Joining the Friends
The River Friends of the Library is a tax-exempt IRS 501(c)(3) organization. We are an all-volunteer group dedicated to augmenting library programs and services. The River Friends supports the Guerneville Regional Library as well as its satellite branches – Forestville and Occidental and all the West County Russian River communities that surround them.
Your membership in the River Friends contributes to your local community and supports your local library. Your volunteer efforts also give you the chance to meet with others of similar interest, use some of your skills for our book and bake sales and other projects, and just feel good about being needed!
River Friends Board:
The River Friends of the Library Board consists of its elected officers and committee chairs. We meet bi-monthly usually on the second Wednesday of the month at 4:30 p.m.
Elected Officers:
Terry Gwiazdowski, President
Damien Olsen, Vice-President
Anita Elam, Treasurer
Elisa Baker, Secretary
Current Board meeting agenda:
July 27 Agenda
Committee Chairs:
Art Chair – currently vacant
Book and Bake Sale – currently vacant
Membership – Gina Dallara
Newsletter – Terry Gwiazdowski
Publicity – currently vacant
Readers Theatre – Damien Olsen
Young Writers Contest – currently vacant
Committees and Events:
The Art Committee coordinates and works with library staff at Guerneville library to emphasize artistic expression in our community’s youth and to arrange display of art produced.
The Book and Bake Sale Committee:
The River Friends generally holds three major sales a year and this committee coordinates all the tasks associated with the sales as well as running the book sale shelves inside the Guerneville Library. We also have book carts located at the Forestville and Occidental libraries as well as within the Cazadero and Duncans Mills General Stores.
Book Donations:
We gratefully accept donations of used book, CDs, DVDs, and other media as well as sheet music, puzzles, and other items.
We cannot accept soiled, musty, moldy, or otherwise damaged items. Unless they are within 5 years of publication date, we also cannot accept textbooks, encyclopedias, computer guides, legal and medical books.
If you have a large amount of materials you wish to donate (more than a couple of bags), please call the Guerneville library during open hours and they will give us your contact information so we can arrange pickup.
Our remaining 2022 Book and Bake Sales:
Wednesday through Saturday, October 19 – 22
Wednesday through Saturday, November 30, December 1 – 3
The Membership Committee is responsible for keeping lists of current and past members thereby ensuring that we have a vibrant and responsive membership.
The Newsletter Committee is responsible for producing our quarterly newsletter and sending it to the membership as well as having copies for the patrons of the library.
Current Newsletter:
Last newsletter
The Publicity Committee is responsible for publicizing our book and bake sales and other events with the local media as well as on social media. The committee chair also maintains our website, our Facebook page and our Twitter account.
The Readers Theatre Committee is responsible for setting up and running the Readers Theatre programs.
The Young Writers Contest Committee coordinates and works with library staff at Guerneville library to encourage creative writing in our community’s youth and to arrange the ceremony for contest winners, their families, and the public.
For more information or to volunteer for any of these committees or events, please email riverfriendsofthelibrary@gmail.com
To join the River Friends of the Library please visit our website at: Membership (riverfriendsofthelibrary.org)
