Friends of the Watertown Regional Library is an independent, nonprofit volunteer organization of people who use their library and take pride in it. Their purpose is to focus public attention on library services, and to help promote the use and enjoyment of the library. Donations are tax deductible.

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Donations to the Library

• 2022
  • $7,000 for library books
  • $308 for giving boxes
  • $864 for children's sensory table
  • $480 for tote bags (some for Library)
  • $940 for community room sound system equipment
• 2021
  • Adult Non-Fiction in honor of Lorraine
  • Book Return Carts
  • Children's Play Area Storage
  • Children's Kits Display Shelf
  • Library of Things
  • Young Adult and Children's Shelving
• 2019
  • Big Book Shelves and Display Shelving 
  • Library Tote Bags 
  • $1,000 for Refrigerator and Community Room Mini Remodel 
  • $400 for the Library's Chamber After 4 Event 
  • $500 for Holiday Lighted Parade Float 
• 2018
  • $2,183 for Young Adult and Children's Shelving
  • $2,000 for Young Adult Librarian seminar fees 
  • $300 for bean bag seating in YA area 
  • $1,000 for library tote bags for patrons 
  • $450 for chair in staff area 
  • $1,470 for TV and Media Cart 
• 2017
  • $840 for barcode scanners
  • $2,000 for shelving in the storeroom 
  • $400 for subscription to the "World Travel" database 
  • $2,622 for subscription to NoveList
  • $1,400 for books in memory of Grace Turbak 
• 2016
  • $1,000 for the Termesphere display and program 
  • $1,834 for library tote bags 
  • $5,000 towards the purchase of a new microfilm machine 
• 2015
  • Two small shopping carts 
  • A library banner 
• 2014
  • $5,700 for tablets
  • Cricket machine for the children's department
  • Smart TV for the Community Room
• 2013
  • $500 matching funds for grant to do the mural in the Young Adult area 
  • $7,000 for print books
  • $3,000 for eBooks
  • $865 for two letterboards 
  • $722 to expand the art hanging system 
• 2012
  • $2,978 for summer reading t-shirts
  • 3,000 to help pay for cabinets to enclose the South Dakota reference collection
  • $3,000 for eBooks

Fees

Membership forms are available at the library.

• Students and seniors - $5
• Individual  - $10
• Family  -$15
• Organization  - $50
• Individual Lifetime Membership  - $100

Executive Board

• Penny Mack, President     
• Maureen Anderson, Vice President/President Elect
• Diane Drake, Secretary  
• Julie Moes, Treasurer
• Kathy Dagel, Historian
• Mary Antrim
• Sue Pearson
• Dawn Johnson
• Jo Elkins
• Gennie Laframboise
• Maria Gruener, ex officio