About The Friends

The members of the Friends of the Milton Public Library are individuals, families and businesses who share an appreciation for the resources and services provided by the Milton Public Library.

The objectives of the Friends are:

1. To maintain an asociation of interested persons
2. To enhance public appreciation of the Library
3. To stimulate the use of the Library's resources and services
4. To receive and encourage gifts, endowments, grants and bequests to the Library
5. To support and cooperate with the Library in developing services and facilities for the community under the guidelines of the Board of Trustees and of the Library management
6. To initiate fund raising projects to benefit the Library for services not provided by public funding
7. To pursue and implement on the basis of cooperation and interdependence ways and means to supplement Library services and facilities

Currently, the officers of the Friends of the Milton Public Library are:

President: Liz Buchanan
Vice President: Connie Spiros
Secretary: Eileen Rose Walsh
Treasurer: Jeffrey Erickson

The Friends of the Library is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization that provides the volunteers and the funding for many of the programs, activities and events that take place at the Library. The Friends also support the purchase of books, equipment and other items as requested by the Library Director.

The Friends of the Library is a dues based organization that depends on membership dues, donations and grants. We also raise money by selling gently used books at the Friends Book Shop.