Friends of the Library

At the Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Oakville Public Library, a new Board was voted in. Carolyne Darimont will serve as Chair for two years. Lin Mackrael is Vice Chair. Moira Fogarty is now Media and Communications Officer; Des Armstrong is our new Recording Secretary; and Albert Darimont is our official Book Sale and Special Events Coordinator. Des has recently immigrated from the south of England, and had only been in Canada for three months when he volunteered to join our team!

Continuing in their present positions are: Stephen Firth — Treasurer; Debbie Mackenzie — Friendly Finds; Angela Kerr — Membership Coordinator; Peter Broadhurst — Member-at-Large.

After six years as chair, Dr. Maureen Rudzik is stepping down to assume the role of Past Chair from Bill McLaney, who will become a Member-at-Large.

We have high hopes that this new Board will achieve great things. We hope that we will continue to serve both the Library and the community well.

Guest speakers Julia and Emma Mogus spoke clearly and with real passion about their cause, ‘Books With No Bounds’. They are two teenagers pursuing a dream: To send books to Aboriginal children in Northern Ontario. With over 10,0000 books shipped to northern communities to date, they have far surpassed their original goals and just keep on going strong. Emma and Julia collected books from the Friends of the Library late last year for their project.

Thanks also to Elsie Kossatz for kindly providing refreshments and warm hospitality after the meeting.

The Friends of the Oakville Public Library is a volunteer advocacy group dedicated to increasing awareness of the library’s programs and services and the enhancement of those services through a variety of community events and fund-raising activities.

Since its inception in 1993, the Friends have contributed almost $500,000 to the Oakville Public Library.