Supporting Ferndale's Library

The Friends of the Ferndale Library is an organization dedicated to promoting and supporting the Ferndale Area District Library. 

We sponsor cultural, artistic, and educational program at the library and provide funds for special collections and library services. 

 

Donate to help support our mission! 

Support Our Library

Upcoming Meetings

We meet on the third Monday of the month at 6:30p at the Ferndale Area District Library! Join and help plan fundraising events and discuss other ways of supporting our library. 

 

Find us at our next meetings: 

November 17 

December 15

January 19

Friends Events

Bring Your Best Dip Dish!

Have a dip recipe you believe is prize-winning? Or maybe you’re interested in an afternoon of tasty bites?

Sign up for the annual Dip-Off! Enter the competition to bring a dip to share and attendees will vote for their favorite. The winner will receive two classes to Still Life Studios “Bowl in One” classes. 

Join us Saturday, October 25th from 1 – 3pm at the Ferndale Area District Library, 222 East 9 Mile Road Ferndale, MI 48220.

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Dip off contest, October 25 from 1-3p at the Ferndale Area District Library
Park and Read with listed dates of upcoming dates in Ferndale

Thanks for a Great Season of Park and Read

Rethink book club this summer. No assigned reading, no required questions, an introvert’s delight!

Bring a book, a seat for the grass, and read in quiet camaraderie with like likeminded book lovers.

There will be light refreshments and an opportunity to discuss what you’re reading near the end. 

Everyone who uses the library is a Friend!

We work to support the Ferndale library’s mission of bringing the community together through entertainment, information, arts, and culture.

What we do...

Sponsor cultural, artistic, and
educational programs at the library

Sell donated books and DVDs, as well as our own swag in the Friends Bookstore

Provide funds for special collections
and library services

...and what we've done so far!

  • Sponsored the Summer Reading Kickoff which included a Beatles cover singer, taco trucks, and ice cream trucks
    with free food for the attendees
Theatre Bizarre
  • Sponsored First Stop Fridays and Summer Concert Series,
    like Theatre Bizarre Orchestra
  • Gave away free books, crafts and toys to over
    170 kids at the Ferndale     Fall Festival

Sorted and sold hundreds of donated books and DVDs in the Friends Bookstore

  • Paid for BookPage subscription, which the library gives free to patrons

  • Provided gifts for the library requested by the librarians
    through our 12 Days of GIFTSmas celebration in 2023

    Check out the video here to hear Friends president Ed Burns
    talk through our excitement to give back to the library, and the community,
    as we rounded out the year! Then scroll through this page to see what we bought

  • Created an online cookbook of Friends’ favorite recipes which you can check out by clicking here.
    We hope you’ll try some of the recipes, and let us know how they came out.