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Friends of the Library

Since 1941, the Friends of the Elmhurst Public Library have enriched the library’s resources and supported library programs through funds from their dues and various fundraising ventures. Their purpose is to maintain an association of persons interested in the library; to increase the facilities and services of the Elmhurst Public Library; to secure materials for the library which are beyond the scope of the library’s ordinary budget and thus to enrich the cultural opportunities available to the citizens of Elmhurst. Some of the most notable projects undertaken by the "Friends" include:

  • Donating funds for prize books for thousands of children in the popular summer reading program.
  • Donating funds for prizes for adults in the summer reading program.
  • Dedicating the benches at the library entrances.
  • Purchasing a professional keyboard for library programs and events.
  • Supporting the "Elmhurst READS" program.

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6th Annual Friends Poetry Contest

Entries were accepted from February 8 to March 13.

FOURTH GRADE
First place: Fiona Warren, Jefferson
Second place: Kennedy Ruiz, Field
Honorable Mention: Ben Helmkamp, Home School • Jackie Meyer, Field • Emily Schlecht, Conrad Fischer

FIFTH GRADE
First place: Barrett Sullivan, Hawthorne
Second place: Natalie Kosanovich, Field
Honorable Mention: Emily Landreth, Field • Tatum Langley, Jefferson • Janae Nutter, Jefferson • Madeleine Shea, Hawthorne • Lauren Sussman, Hawthorne

SIXTH GRADE
First place: Adela Skowronski, Sandburg
Second place: Michelle Wiese, Sandburg
Honorable Mention: Sam Rafac, Sandburg • Ryan Camp, Sandburg • Lauren Cairo, Sandburg • Elizabeth Helmkamp, Home School • Kayman Klaas, Bryan • Ed Liebeno, Sandburg

SEVENTH & EIGHTH GRADE
First place: Jessica Heinz, Churchville
Second place: Laurel Chamberlin, Churchville
Honorable mention: Gloria Frank, Churchville • Sarah Heinz, Churchville • Jisha Thomas, Sandburg

HIGH SCHOOL
First place (tie):
Sarah Fischer, York • Christopher Menconi, York           
Second place: Louis Hall, York
Honorable mention: Jillian Mastropolo, York • Justin Spaeth, York

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
Ballad
David Dyer, CPA

Sonnet
Ahlgrim Funeral Home, Elmhurst Jaycees, George & Sarah Sotos

Haiku
Sally Allen, Phyllis Carroll, Community Bank of Elmhurst, Denise Ann Izatt, Inc., DBA Stolper State Farm, Gibbons Funeral Home, Gerald & Matilda O’Toole, Kenneth & Julia Wegner, West Suburban Office Products, Inc, Karl Zerfoss

 Ode
Bert & Holly Cohn, Scott E. Bretl, Elmhurst College, Partners in Care, Ltd, Suburban Bank & Trust, Tivoli Enterprises, Inc.

Couplet
Luscombe Music, Inc., Matthew L. Blass DDS & Associates
 


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Thank you to all our “friends” out there! If you'd like to join the Friends of the Elmhurst Public Library and support the library, please stop by the library or mail your membership form and check to Friends of the Elmhurst Public Library, c/o Elmhurst Public Library, 125 S. Prospect Avenue, Elmhurst, IL 60126. Your contribution will help foster a love of reading, storytelling and the arts in the Elmhurst community. The Friends are a 501(c)(3) organization and contributions are tax deductible.

Current officers are:

  • Jackie Crnkovich, President
  • Monica Caster, Vice President
  • Suzanne Sestan, Treasurer
  • Sally Sotos, Secretary
  • Marilyn Boria, Library Director, ex officio
Special Committee Members, appointed by Friends President:
  • Joel Bernstein
  • Audrey Douglass
  • Phyllis Carroll
  • Debra Deakin-Dyer
  • Bob Villiard