2009

The Friends Celebrate Fifty Years

On January 13 the Friends elected Dorothy Yost president, Naoma Valdes vice president, Diane Craig secretary and Carol Lawson treasurer. Anniversary planning ran from February through July. In May the Board proposed an anniversary gift of up to $5,000, and in July Toni Empringham asked for historical photographs and corrections for an anniversary pamphlet. In September the Friends celebrated their fiftieth anniversary at the Library. The City of Hermosa Beach marked the occasion with a certificate crediting the Friends with almost $500,000 in gifts, and The Beach Reporter ran an article by Eric Michael Stitt on their history on September 17. The Friends also sent books to Gardena, and in October Willowbrook Library thanked them for six boxes of books and VHS material. In November the Board added bank signatories and proposed bylaws revisions.

Drawn from: Officer election meeting; Board meeting and book redistribution; Board meeting and fiftieth anniversary plans; Toni Empringham requests material for anniversary pamphlet; Fiftieth anniversary celebration at the Library; City recognition of the fiftieth anniversary; Friends celebrate fifty years of support; Willowbrook Library thanks Friends for six boxes.

Summary written by Claude from this year's records, for review by the board. Read every year.