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HOW TO ADVOCATE FOR YOUR LIBRARY

If you are inspired to let our Supervisors know how much you care about full funding for our libraries, please feel free to use this letter as a template and adapt however you wish. Most importantly, please try to add a personal note. Those personal touches really hit home. You can find your Supervisor's contact information in our March and April Newsletters.

Dear Supervisor…

In 2002 the “Collections Budget” for the Fairfax County Public Library was $6.5 million, about $6.36 per resident. In 2025 this same budget was a little over $3 milllion, or only about $3 per resident. We now have less than half the budget we had 23 years ago, even as prices for materials rise.

From 2021 to 2025 we have seen an 26% decline in the number of books we are able to purchase, resulting in community libraries receiving only a very limited number of new items. Our non-fiction collection is severely dated. Of the 14 languages spoken in Fairfax County only 3 are served by the library. Wait times for new and popular items stretch into months.

Nearby Montgomery County, and other comparable county library systems spend between $8 and $11 per resident on new materials for their communities, resulting in robust collections that are current and easily accessible.

Although an increase to the collections budget of 1 million for the coming year has been proposed, we ask that the county add another 1 million from the unallocated $23,000,000 for fiscal year 2026 as a step towards stopping the unacceptable degradation of our library system. Our community deserves to be better served.

Respectfully,

Behind The Scenes
Storage Space Needed

We have recently vacated the storage space provided to us by Flint Hill One, LLC, since mid 2022. We will always be grateful to their team for helping us out. If you are aware of vacant ground floor, occasionally accessible space (about 100 square feet) which could be used to store boxes and other book sale supplies, please contact us at friendsofoaktonlibrary@gmail.com.

As we are a 501(c)(3) non-profit, the donated square footage may qualify as a gift-in-kind for tax purposes for the period it is made available.
THANK YOU!

Volunteers are always welcome!
If you are interested in learning more about our work and/or would like to join our efforts to serve the library and our community please contact us at

info @FriendsOfOaktonLibrary.org

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Friends' Officers
President
Fred Singerman
First Vice President:
Gretchen Cervantes
Secretary:Stan Ellis
Treasurer: Fred Pitman

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10304 Lynnhaven Place
Oakton, VA 22124
703-242-4020

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