The Friends of South Whatcom Library are volunteers who give of their time to support our local South Whatcom Library. We’re a fun group and we’d love to have you join us! We know your time is valuable, so we offer FLEXIBLE VOLUNTEERING, which means being able to give a manageable portion of your time to an activity that is meaningful to you. Whether that is helping with a single activity or event or serving on a committee or as a board member.
Below you’ll find a list of volunteer positions that are currently open or possibly opening soon. Feel free to contact us if something piques your interest or if you have questions.
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Enjoy an hour or two helping your community at any of the following SWL and Friends 2024 Fall/Winter Events
September 19th – Drop-In Social Hour at the South Whatcom Library – 3rd Thursday of each month. Library conference room – 10:30 am to 12 pm. This is an opportunity to connect with others in the community…have a cup of coffee or tea, chat, play cards, or perhaps a board game. (One or two volunteers needed to prepare coffee, put out cards/games, be present to address questions, receive suggestions, chat with participants.)
October 5th – Daffy Days (SWL – 11 am to 2 pm) – an opportunity to chat with your neighbors while enjoying a warm cup of hot cider and a treat, to help the kids plant daffodil bulbs in the library garden and to carry a bag of bulbs home to beautify your own garden! (Volunteers needed to serve cider and treats, help the kids plant bulbs, and hand out bags of bulbs to folks.)
January 10th – Patron Appreciation Sweet Potluck Day (SWL – 1 to 4 pm) – an opportunity for the South Whatcom Library staff to say “thank you” for your patronage! (Volunteers needed to donate baked goodies, welcome patrons and handle the “people counter”, help to make coffee and keep the goodies trays filled.)
If you see an event or activity that interests you please let us know by signing up at the South Whatcom Library for the event, time and activity of your choice or contact us here to submit your choice. Our volunteer coordinator will contact you to address any questions you might have and to make sure your volunteering experience is the best it can be!
OPEN POSITIONS
- Volunteer Coordinator*: recruits and trains volunteers for Friends’ activities and events, works with the board and committee chairs to recruit interested members for committee and board participation. (*This position is currently filled, but may reopen in September 2024.)
- Resource and Development Committee Chair*: oversees the activities of the R&D committee which is responsible to identify and develop opportunities to raise awareness of library services and to help raise monies to meet needs beyond the library’s annual budget. (*This position is currently filled but will reopen in September 2024.)
- Concerts Committee Chair: oversees the activities of the Concerts Committee which is responsible for developing opportunities to connect our communities and our library through music. E.g. The Whatcom Grooves Annual Jazz Series in which the Whatcom County Library System, The Bellingham Jazz Center and Friends groups from across the county partner to create opportunities to connect young and old with books, music and each other. (*This position is currently filled but will reopen in September 2024.)
- Committee membership on a committee of your choice: we have three standing committees: Membership, Resource and Development, and Concert and two sub-committees which are housed under the Resource and Development Committee. These include our Book Sales and our Social Media (website and Facebook) sub-committees. Committee and sub-committee volunteers are welcomed to sign up throughout the year!
*Please don’t be intimidated by any of these “fancy” names, they just identify someone who feels comfortable taking abit of a leadership role to do fun things with a group of fun folks. We’re all in this together.