FOL Community Involvement

FOL banner with bike winner

The Friends of the Library donated four bicycles to the Bryan Co Family Expo on 4/2/16.  Here is a shot of one of the winners!

girl on bike

The Bryan Co Family Expo provides a fun day for families.  There are booths set up with information for families and children.  The library has had a booth the past three years and helps spread the word about the programming offered for adults, seniors, and kids.

This event brings the community together for a day of informing and involvement.  The local businesses donated over 100 prizes to be given away and the Vice Mayor of Durant, Destry Hawthorne, spoke at the event.  This is Smart Start of Southeastern Ok St University’s 9th annual Expo.

Bryan Co. Family Expo

FAmily Expo

Bryan Co Family Expo 2106Come out to the SE campus at the
Visual & Performing Arts Center
for a day of fun!

10:00am – 2:00pm

Community Information booths
Activities for the kidsDoor prizes
Clowns
Hot dogs
FUN!

Digital Newspaper Archives

The library, with help from the Friends of the Library is digitizing the newspaper microfilm and posting it online in a convenient searchable format through Advantage Preservation Companies.

newspaper
Click on picture above to access.

First “Food for Fines” event

Food for Fines

We had a very successful “Food for Fines” event at the library. We took in almost 300 cans of food with only around 90 being used to pay for fines. This means less than 30% of the food went towards fines and the rest were just donations from the community. We are so proud!

The food items were sent to two local organizations and Families Feeding Families was one.

Staff holding canned food