Minutes of the February 19, 2026, Friends of HPL Meeting
| TOPIC | DISCUSSION | ACTION |
| Call to Order | We met in person and by Zoom 6pm to 7pm | |
| Minutes | Safekeeping → Safekeep | Accepted as amended |
| Financial Report | No change: Balance remains $4446.79 | |
| Publicity | See RTE, FB, website | Thanks to Helen, Lorrie, and Liz |
| School Liaison | Liz suggested students from SES walk to HPL for a field day. | Liz will contact Principal Ellen Suprenant |
| Book Talk Group | Zoom February and March, last Tuesday, 6 pm February: The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden March: The Sentence by Louise Erdrich April: Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf May: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by O. Vuong June: Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate | Call Lorrie to join. 938-4702 |
| Display Case | March and April will be canine-related; May salt and pepper shakers, cups and saucers, platters | Connect with Irene to donate from your own or others collections. |
| Writers Group | Will resume Saturday, 4/11, 10am, under the leadership of Beverly Knowles | Call Lorrie to join. 938-4702 |
| Old Business | Essays on The 250th Anniversary of Our Country: What Does it Mean to You? may be submitted to HPL before 1pm 2/28. Winners of $50 prize for each grade 5 to 8, will be announced 3/14. | Several Friends will meet at HPL on 2/28 @ 11:30 to read and judge essays. Lorrie will research the parameters we used last year. |
| New Business | Plant Sale will be Saturday, May 17, 8am to noon. Author Talk with Matt Cost. Date TBA Joanne Elwell at Middle School has taken several kids under her wing. Besides passes to Lake George, Botanical Garden, and Children’s Discovery Museum, we learned many libraries make them available to Farnsworth Museum and Maine Maritime Museum. | Please plan to bring seedlings, house plants, perennials, etc., 5/16. Friends may donate yard sale items. Irene will make posters. We voted to contribute $200 to this worthy cause. Also we will donate food containers. We voted to add passes to the latter 2, $150 each. |
| Next Meeting | Thursday, March 19, 6pm | New members welcome! |
Respectfully submitted,
Kathie Clark
hartlandpubliclibrary.org 