Latest News
- It's renewal season!
- 'Blind Date With a Book' starts February 1, 2022
- Venmo - the Friends is now on Venmo! You can join the Friends, renew your membership and pay for upcoming fundraisers using Venmo. Send to @fotml; verification # is 8823.
- Amazon - if you use Amazon for shopping, please consider using the charitable arm of Amazon, Amazon Smile (https://smile.amazon.com/gp/chpf/homepage?orig=&2F). Once in the site, please search for Friends of the Metuchen Library. Once you have located us, a portion of all proceeds from purchases will go to the Friends.
Upcoming Events
'Blind Date with a Book'
starting February 1, 2022
Are you lonely for a new book or author? Go on a 'Blind Date with a Book' in February!
Love shouldn't be based on looks alone, so you won't know the author or title. Come to the library lobby to select a book based on it's personal ad. We ask that you make a $2 donation, and the book is yours to keep. When you've read it, rate your date and share your experience with others. There books for all kinds of readers, and you may fall in love with one of them.
Membership
It goes without saying: we’re not Friends of the Metuchen Library without friends! Annual membership dues are one of our primary forms of fundraising. The tax money Metuchen residents contribute to the library covers utilities, salaries of employees, and some new books. But the library offers much more, and that’s where Friends of the Metuchen Library helps.
Since 1986, Friends of the Metuchen Library members have annually bestowed a gift to the library, which has covered the cost of library programming, museum passes, ESL classes, licensing for film festivals, additional books for the collection, new furniture, and educational toys for the children’s room. The stronger our membership base is, the more we can give.
Our membership typically hovers around 300 families. We’ve got big goals for growth: we’d love to see 400, 500, 1,000 families declaring themselves as official Metuchen Library advocates and joining Friends of the Metuchen Library. The more the merrier: the borough, the brainier.
Download our combined membership / volunteer form, complete it, then mail or drop it off with your check at the Library.
Give through Paypal:
https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=f7uYmPUAZhbELcanQjB0OcRO0EsWLMkgAWESQ6NPiHt_orSyIyI4Ef_l7FHhdh7YNKnHt4KHeIxwMBll
Give through Venmo @fotml, verification code 8823
Since 1986, Friends of the Metuchen Library members have annually bestowed a gift to the library, which has covered the cost of library programming, museum passes, ESL classes, licensing for film festivals, additional books for the collection, new furniture, and educational toys for the children’s room. The stronger our membership base is, the more we can give.
Our membership typically hovers around 300 families. We’ve got big goals for growth: we’d love to see 400, 500, 1,000 families declaring themselves as official Metuchen Library advocates and joining Friends of the Metuchen Library. The more the merrier: the borough, the brainier.
Download our combined membership / volunteer form, complete it, then mail or drop it off with your check at the Library.
Give through Paypal:
https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=f7uYmPUAZhbELcanQjB0OcRO0EsWLMkgAWESQ6NPiHt_orSyIyI4Ef_l7FHhdh7YNKnHt4KHeIxwMBll
Give through Venmo @fotml, verification code 8823
About Us
Friends of the Metuchen Library is a non-profit corporation that supports programming and acquisitions at the Metuchen Library, and works to interest the public in library holdings and programming. We are a 501(c)3 corporation, able to raise money and make purchases. We work closely with the Metuchen Library to help them offer enhanced programming and materials to patrons.
What We DoEach year, we give a cash gift to the Library to support programming, equipment and much more. We operate the ongoing sale of low-cost books in the lobby, and the Annual Book Fair. We provided the current lobby furniture and some of the rolling carts. In short, we do whatever is most helpful to the Library.
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Our HistoryFriends of the Metuchen Library was initially a club in the late 1970s, but incorporated in 1987 under the definition of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. This has allowed Friends of the Metuchen Library to be a powerhouse of fundraising nearly unsurpassed in Middlesex County. We’ve given the Library over $300,000 since our incorporation.
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Board of DirectorsOur Board of Directors consists of 9 members that are elected for staggered 2-year terms. The Board is supported by volunteers who are not officers, but attend board meetings and offer specializes support. The public is welcome to attend our Board Meetings. Click here to learn more.
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