About the friends of the milton free public library

Click here to request to join the Friends on Facebook. Contact the Friends at friendsofmfplnh@gmail.com.

The Friends are grateful to everyone who donated to the  September 2024 appeal! Your donations help  support the library beyond what the Town of Milton budget provides. If you'd like to make a donation at any time, please scroll down or click here to access the donation form.

Betsy Baker, President

Betty Ann Beam, Vice President

Karen Lindquist, Secretary

Brenda Lessard, Treasurer

Mary Engels, Past President

Susann Foster Brown, Past President

Sharon Buttrick

Kelly Eaves

Dianne Wilkinson

Kari Lygren

Barbara Mione

Anne Nute, Library Trustee

We invite you to become a member of the Friends! We are a private nonprofit dedicated to the support of the library and have a long history of providing funds, volunteers and other types of assistance to meet library needs. We believe that the library is an integral and important part of our community. 

Please fill out the membership form to join - there is no membership fee. You will receive regular email updates about Friends' activities and invitations to meetings.

Thank you for supporting the Friends!

Its purpose shall be to maintain an association of persons interested in the Milton Free Public Library; to stimulate the use of the library's resources and services; to receive and encourage gifts, endowments and bequests to the library; to raise funds for such projects, facilities and equipment  that are beyond the scope of the town budget for the library; to aid the library trustees and the library director in their efforts to make the Milton Free Public Library a vital community resource; and to aid in securing volunteers for the library.

Community Visibility:

• May: MooseMadeExpo, Explore Moose Mountains at Tumbledown Farms
• June: Milton Beach kick-off celebration
• August: Woods, Water, and Wildlife Festival
• October: McKToberfest at McKenzie's Farm
• Little Free Libraries at Milton Town Beach and Waumbeck Park in Milton Mills

Donations:

• Supports MFPL kid's parties as needed with volunteers and food
• Buys imprinted books bags for MFPL
• Prints complimentary magnets for MFPL patrons
• Prints informational MFPL bookmarks

Fundraising:

• Fall bulb sale
• Wreath Sale 
• Annual Appeal

School/Library Collaboration:

• Fun Fan Fiction: Nute High School students
• Fun Fan Fiction: Nute Middle School students

Social Media:

• Facebook sharing of relevant library/reading posts