Tenley-Friendship Library Friends

Your Library Needs You! Is more than just a catchy phrase, it is a call to arms.  Patron usage of libraries is down nationally due to the pandemic.  But now it is time to turn the tide. 

Please attend the next meeting of the Friends of your local library and discover how you can help.  Have questions, please click here to share your thoughts and comments.  And if you like what you have heard, please consider joining by completing the membership fields below.  Thank you.

History

The Friends of the Tenley-Friendship Library, established in 1972, was the first Friends group in the D.C. Public Library system. Originally, our group was formed to advocate for the continuation of the second-floor children’s room in the former building that has been replaced and upgraded to the 21st-century library we now enjoy. Today, we continue sup- porting the library in many ways: raising funds for library programs, services, books and equipment; sponsoring author programs to involve the community in library activities; advocating on behalf of the Tenley-Friendship Library and the entire DCPL system to the library administration, the Mayor, City Council, and Congress; and supporting the freedom to read as expressed in the American Library Association Library Bill of Rights. The Friends of the Tenley-Friendship Library participates in the DC Federation of Friends, a citywide association of Friends councils.