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:

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

Computer Class Assistant

• Computer classes are generally 1 1/2 to 2 hours long
• Assist class instructor by working with individual students

Clerical Help

• Perform clerical work for the library or the Friends' group as arranged
• Shelve books in stacks

Food

• Occasionally provide food such as a dessert or salad for FOTL-sponsored events

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 Cedar Falls Courier to the blind from the KUNI studios.

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

Green Thumb Gang

• Assist with landscaping  maintenance at the CFPL

Library "Roadies"

• Help set up library meeting rooms

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