The Friends of North Carolina Public Libraries recognized the Friends of the Carrboro Branch Library as a first-place winner in their annual Frances B. Reid Awards for outstanding Friends groups across the state. FONCPL presented the recognition certificate and cash award at the Annual FONCPL Awards meeting at the Chatham County Community Library on Oct. 22.
The Friends of the Carrboro Branch Library received this award in recognition of their struggles and successes in achieving their goal of a freestanding library in Southwestern Orange County, as well as their regular work of raising funds for the library, providing free books to needy citizens and providing two annual scholarships to local students. Present to receive the award on the group’s behalf were Friends members Martha Tyson, Nerys Levy and Alex Brown, as well as Lucinda Munger, Orange County Library Director.
The Friends received this same award in 2002 for their Library Arts Program. Thanks in part to their ongoing advocacy, Orange County has committed $5.5 million to the building of a Southwest Orange Regional Library once an appropriate site has been identified.