Friends of the Ketchikan Public Library

Who we are:

Friends who know that our community needs and benefits from a first-rate library.
Friends who are interested in promoting the library by improving its services, resources, and community role.
Friends who care about libraries.

We are a volunteer group and an organized 501(c)(3) non-profit. Officers are elected at our annual meeting in April. We maintain email and mailing lists.

Board & Officers

President: June Dahl
Vice President: Judith McQuerry
Secretary: Heidi Ekstrand
Treasurer: Kim Cool
Tom Heutte
Nina Hopps
Hilary Koch
Jenn Powell
Kerry Watson

2025 book donations dates: The Friends accept book donations once a month at their UHaul Storage Unit location north of town. Donations accepted between noon-2pm on the following Saturdays:

May 24, 2025

June 28, 2025

July 26, 2025

August 23, 2025

September 27, 2025

Where does the money come from, and where does it go?

Funds come from membership dues, gifts, endowments, memorials, the annual book sale, and the library book sale cart.
Money is used for Friends’ projects and for library needs outside the regular budget allowance.

What we do:

Summer Reading Club support
Book sales
Blueberry Arts Festival booth
National Library Week activities
Library Special Requests (purchases, subscriptions, activities)
Alaska Digital Library audio- and e-books
Teen Advisory Group support
Visiting Authors support

2025 annual meeting on April 15: Rebecca Brown, the Library's Outreach Librarian, and Tony Gallegos, former Education Coordinator for the Ketchikan Correctional Center, spoke on Library services beyond the walls of the Library.

Sophia Pilgrim talk at 2024 annual meeting: Kayhi student and Teen representative on the Library Advisory Board Sophia Pilgrim was the featured speaker at the April 16, 2024 meeting with a talk entitled 'The Importance of Teenagers to Libraries, and Libraries to Teenagers: The Good of Looking Ahead'.

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