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With a Little Help From Our Friends

  • Betsy Raczkowski
  • Oct 20
  • 2 min read

A group of people standing together and smiling - the Friends of RHPL at their annual meeting
The Friends of RHPL at their 2024 Annual Meeting with their Community Collaboration Award from the Rochester Regional Chamber

If you’ve ever attended an RHPL program, participated in summer reading, checked out a book, or just enjoyed a comfy library chair, you need to thank the Friends of Rochester Hills Public Library! 


With a little (lot of) help from our Friends, RHPL can offer patrons:


  • Winter Wonder Library, Summer Reading Kickoff, and Summer Reading Sunset Block

    Party

  • After Hours library programming 

  • Spring Break Break-Out Programs 

  • Speaker fees

  • News & Views delivered to your home four times a year

  • “Spread Library Love” lawn signs

  • Staff professional development workshops

  • Staff care fund

  • 15 annual community concerts

  • All the youth, teen, and adult services programs offered in 2025

  • Poinsettias and daffodils for seasonal building cheer

  • Holiday lights in and around the library building and gardens

  • Refreshments at programs

As a 501(c)(3), every cent raised by the Friends from book sales, fundraising events, and membership dues goes right back to RHPL.
Two Friends members stand behind a table with a "Join Here" sign
Friends of RHPL at the 2025 Summer Reading Kickoff

The Friends of RHPL is dedicated to building a close relationship between the library and its patrons by promoting library resources, services, and collections. Encouraging community participation in library activities, they raise funds for events and programs and allow librarians to curate the collections patrons want. The Friends bring you all of this and more, primarily through membership, fundraising, kind hearts, and dedicated work.


As a 501(c)(3), every cent raised by the Friends from book sales, fundraising events, and membership dues goes right back to RHPL. From our Summer reading parties to our Winter Wonder Library coming this January, and everything in between, the Friends have helped make RHPL the bustling and beloved center of the community.


Send a message, offer a high five, buy a used book, buy a ticket for the Holiday Home Tour, or better yet, volunteer and join their organization to help support the future of RHPL. 


From the bottom of our hearts, the staff and Board of RHPL thank our Friends for all they do.

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