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Board of Trustees: CeCe Sullivan Rohrbach - Chair, Robb Cotiaux - Vice Chair, Paul Morin, Carol Gillis, and Cristie Barone. Colleen Strickler served as Select Board Liaison. Thank you to this board for helping keep us moving toward strategic planning goals. Volunteers: A special thank you to all our volunteers who worked 639.75 hours in FY2024! Thank you to Deb Hall for helping transform the library weekly. Thank you to Marlene Tidwell for all the special adult and children’s crafts. Thank you to Peg Becksvoort for teaching a class on book repair for our staff and volunteers. Thank you, Mikey Guthrie, for helping monthly to keep us ahead. Volunteer support has continued to help transform the library and keep it moving toward the future. Please contact us if you are interested in volunteering: nglibrary@newgloucester.com or 207-926-4840. Friends of the New Gloucester Public Library: Our Friends group continued their long tradition of fundraising, volunteerism, and advocacy for the library. In FY2024, the Friends’ officers were President Noreen Williams, Vice President Annemarie Salzberg, Secretary Nancy Thomas, and Treasurer Diantha Grant. The Friends maintain the library’s gardens, supply refreshments, and assist with programs. The Friends hosted two major book and bake sales in September and June at the community building. They also held smaller pop-up book sales throughout the year. The Friends sponsored a fall bulb fundraiser in October, and in June, hosted a silent auction and book/bake sale to help raise funds for programming. In August, the Friends helped sponsor a Lego backpack program so children could read and create with Lego blocks at home. During Friends of the library week in October we celebrated them with a gathering and refreshments. Funds donated by the Friends support programs, specialty items, and passes for a variety of community venues. Thank you for your generosity, time, and hard work! For more information or to join the Friends, go to: https://www.friendsnewgloucesterlibrary.org Thank you to all our patrons. If you do not already use the library, please visit us! We look forward to meeting you and are excited to show you what your library has to offer. With a town budget of $120,008.00 in FY2024, the Maine State Library estimates that the New Gloucester Public Library was able to provide over $346,437.50 in value to the town. For more information, please visit our website newgloucesterlibrary.org and follow us on Facebook facebook. com/newgloucesterlibrary.

Respectfully submitted, Emily Martin, Library Director

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