Annual Meeting of Friends of the Falls of Schuylkill Library
Tuesday November 12 at 5:30 p.m.
Community Meeting Room – Midvale Entrance
Falls of Schuylkill Library, 3501 Midvale Ave.
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Start Saving Your Books! The Falls Library’s popular Fall Book Sale, sponsored by the Friends of the Falls of Schuylkill Library, is returning November 21, 22, 23 in the Falls Library’s meeting room. Click here for all the dates and times.
We need your books! Start bagging and boxing your hardbacks, paperbacks, CDs, DVDs, children’s books, and jigsaw puzzles (no textbooks, magazines, or audiotapes, please) to drop off at the Falls Library.
Please! Bring books to the Community Room (Midvale Ave. entrance) only at these drop-off times – and do not leave your books at the library doors or in the book drop.
Wed, Thurs, Fri, Nov 13,14,15 (11:00 am – 4:00 pm)
Sat Nov 16 (10 am- 1 pm)
Mon, Tues, Nov 18 & 19 (2:00 pm – 6:45 pm)
Fall issue of Catfish Chronicle.
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News from the Free Library
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Events at the Library
Check out our new Events Calendar on the Events page.
Catfish Chronicle
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Fiber Arts Group
Every Tuesday, 2 to 4 PM, Main Room of Falls Library
Craving for a crafts group to meet up with? Want to connect, socially, with other creatives working on portable crafts projects? Looking to share your crafts project or project ideas with other creatives? Stop by the Library – bring a portable craft project (knitting, crocheting, hand-sewing, embroidery, jewelry, etc) that you are working on. Don’t know how, but want to learn to hand-craft from others who are passionate about their projects? Stop in and watch and learn some basics
An Invitation To Area Businesses!
Join the Friends of the Falls of Schuylkill Library and partner with us in support of our Falls Library, a neighborhood treasure. Click here to learn more and to join.
Join the Friends of the Falls Library!
Membership is open to all individuals and organizations interested in supporting the Friends. Click here to learn more.
Photo Galleries
Check out our Photo page – History, Special Events, and More. Click here.
Our Values
The Friends of the Falls of Schuylkill Library is an all-volunteer community member organization promoting the Falls of Schuylkill Library’s services and supporting the preservation of the Library, an original Andrew Carnegie funded library.
• The Friends value our library for its history, its central location, and its content which is free to everyone.
• We value the Library as a community meeting place; it is the heart of East Falls.
• We value literacy and library programs that work toward it.
• We value meeting the needs of a diverse community by encouraging and funding library programs open to anyone, whether a library card holder or not.
• We value cooperation with other East Falls organizations in supporting a vibrant community.
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