Friends of
Western Carteret Public Library
- Find out what we do
- Shop Second Chances Used Bookstore
- Join us or Renew Your Friends Membership
- Donate to support our programs or to honor or memorialize someone special
- Sign Up to receive email announcements (members already get these)
- Read our latest Newsletter
- Check out our Upcoming Events and join us!
- Join Bookclubz and see what the Book Club is reading
- Review Board members, meetings and documents
- Visit the website for the Western Carteret Public Library
- Get Library and mailing addresses
- Visit and follow us on facebook
Support Library Programs
- Summer Reading
- Bookpage magazine
- Patron support (USB Flash Drives, Earbuds)
- Employee Appreciation
- (Past programs) Let's Talk About It, Adopt-a-Book, Storytelling Festival
Foster Community Literacy
- NEW!! Carteret County Books for Babies (Read more and sponsor!)
- Book Club for Members (sign up on Bookclubz)
Fund Library Building and Furnishings
- $250,000 toward West Carteret Public Library construction (2003)
- About $75,000 toward Youth Center construction(2010)
- $100,000 toward library annex construction (2019)
- $11,000 for annex chairs (2020)
- Miscellaneous items (e.g. book carts)
Shop at Second Chances
WE ARE OPEN!Covid distancing practices will be in place, masks are mandatory! The books are free; donations will be accepted (cash w/no change, or check). We are accepting book donations at this time. The books can be dropped off during bookstore hours, or placed in the box by our door if we are closed.
Second Chances Used Bookstore (formerly The Book Cottage) is located in the second classroom across the hall from the Library double doors (directions). We offer used books, with suggested donations as little as 50ยข each! To volunteer at Second Chances contact us at fowcpl+secondchances@gmail.com.
Hours (unless library is closed)
Saturday starting April 3rd: 9:00-11:00
- Support library programs
- Participate in the Book Club (sign up on Bookclubz)
- Get early notification of event ticket sales
Annual membership is for the calendar year; new memberships starting after October 1 extend through the next year.
Annual Membership
Sustaining ($100) Family ($40) Individual ($25)
Life Membership $500
"Join or Renew Now" to fill out membership form and see online or by check payment options.
Questions? Send us an email
We appreciate your support!
In addition to accepting general donations, the Friends of Western Carteret Public Library also offer you a permanent and meaningful way to honor or memorialize loved ones and friends. All gifts will be acknowledged in the Book of Donors, and gifts of $100 or more will be acknowledged on the appropriate plaque in the library. No donation is too small to be appreciated!
- $1000 (Gold plaque)
- $500 (Silver plaque)
- $250 (Bronze plaque)
- $100 (Memorial plaque, if in honor or in memory of)
"Donate Now" to fill out donation form and see online or by check payment options.
Executive Board:
President: Tina Siegel (email)
Vice President: Gigi Linder (email)
Secretary: Sue Toth (email)
Treasurer: Leila Goodwin (email)
Past President: vacant
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Communications Committee Chair: Mary Ellen Miller (email)
Development Committee Chair: Leslie Mackowiak (email)
Membership Committee Chair: Isabel Stout (email)
Programs Committee Chair: Helen Aitken (email)
Second Chances Committee Chair: Connie Dugan (email), co-chair Linda Bohnel (email)
Quarterly Board Meetings (open to all)
Next Meeting: August 4, 2021, 12:30 pm in Classroom 3/4/ It is a potluck lunch, so please plan on joining us!
Documents
Board Meeting Summary, August 4, 2021
Board Meeting Summary, May 5, 2021
Board Meeting Summary, February 3, 2021
Annual Membership Meeting Summary, January 26, 2021
Board Meeting Summary, December 2, 2020
Board Meeting Summary, November 6, 2020
Board Meeting Summary, September 2, 2020
For older meeting information, contact the Secretary
By-Laws, Adopted January 26, 2021
(see what changed from previous version here)
Budget, 2021 Adopted
Find Us
Friends of WCPL (Mailing Address)
722 Cedar Point Blvd #139
Cedar Point, NC 28584
Western Carteret Public Library (website) (directions)
(location of Second Chances Used Bookstore)
230 Taylor Notion Rd.
Cape Carteret, NC 28584
