deliver meals, to those who cooked and washed hundreds of dishes, silverware, pots and pans to those who took orders and served meals. Thank you to everyone who participated in any way. We could not have done it without each and every one of you!

Chinese Auction and Bake Sale- November, 2008

The Friends of the Library sold tickets at $1/ea. or 6/$5.00 for themed baskets with gently used and new items. The library staff assembled approximately 40 plus decorated baskets/boxed themes on display in the library for 1 month and then winning tickets were drawn. This was a great success and popular from previous years. With support from the staff at the library and the community and local bussineses making donations of the items, this will continue to be a Friends of the Library annual tradition.

Shop for a Cause- September 20, 2008- 3p-5p

The Friends sold 20% off coupons to Macy’s for $5.00 each prior to their one-day sales event. They also sold tickets at the store from 3pm to 5pm. There was also a story time in the kids department held during this time.

Community Yard Sale- September 13, 2008, 9a-4p

The Friends sold 10 x10 spaces in the empty lot for $10 each. Reservations were taken. Vendors provided tables and were allowed to bring a pop-up tent. Set up was by 9am and concluded at 4pm. 18 spaces were rented and the crowds were non-stop all day. Library staff helped in collecting, setting up and cleaning up after the event. Everyone had a great time and we all hope it becomes an annual event. In fact, it was so successful it has been discussed we may make this a spring fundraiser as well.

(Proceeds from these events helped fund our Summer Reading program and a library new sign .)

Through their fundraising efforts, the Friends of the Library have also purchased 2 new computers and a Cricut Expressions machine. The Cricut will be very useful and helpful in a variety of ways for marketing, displays and bulletin boards, craft projects in our summer reading, story time's, craft classes and numerous other programs we host. The computers are desperately needed to keep up with the increasingly busy demand on a daily basis as well as to keep us updated. The Library is very grateful to the Friends for their dedication and hard work to make these items possible, which with our ever-shrinking budget in these painful economic times would not otherwise be possible.

BAIL FOR BOOKS- 2008

Patrons, staff, and library supporters were "arrested" and put in a make-shift jail cell until they were able to secure bond by form of donations. This was a fun event that brought the community together to help donate to a worthy cause - supporting your library here in Mt. Sterling.

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