
ABOUT THE FRIENDS OF THE NIPoMO LIBRARY
2023 BOARD MEMBERS
Officers
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Helen Kanda and Linda Short, Co-Presidents
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Nancy Brown, Recording Secretary
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William Palmer, Treasurer
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Susan Gillespie, Immediate Past President
Other Board Members
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Angela Braun, Community Window / Silent Auctions
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Susan Galluzzo, Better World Books
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Priscilla Gruenewald, Webmaster
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Jamie Hartshorn, Newsletter Editor
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Merril Lynn Schalla, Membership / Outdoor Planter Boxes
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Linda Short, Book Sales
Other Roles
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Marie Kyle, Book Donations
HOW WE BENEFIT THE LIBRARY AND
THE COMMUNITY
We support our work with tax-deductible membership fees and charitable donations. We also raise funds through our outdoor Saturday book sales, ongoing book sales in our lobby bookstore, and silent auctions held several times a year.
We apply for grants and donations to fund our summer library programs, support other library programs, and provide items not included in the library budget—all of which benefit our community.
CONTACT US
Email:
Mailing Address: PO Box 1330, Nipomo, CA 93444
Facebook: Friends of the Nipomo Library
County Library Website: www.slolibrary.org
Our Mission Statement:
To support the Nipomo Library as it strives to encourage literacy, lifelong learning, and the love of reading throughout our diverse community.
To enhance the library's resources, increase the community's access to information and knowledge, and provide for a vibrant cultural gathering place.
The Friends of the Nipomo Library is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. Donations and memberships are deductible to the full extent allowable by law.

In January 2019, Friends Board members scooped ice cream and served yummy sundaes to attendees at a library open house featuring some of the new offerings of the SLO County Library system.