Friends of the Library

Since 1941, the Friends of the Elmhurst Public Library have enriched the library’s resources and supported library programs through funds from their dues and various fundraising ventures. Their purpose is to maintain an association of persons interested in the library; to increase the facilities and services of the Elmhurst Public Library; to secure materials for the library which are beyond the scope of the library’s ordinary budget and thus to enrich the cultural opportunities available to the citizens of Elmhurst. Some of the most notable projects undertaken by the "Friends" include:

• Donating funds for prize books for thousands of children in the popular summer reading program.
• Donating funds for prizes for adults in the summer reading program.
• Dedicating the benches at the library entrances.
  
• Purchasing a professional keyboard for library programs and events.
  
• Supporting the "Elmhurst READS" program.
  

9th Annual Friends Poetry Contest

• Entries accepted February 4 to March 22, 2013.
• Read the official entry form here.
  

9th Annual Friends Poetry Contest 2013

The broadcast times for the poetry program on channel 6 for the month of May are Thursday and Saturdays at 5 p.m.

Congratulations to the winners!

4TH GRADE
First place: Anjaly Kappen (Conrad Fischer)
Second place: Savannah Nichols (Emerson)
Honorable Mention: Emily Eastman (Visitation) • Ava Hollis (Field) • Matthew Jones (Conrad Fischer) • Fen Nyberg (Emerson) • Brigid O’Brien (Conrad Fischer)

5TH GRADE
First place: Samuel Heinz (Emerson)
Second place (tie): Christy Cannon (Hawthorne) • Cecelia Spirakis (Emerson)
Honorable Mention: Evan Clark (Emerson) • Genny DeBeau (Emerson) • Arianna Denning (Field) • Carlos Mata (Conrad Fischer) • Amani Mryan (Field) • Teddy Olander (Field) • Nick Pomatto (Emerson) • Diego Shalym (Conrad Fischer) • Matthew Splitstone (Field)

6TH GRADE
First place: Beckett Anderhous-Custer (Sandburg)
Second place: Emma Radcliff (Sandburg)
Honorable Mention: Sarah Gutierrez (Sandburg) • Cece Stumpf (Sandburg)

7TH & 8TH GRADE
First place: Kennedy Ruiz (Sandburg)
Second place (tie): Joy Dattoli (Homeschool) • Katie Garcia (Sandburg)
Honorable mention: Maria Muehleis (Sandburg) • Esther Povh (Sandburg)

HIGH SCHOOL
First place (tie): Keely Resing (York) • Kayman Klaas (York)
Second place: Jessica Heinz (York)
Honorable mention: Laurel Chamberlin (York) • Vshasi Naha (York)

Gerald O'Toole
Richard F. Blass & Associates, LLC
Patrick T. Sheehan & Associates
George & Sally Sotos
Stolper State Farm
Suburban BAnk & Trust
West Suburban Office Products, Inc.
York Furrier
Karl & Evelyn Zerfoss

Thank you to all our “friends” out there! If you'd like to join the Friends of the Elmhurst Public Library and support the library, please stop by the library or mail your membership form and check to Friends of the Elmhurst Public Library, c/o Elmhurst Public Library, 125 S. Prospect Avenue, Elmhurst, IL 60126. Your contribution will help foster a love of reading, storytelling and the arts in the Elmhurst community. The Friends are a 501(c)(3) organization and contributions are tax deductible.

Current officers are:

• Monica Caster, President
• Kathy Profita, Vice President
• Suzanne Sestan, Secretary
• Debbie Deakin, Treasurer

• Joel Bernstein
• Msruti Bhorade
  
• Phyllis Carroll
  
• Jackie Crnkovich
• Andrea Hutchinson
• Michael Molinaro
• Gerry Sczygiel