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Reading Challenge Update

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Reading Challenge Update

We just finished our Spring Into Reading Challenge and selected our grand prize raffle winners (adult winner chooses either Food City or Paris Farmers Union gift certificate and kid/teen winner chooses either Happy Valley Popcorn or Corn Shop Trading Company gift certificate). Please remember you can always check out our Recommended Reading Lists, try a new kind of book or a new author, explore our how-to and nonfiction section, listen to an audiobook; so many ways to try something new!

We had 20 participants (kids, teens, and adults) who read 218 books in April! Kids earned small prizes for each book they read and a medium prize for each reading log page they complete.

Help us reach our Community Read 2021 Goal of 1,000 books before December 31st and we’ll have a great celebration for everyone! We are already well on our way, we have read over 830 books since January 1st.

Thank you to the Friends of Bridgton Library for funding the prizes and supporting reading in our community!

Becoming a Friend is a Good Thing To Do

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Becoming a Friend is a Good Thing To Do

During our celebration of National Friends of Libraries Week (October 18-24) we are inviting those who have been thinking about joining to become a member today! 

Who We Are

The Friends of the Library are advocates and ambassadors. We support the programs and activities of the library and raise funds to sponsor library events and enable special purchases.

Our Annual Book Sale in the summer offers hundreds of books and media for all age groups, attracts readers from far and wide, and is our major fundraising event. Fall Shed sales and book bag giveaways further help us put books in the hands of readers. Many of the books we sell are donated to the library by members of the communities we serve.

Ways We Help
  • Promoting the library in the community
  • Fundraising through book sales and special events
  • Sponsoring library programs such as
    • Author Talks
    • Music Events
    • Summer Reading
  • Distributing bags of books at food banks
  • Supporting special purchases such as
    • Kitchen cookery devices
    • Computers
    • Contents for To-Go Bags
  • Coordinating the Yellow Wall Gallery
  • Annual staff appreciation party
How to Join

We invite you to become a Friend of the Library by completing the form on the back of this brochure and paying our modest dues. You can return the form to the library circulation desk or by mail. Please support our library with your time and talents!