The Friends of the Anacortes Library are dedicated to making the Anacortes Public Library a vibrant and enriching place. Your support will help us continue to provide the library with the resources and programming it needs to serve our community. The Friends of the Library play a crucial role in supplementing the Anacortes Library's limited book purchasing budget, and is the primary resource for children's, teen, and adult programming.
The Friends of the Anacortes Public Library is a not for profit corporation organized under the statutes of the State of Washington. The Friends is an association of persons interested in the use and improvement of libraries. The Friends will cooperate with and support the Anacortes Public Library in developing library services and facilities for the community.
The Friends shall provide a forum for discussion of the library’s programs and needs and may give educational support as needed. The Friends shall support the freedom to read as expressed in the American Library Association Bill of Rights.
The Friends will raise funds; receive and encourage gifts, endowments and bequests; and disperse funds that are directly beneficial to the library’s patrons, and for the operation of the Friends.