Children's and youth programs

In 1960–61, 83 children joined Treasure Trails to Books, a summer program with volunteer readers. The Friends held a children's writing and illustration contest each year from 1965, and a 1977 bookmark-design contest drew more than 200 entries. The board commissioned a $925 children's literature mural from Vicki Timmons in March 1990 and thanked her in December. In 1997 and again in 1999 the board approved $1,000 from the Belasco fund for summer reading. In November 2018 the board reported at least forty people at a Friends-funded Star Wars event.

Drawn from: Summer reading punch-party announcement; Children's writing and illustrating contest announcement; Bookmark winners to receive prizes Saturday; Minutes — Belasco fund objective achieved and mural commissioned; Appreciation letter — Vicki Timmons mural; Spring sale, Belasco reading program and Internet access; Spring sale canceled and children's summer reading funded; Board meeting reports Star Wars support and elects officers.