Update about memberships in the FGPL – April, 2025

At its April executive meeting the Friends adopted a new, three-year strategic plan that paves the way ahead for our organization for the next three years.

As part of the plan we proposed a new membership model for the FGPL.

Anyone in our current membership database will be renamed a Supporter of the FGPL, and payment of annual membership dues will no longer be required to be a Supporter of the FGPL.

We believe that a definition of membership based solely on paid annual fees fails to be inclusive of our much broader community of supporters. Such as ….. people who help us provide our programs and stage our events. People who volunteer to work at our annual book sale. People who love the local library and continue to support it through their advocacy. We want to strengthen and build our organization by including everyone who wants to belong.

This does not mean that we do not need or value your financial support, but we’d like it to be completely voluntary. You are always welcome to contribute financially to the FGPL through our Canada Helps account, where donations of $10 or more will receive a tax receipt.

More details regarding the strategic plan, and this change in our membership model will be available prior to our Annual General Meeting coming later this spring.