Please consider volunteering!
Caring for the local library can be done through donating volunteer time. The Friends make a difference in this community by providing a bridge with the library.

These are the areas in which volunteers are needed:

Friends' Book Nook One 3-hour shift per month or occasional substituting

• Sort books and put on the Book Nook shelves
• Serve as cashier

Friends' Board

• One 1 ½-hour meeting per month plus occasional committee work
• Serve on Friends' board to help plan events and publicity and help decide how our proceeds can best benefit the library

Book Outreach Team

• 2 to 3 hours per month
• Work as a team to select and/or deliver books to nursing homes and to homebound persons

Book Talk Speaker

• Lead a 30 -40 minute book discussion abut a favorite book or author
• One time per month

Clerical Help

• Perform clerical work for the library or the Friends' group as arranged

Bake or Cook

• Bake refreshments for library events (occasionally).

Special Events

• Contribute food items for library events
• Assist with events such as Friends’ booth at Sturgis Falls

Library Tour Guide

• Lead tour of our library facilities

Opportunity reading the Waterloo Courier to the blind from the KUNI studios.

• For more information, visit: www.iowaradioreading.org

Library groundskeeper

• Assist with maintenance of the plantings around the CFPL

For Friends information, contact Sue Doody at cfplfriends@gmail.com  or call the CFPL at 319-273-8643.