Did you know that 100% of library programs are made possible by your generosity?
Summer Reading, Sing and Rhyme Storytime, RetroActive Retirees, Kids Action Club, Memory Lab (coming soon!), Junior Author Camp, Dottie Outreach programs, Kanopy movie service, Deja’s Reading Rainbow, Library Speakers Consortium, Seed Library, Booktoberfest, Kansas Reads to Preschoolers, How-To Festival — Your support transforms our library!
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Honor volunteers this National Friends of Libraries Week
Created by Lawrence artist Joelle Ford, this 374-piece collage of commonly challenged book covers — a “Star Spangled (Book) Banner” of sorts — was created to support Lawrence Public Library and your freedom to read. Now 25% off!
Events & Quick Links
Library Book Sales
Get Involved
Book Sales & Donations
Find us at 7th & Kentucky Streets on the back side of the library! Every donation or purchase you make supports the library.
Volunteer
Give back to the library and meet fellow book lovers. From shelving, working book sales, and greeting patrons, we need you!
Ways You Can Give
Jack & Maureen Altman are big library fans — Jack even bakes treats for staff! Help support and sustain our efforts at any level, from dropping coins in our Fish Fund, to making a financial gift and including the library in your estate plan.
What We Fund
We gift gold library cards to our Beach Author and 780s Series guests, like legendary Soul and Gospel singer Mavis Staples. In 2023 we gave $476,000 to the library, including funding 100% of all library programming.
• $151,000 in block grants to the library
• Beach Author Jacqueline Woodson
• Children’s picture book room completion
• Kanopy movie streaming service
• All Ages Summer Reading Program
• RetroActive Program for retirees
• Kansas Reads to Preschoolers
• Deja’s Reading Rainbow
• eBooks and eAudiobook support
• Dolly Parton Imagination Library Grant
• Feeding the fish
• MLK Day celebration
• Public technology upgrades
• Booktoberfest / Dracula Community Read
• Library WOC Mural preservation
• SOUND+VISION Studio equipment
• Junior Author Camp
• Coffee gift cards for staff birthdays
• Library Landscapes art project / Joelle Ford's Unfurled
• Sing & Rhyme Storytime
• Dr. Bob READs kid giveaway books
• Dottie Mobile Outreach programs
• Data Axle database for business
• Seed Library
• 780s Series featuring David Lowery
• Staff Day support
• Library School tuition assistance for staff
• Teen Zone blinds
• Auditorium microphones
• Wakarusa Wetlands program
• Movie license
• Booklist Review magazine subscription
• Spanish classes for staff
• Urban Libraries Council conference and dues
Learn more about how you can support your library
The Lawrence Public Library Friends & Foundation, opens a new window (LPLFF for short) does a lot and we have a lot of fun doing it.
Our board meetings are held every fourth Monday of the month at 5:30 pm in the library's Meeting Room A (no meetings in July and December). You are welcome to join us.
YOUR SUPPORT MATTERS.
Access to information, resources, and technology is both essential and critical. Without it, the world is harder to navigate, people and help can feel out of reach, and keeping up with advances in technology can make all the difference in finding employment and staying connected.
The Library Friends & Foundation (LPLFF) provides access and opportunities for Lawrence to learn, connect, create, and grow and you can help sustain our efforts at any level. From donating books, making a financial contribution, or including the library in your estate plan — your gift will make a life-changing impact.
Kathleen Morgan
843-3833 x 131
kmorgan (at) lplks (dot) org
Director of Development &
Community Partnerships
Angela Hyde
843-3833 x 114 / 149
ahyde (at) lplks (dot) org
LPLFF Program
Coordinator
Logan Isaman-Unruh
843-3833 x 153
lisaman (at) lplks (dot) org
Fundraising & Volunteer Specialist