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 Happy New Year to the many Friends of Oakton Library! The year 2023 begins full of promise. Our Annual Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, January 17 at 7pm at the Oakton Library, and all members are welcome.  Much of the meeting will be devoted to a review of the proposed budget for the forthcoming year, but it is also appropriate at this time to look back with satisfaction not only at fiscal year 2022 but also at the many contributions the Friends have made to FCPL and the Oakton Branch over the past fifteen years.
          In 2022, the Oakton Friends donated $27,500 to FCPL Collections, thanks to the combined funds of generous donors, membership dues, and the proceeds from Book Sales, Lobby Sales and online sales.  We donated an additional $2500 to the Library Foundation, also earmarked for Collections.  Separate from our support for FCPL, the Friends provided the Oakton Branch $19,655 in furnishings and equipment, library materials including magazine and newspaper subscriptions, Habitat, as well as special events and programs such as the 15^th Anniversary Celebration and the Holiday Open House.
          To date, extending back in time to the years of planning and organizing even before the opening of the Oakton Branch 15 years ago, the Friends of Oakton Library have donated $283,607 to FCPL, including community programs such as the Summer Reading Adventure, 1000 Books Before Kindergarten and Fall for the Book.  At the Oakton Branch, an additional $137,759 funded furnishings, materials and equipment, and outstanding library programs for our patrons.
          All of this is possible only through the generosity of our members and volunteers.  Let’s continue the good work in 2023.
 
Happy Reading,