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ABOUT FBCL

OUR MISSION

For over 30 years, the Friends of the Beaverton City Library has been dedicated to:


  • Supporting the Beaverton City Library to expand their services and programs in our community
  • Providing increased access to free books and media, especially to underserved communities where the
    need is greatest
  • Offering the community an avenue for increased environmental stewardship by accepting public donations of used media
  • Providing connection, friendship, skills development, and opportunities to serve our community through volunteerism

 

We accomplish this mission by both fundraising and selling affordable, gently used books and audio-visual materials donated by the public at: The Book Corner, The Friends of the Beaverton City Library’s used book store, bi-annual sales held at the library, and our online stores. 

SUPPORTING THE LIBRARY

Our fundraising efforts are given to the Main Beaverton City Library and the Murray-Scholls Branch Library every quarter. Each year, we work directly with the library to review what to support. Typically the funding raised is used to support  physical assets such as:  furniture, Maker's Space supplies, computers and printers, shelving, etc, and services such as training, The One Book One Beaverton program, the Book Mobile, and the yearly Teen Art contest. 

INCREASING ACCESS


We love supporting organizations throughout the community with donations of relevant books where the need is greatest. These organizations have included hospitals, transitional housing resources, and veterans affairs, as well as those supporting people experiencing houselessness, children of incarcerated parents, and those impacted by severe weather conditions (including the Beaverton Severe Weather Center and Southern Oregon Relief Team). In 2020 alone, the NFBCL donated 2,600+ books to such organizations, as well as Little Lending Libraries and the Beaverton City Library Grab & Go.

THE BOOK CORNER - A COMMUNITY HUB


In addition to selling used books, the Book Corner has served both as a volunteer hub providing connections and skills and has become one of the largest stores accepting public donations of used media. 

FBCL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Kalpana Berman

Kalpana Berman

Kalpana Berman

 President

Michael Wong

Kalpana Berman

Kalpana Berman

Vice President

Jim Bartos

Kalpana Berman

Emily Winter

Treasurer

Emily Winter

Kendra Huddleston

Emily Winter

Secretary


Roger Tobin

Kendra Huddleston

Kendra Huddleston

Member At Large


Kendra Huddleston

Kendra Huddleston

Kendra Huddleston

Member At Large

Suzan Turley

Gautam Kottapalli

Gautam Kottapalli

Member At Large

Gautam Kottapalli

Gautam Kottapalli

Gautam Kottapalli

Member At Large

Patrick Hampton

Gautam Kottapalli

Patrick Hampton

Member At Large

Ronnie Wise

Ronnie Wise

Patrick Hampton

Member At Large

Meet Our Operations Managers

Meet Our Operations Managers

Brian Vandiver

Brian Vandiver

Brian Vandiver

Currently Reading: Playground by Richard Powers

Erin LaPerle

Brian Vandiver

Brian Vandiver

Currently Reading: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

YOUR DONATIONS MAKE A DIFFERENCE

More than $500K donated in support of the library

  • Circulating Wifi Hotspots
  • Seed money for new audio-enabled books for the J Kit collection
  • Money to enhance the new J Favorites book collection
  • Video editing MAC computer so staff could produce virtual content during the pandemic
  • Youth Services cultural programming support for presenters/performers
  • Maker Space equipment, furniture, and supplies
  • Study Room Furniture and equipment 
  • Various shelving installations throughout the library
  • Musical instruments and media equipment for storytimes
  • Digitization of the local newspaper, Beaverton Valley Times 
  • Furniture for the Teen Room
  • New tables and chairs for the Cathy Stanton Conference Room (the brown tables we use at the sale!) 
  • Media Creation computer and peripherals for public use
  • Commercial-grade disc polisher to repair scratched movies and CDs

The History of the Friends of Beaverton City Library

The Friends of the Beaverton City Library reorganized in 1978 as the New Friends of the Beaverton City Library (NFBCL), and then again in 2024 when it merged with the Beaverton Library Foundation to better serve the community and the library. 


The mission of the FBCL has always revolved around community connections and fundraising support for the Library. The FBCL is served by a volunteer Board of Directors who meet the 2nd Tuesday of the month at the main Library. The 5:30 pm meetings are open to all members.


In the early years the FBCL (previously NFBCL) was actively involved in arranging and hosting speakers, workshops, exhibits, discussions and children’s programs at the Library. Book sales became an annual event in 1991, and in 1993 they were combined with the FBCL’s first Silent Auction. Funds were also raised by membership dues and small fees for some events. The first “book store” shared space with the Beaverton Arts Commission Gallery at what is now Cedar Hills Crossing.


The NFBCL then asked permission from the City of Beaverton to use a house at the west end of the Library parking lot at its SW Allen location for a bookstore. Pam Farris, then president of the NFBCL Board, and her father, Chuck, took on needed remodeling and the house became “The Book Corner”  in May 1996. It is one of the few freestanding bookstores in the state operated by library friends.

From its beginnings in 1925 in the Cady Building, the Beaverton City Library was housed in six different locations before today’s library opened in 2000. The 69,000 square foot building, at S.W. Fifth and Hall Blvd., across from City Park, contains more than 345,000 items and has an annual circulation of more than 2,700,000 items.

The following year, 2001, The Book Corner moved to “the little house on the corner,” at S.W. Fifth and Washington, across from the City Park fountain. As the new library neared completion, the Friends contributed funds for furnishings and equipment such as study carrels for the homework center, tables and chairs, furniture for the children’s section, and signage.


In 2010, Beaverton’s first branch library opened in the Murray Scholls Town Center, with an emphasis on serving children and families. Once again, the Friends supported the new library by funding furnishings and equipment. With the Murray Scholls Library’s expansion in 2015, the library more than doubled its space and dedicated a new wing to children’s books and activities. The NFBCL contributed funds for most of the furniture for the children’s room.


Sales of community-donated books, movies and music CDs continue to be the Friends’ primary source of revenue. In 2013, the Friends began selling books and media online through Amazon. Sales grew quickly, and have the added benefit of reaching buyers for textbooks, specialty nonfiction and collectible books, which often do not sell at the bookstore. Library sales provide another outlet and reach a wide audience.


In 2024 a decision was made to merge the NFCL with the Beaverton Library Foundation (BLF), another non profits whose goal was to raise money to support the library. Given the similar missions, the two organizations decided to merge to more effectively serve its goals both with the community and the library. Members of the BLF and NFBCL both sit on the joint board of FBCL.


Membership in the New Friends of the Beaverton City Library is open to all who want to join in the support of our community’s libraries, and membership dues are an important source of revenue for the Friends. Volunteering is another way for library supporters to become involved with the friends and contribute to the community and the library.

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