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EVENTS

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NEW ** STORIES IN THE HILLS

Hear amusing short stories from local authors and members of your community.

Do you have a story to tell?? If so please, contact us for information.

Our next event will be held in the Community Center on Thursday, October 10th, 3-5 p.m.

The topic will be "My Most Memorable Vacation”.

We would like you to part of the fun.

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FOUNTAIN HILLS FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY ANNUAL SHREDDING EVENT 2024

Thanks to the Town of Fountain Hills and the Fountain Hills Friends of the Library, there are many fewer boxes of tax returns, medical bills and other assorted records and files piling up in local garages. 

 

On Saturday, April 20th, well over 100 townsfolk carted their shreddable papers to the FH High School parking lot where a diverse group of volunteers collected and emptied all the boxes of papers into a portable shredding truck. 

 

The “volunteers” were members of the FHFL Board and the diversity factor came into play when a group of girls from the FHHS Key Club joined in. They were recruited by Katelyn Smout, one of our Teen Reps on the FHFL Board and included Emerson Uphoff, Brooke Lyons, Katie Hampton and Shannon Breen. They added lots of enthusiasm and energy throughout the morning.  

 

Many thanks to the Town Staff: Bo Larson, Steve Bartlett, Justin Welty and Marc Brewer for their contributions in publicizing the event and setting up the site. This was the first time the event was held at the High School and it worked very well.  

 

Participants were quite patient even though the line was long and it got pretty warm late in the morning. They were also generous as we collected a number of donations that helped to defray the costs.  Any excess will go to the Friends of the Library for use on future Library needs and community programs. 

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Resale Book Shop

Friends of the Library Bookstore is open!

Check out some great reads.

All funds directly support library programs!

Come into the Bookstore and see the special sales that will be going on throughout the year.

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS

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FHFL benefits our library and community in the following ways::

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• Opportunities Scholarship

• Falcon scholarship

• Resale book Shop

• Construction of a “Quiet Room” for reading and studying

• Large screen smart TV for presentations, programs and workshops

• New furniture with power strips for children and teen area.

• Teen section laptop tables and chairs; teen section partition panels

• Children’s “Reading Rug” for Storytime

• Front Porch Performances such as “Café Flutes”,“SoSco Flute & Guitar Duo” and "Meadowlark

• Author series events

• Storytelling events

• Annual document shredding events

• Summer reading programs and book clubs for children and adults

• Grand Canyon Reader Award books for our middle and elementary schools

• Children's programs and activities

• Teen council events and teen programs such as “Teen Manga Club”

• Adult programs such as “Beauty & Heart With Jo”

• Free seed packets can be found in our seed catalogue box