Tag: Friends of the Library

Friends of the Library: A Year of Books to Review

Dianna Lucas Thanks so much to all the Robson residents who made donations to Friends of the Library during the holidays. Your generosity made it possible for us to purchase books that will be read and enjoyed by your friends and neighbors. The dates and books for the book reviews for this year have been…

Kudos to Our New Library Volunteers

Joan Muyskens Pursley One of the nice things about living at Robson Ranch is that when you need help, someone always steps up. Such was the case when we needed additional volunteers to staff our library. About a dozen residents promptly offered their services. Here, we introduce you to five of them: Linda Bono, Debbie…

Friends of the LibraryBooks We Embraced

Dianna Lucas We can respect the choices our Library Board members make in the books they choose to read. After all, the board is made up of avid readers, many of whom are former librarians. They have dedicated their lives to books, and they continue to do so by working to support our own Robson…

Friends of the Library

Meet Robson Library’s Collections Committee Joan Muyskens Pursley Among our library’s many volunteers are four women who not only work the desk, but also manage our collections. Marcia Elving, Elaine Kushmaul, Patricia (Patti) Rea, and Diane van Naerssen work many hours a week processing new donations, updating and maintaining the database, and culling and weeding…

Friends of the Library: Introducing the Board

Dianna Lucas In July we inducted the board members for the new year and they’re off and running. They have been busy preparing for the book discussion on Emma, that was held in August, and dispersing funds to fill some long-standing needs for the library. Let’s find out a little about each one of our new board…

Friends of the Library

Friends of the Library Annual Meeting and August Book Discussion on Jane Austen’s Emma Dianna Lucas Thank you to everyone who attended the annual meeting of Friends of the Library (FOL) in July. We had an impressive turnout. FOL would like to introduce the newly elected slate of officers. They are as follows: Chair Marsha…