Serving Our Community
Partnering with Lincoln Public Library
The Library Director and library staff continually search for ways that the library can better serve our community. FOLL helps their creative ideas become a reality by providing the needed dollars and volunteer support.
In calendar year 2024, FOLL provided $115,223 for library programs, services and community outreach activities, including a book hold locker for Downtown Lincoln. FOLL plans to provide the library with $96,500 in calendar year 2025.
FOLL members will continue to provide a multitude of volunteer hours helping with library programs, promoting the library, and fundraising. Our goals are to:
Encourage Kids’ Interest in Reading and the Library
FOLL helps the library connect with children and teens to encourage reading and create lifelong bonds between readers and the library.
Read Across Lincoln
Summer Reading Program
Read to Me – Baby Literacy Kits
Family Story Time
Free Book Giveaways
School Tours
Teen Advisory Board Meetings
In 2025, FOLL will provide $22,550 for library programs and activities that encourage children’s interest in reading and the library.
Transportation for School Tours is funded by grant from:
Expand Library Resources
FOLL works with the library to expand its offering of books, magazines, and digital resources.
Large Print Books
Audio Books
Adult Spanish Language Books
Self-Help Law Books
Nonfiction Books for Seniors
Children’s Nonfiction Books
Children and Teen Magazines
Hoopla
Kanopy
In 2025, FOLL will provide $38,000 to expand the library’s physical and online collection.
Large Print, Audio Books and Nonfiction Books for Seniors primarily funded by grant from:
Children’s Nonfiction Books funded by grant from:
Children and Teen Magazines funded by donations from:
Make the Library a Favorite Destination
FOLL works with the library to offer programs and events that appeal to all ages. We also help the library to expand the community’s use of the library and reach underserved areas.
Mother Goose on the Loose
Family Movie Night
Author Visits
Library Events and Contests
Downtown Book Locker
Monthly Newsletter
Community Outreach Activities
Group Library Tours
In 2025, FOLL will provide $35,950 for library programs, events and outreach activities that bring our community to the library.
Family Movie Night funded by grant from Lincoln Community Foundation.
