Community partnerships and scholarships

HBFoL approved joining Friends of California Libraries in June 1964. With the Garden Club and the South Bay Arts Association, the Friends received California First Lady Bernice Brown in Valley Park on June 3, 1966, presenting Seaguide by Leland Lewis. The board approved a $100 scholarship gift in April 1973 and reported the award to Arlene Choi in January 1974. From 1973 the Friends held a children's creative-writing contest with the recreation department, and in 1977 the Police Association gave three $25 savings bonds as bookmark-contest prizes. In 1988 Weintraub Entertainment Productions paid the Friends two $1,500 sums for location and courtesies while filming My Stepmother Is an Alien.

Drawn from: Board meeting — story hours, World Book and Libations for the Library; Merchant Mailer — Mrs. Pat Brown visits Hermosa Beach; Mrs. Brown visit — revised publicity release; Board minutes — bylaws adopted, scholarship gift and films ended; Newsletter — 1973 review and 1974 election; Board minutes — budget, joint contest and bylaw revisions; Police donate prizes for library contest; Thank-you letter — Weintraub Entertainment Productions.