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Welcome!

Welcome to the web site of the Chevy Chase DC Friends of the Library. We are a volunteer group in the Chevy Chase neighborhood of Washington, DC working to support the Chevy Chase Neighborhood Library(external link).

Mission

Friends of the Chevy Chase, DC Neighborhood Library is a non-profit community organization dedicated to supporting library programs, collections and facilities through advocacy and fundraising.

News

FOLio Closed for Christmas Break

Folio is currently closed but will reopen on March 24. In the meantime donations of books and CDs will continue to be accepted.

Library advocates save MLK Library from Sunday closure

A last minute reprieve for the Martin Luther King Library’s Sunday hours happened only because Friends groups and others pushed city officials to restore funding. As the only DC library open on Sunday, MLK is regularly packed with job seekers using computers, students finishing term papers, parents reading to children, and residence of shelters watching sports on TV. The closure would have meant that for the first time in 30 years, there would have been no library services available on Sunday in the District. This success is proof of what we can accomplish when Friends get together.

Save the Dates for the Best Book Sale Ever

The Friends annual book sale will be Feb. 8 through 13, 2012.. Mark your calendars! To volunteer during the sale, just send an e-mail to our website (volunteers@ccdclibraryfriends.org). To get things ready for the sale, we will need as many hands on deck as you can spare. Right after the first of the year, stop by FOLio anytime the library’s open. It’s a sure bet there will be work to do.
 
The sale schedule:

  • Feb. 8: 6 – 8 p.m. Members’ Preview. Use our online membership renewal form www.ccdclibraryfriends.org(print and mail) or stop by the library for a form and leave it with your donation at the reference desk.
  • Feb 9 – 11:  Open to all during library hours, 9:30 – 5:30
  • Feb 13:  Open 4 – 8 pm for Bag Day and ½ Price Day – Fill a brown grocery bag for $5 or shop the FOLio collection for half price.
  • March 24 – FOLio opens for the 2012 season

 

Library Launches “Check It In” Campaign

Do you have an overdue library book, CD or DVD? Check it in December 5 - February 5 and DC Public Library will forgive your fines. That's right! No fines, No fees, No questions asked.

You lost the book? No problem. Stop by your local DC Public Library and we'll forgive that too. No matter how long you've had it. No matter the condition. Check it in and discover the joy of sing DC Public Library again. For more information visit http://www.dclibrary.org/node/29020. 
 

Fate or Freewill?

Do our lives seem governed by unseen forces or are we in control? That’s the topic for a book discussion series that will be held at Chevy Chase Neighborhood Library in 2012. The series will be led by “resident scholar” and library staffer Myra Remigio-Leonard who has a Ph.D. in English from George Washington University.  From 2001 to 2008, she taught American literature and composition. The series, which is being supported by the Chevy Chase DC Library Friends, will be held on Wednesdays from 7:00 to 8:45 p.m. Dates and selections to be discussed are:

  • Feb. 1, The Odyssey by Homer
  • Feb. 29, Macbeth, by William Shakespeare
  • March 28, Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
  • April 25, The Natural, by Bernard Malamud
  • May 23, The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver
  • June 20, Saturday, by Ian McEwan

You can pre-register for the series at the library information desk.

 

FoL on Facebook
If you use Facebook, please show your support by becoming a fan of the FoL page(external link) so we can keep you up to date on FoLio store news and specials and other Friends of the Library info.

Join!

Join the CCDC Friends of the Library by filling out a membership form(external link) and sending it in. Please make your check payable to Friends of the Chevy Chase, DC Library and mail to:

Friends of the Chevy Chase, DC Library
Chevy Chase, DC Library
5625 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20015

Membership dues and other contributions are completely tax deductible. Funds support special library events, purchases and facility improvements at the Chevy Chase, DC Neighborhood Library.