Friends of the Library
About Us
Meetings
Membership
Donations
About Us
The 2024 Membership Drive for the Friends is now in full swing! To join the Friends or renew your membership please click on the icon “More Info” under Membership on this page.
The Goals of the Friends:
- Promote the Library
- Sponsor community events & activities
- Raise funds
- Support Library projects & goals
- Encourage gifts, endowments and memorials
The Friends of the Peabody Institute Library is a non-profit, volunteer organization dedicated
to supporting the Library in all its activities. In addition to creative & educational programs
and renovation projects, the Friends sponsor the Museum Pass Program, annual Book Sale,
Holiday Open House, annual Staff & Volunteer Luncheon, a Classical Music Series and more.
Meetings
Meetings are open to the public and are usually held the third Wednesday of most months. We welcome new members any time and encourage coming by to see what we are all about. Please check the Event Calendar for meeting times and location.
Highlights from the Friends Board of Directors Meeting, February 21, 2024
- Thank you to everyone who joined us at the fundraising event held at the Texas Roadhouse and
made it a success! Proceeds will be used to support library programs. - A reception to meet Yetti Frenkel, the artist of the mural in the Children’s Room, will be held on
February 22 nd and refreshments will be provided by the Friends. - A Zoom presentation “Inside the Oscars” will be presented by Charles Bramesco on March 7 th .
- The Friends will participate in the Danvers Collaborating event on March 19 th at the High School.
- A program by the jazz entertainer Nanette Perrotte will be held on April 13 th .
- The Friends Annual Meeting will be held Wednesday evening, May 15 th followed by a talk by
author Julia Fox-Garrison. - There are eleven venues as part of the Museum Pass Program at https://www.danverslibrary.org/museum-passes
There are also passes for MA Parks that can be
found at the PIL in the “Library of Things”. Passes for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and
the Museum of Science were renewed. - The Glen Magna event that was planned to be held in May will be rescheduled.
- Please check the library calendar for future events that are being planned
https://www.danverslibrary.org/calendar/.
Membership
New and renewing members of the Friends are welcome to join from January to December!