Everybody 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.
Join us today! There are no time commitments or membership dues. Click here to fill out a form online to join. And thank you for being a friend.
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
- 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 2023Check 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.
