Steps to the future

Save the date Saturday April 4, 2020, for the 5th Annual "Mini Golf in the Library! ¡Minigolf en la Biblioteca! fundraiser.

Plan to join us for another fun-filled day. We volunteer our time to help families enjoy this special event, and to help raise funds for the Holyoke Public Library. We invite local businesses, organizations and individuals to "sponsor" segments of the 18-hole course inside the library building.

To become a sponsor of the 2020 event, or to volunteer to help, please contact Nancy Kocsmiersky in the Library Finance Office at  ‭(413) 420-8109‬.    Thank you!

Meanwhile, the Friends of the Library organization is well on the way to completing the transition from a separate corporation (founded 1983) to a participating part of the overall Holyoke Public Library Corporation (HPLC, founded 1870).  We are simplifying our structure, eliminating the need for annual submission of tax forms and filing fees, as well as the tasks of recruiting and electing a treasurer, managing bank accounts, and so forth.  We have already taken the necessary steps towards closure of our separate corporation: filing final tax forms and working with lawyers to petition the Attorney General of the Commonwealth for official dissolution. We await official approval from the AG. Steps will then be taken by HPLC to adjust the bylaws to add the Friends as an on-going committee.

The Mini Golf fundraiser, initiated by the Friends in 2016, has raised an average of $6,000 per year for the Library. Two years ago HPLC voted to have the Library's Finance Office manage the financial aspects of this event, while the Friends continued to supply volunteers. That arrangement will continue.  We (Friends volunteers) are delighted to have the Library's Finance Office involved – a very helpful step in collaboration and support of this unique fundraiser.