The Friends of the Harborfields Public Library

05/17/2025

🎉 The Craft & Flea Market is HAPPENING NOW! 🛍️

We’re here at the Harborfields Library today until 4 PM — and the tents are full of amazing finds! 🌟

✨ Handmade crafts
🪙 Vintage treasures
🎟️ A raffle for lottery scratch-off tickets plus 2 surprise baskets
☕️ Great vibes and friendly faces!

Come shop local, support our vendors, and enjoy a fun day out — rain or shine! Grab a friend and head over!

📍Harborfields Public Library

04/09/2025

😁

We’re excited to announce that the library budget has officially passed!
217 YES, 23 NO
Thank you for your overwhelming support!

Renee Boyer has been re-elected to a 5-year term as Library Trustee.

Thanks for showing up and standing with your library. We’re here because of you!

04/07/2025

We’re Drawn to the Library—are you?
It’s National Library Week (April 6–12), and the Friends of Harborfields Public Library are celebrating with something sweet and something to read!

Stop by our table (in the lobby Mon, Wed, & Fri and outside the Book Shop Tues, Thurs, & Sat) to:
• Grab a FREE lollipop (because sugar fuels reading, obviously)
• Snag a FREE bookmark (because dog-earing is a crime)
• Score a bundle of 5 books for just $2—perfect for readers, gifters, and bargain hunters alike

All proceeds support the library you know and love. Come by, stock up, and support your shelves!

04/02/2025

Celebrate National Poetry Month with an afternoon of live music and poetry with Crossroads of Verse - Sunday, April 6 at 2:30 PM!

03/24/2025

Congratulations to "The Gnome-It-Alls"! 👏👏
Harborfields Public Library's team of high school students placed 1st in this year's Advanced Division Battle of the Books competition held at Sachem Public Library. The team competed against 12 teams from participating Suffolk County Libraries. The team's coaches Mary Kim and Kim McCarthy along with Library staff are especially proud of their accomplishment and so are the Friends of the Library! Way to go!

03/17/2025

🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen.

Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.

We'll have more to share in the coming days. But what can you do right now? Call your members of Congress. Call your state and local officials. Tell them exactly what's at stake if the President's order stands: the future of America's libraries. It's time to Show Up : bit.ly/ProtectLibraryFunding

Full Executive Order: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/continuing-the-reduction-of-the-federal-bureaucracy/

12/21/2024

We know you ❤️ the Library. Make it official and come be a Friend!

Join or renew your Friends membership today: https://www.harborfieldslibrary.org/friends

Your membership helps us do more for the Library.

When you enjoy Sunday concerts and soundproof study booths, that's thanks to the Friends.

When you join us for the Holiday Craft Fair or NYC bus trip, that's us too.

And let's not forget the Longest Table and Little Bookstore!

All our efforts are volunteer led, and your membership dues go straight to Library programs and improvements.

Join or renew your membership today!
https://www.harborfieldslibrary.org/friends

12/10/2024

Honoring Carol Albano - A Lifelong Advocate for the Friends of the Harborfields Public Library
Carol’s involvement with the Friends of the Library started long before her 36-year career at Harborfields Public Library. As President of the Friends, she was passionate about making the library the heart of the community. She led efforts to raise funds, improve services, and bring people together. Her work showed just how much she believed in the power of libraries and her love for the Harborfields community.

When Carol joined the library staff in 1984, her commitment only grew. As Children’s Librarian, Head of Children’s Services, and later Director, she worked closely with the Friends to create programs and opportunities that brought joy and learning to so many.

Rest in peace, Carol. Your tireless advocacy for libraries and the Friends will always inspire us. ❤️

11/22/2024

Brrr! Get your den ready for hibernation. We've got thrillers, romance and kids' books galore.

Friends Bookstore
Tuesday 10am-4pm
Thursday 10am-4pm
Saturday 10am-2pm

Paperbacks $1
Most Hardcovers $2

All proceeds go to The Friends, who in turn fund special projects at the Library. So come stock up for the chilly months ahead!

11/22/2024

Brrr! Get your den ready for hibernation. We've got thrillers, romance and kids' books galore.

Friends Bookstore
Tuesday 10am-4pm
Thursday 10am-4pm
Saturday 10am-2pm

Paperbacks $1
Most Hardcovers $2

All proceeds go to The Friends, who in turn fund special projects at the Library. Come stock up for those chilly months ahead!

11/19/2024

🚨 4 SEATS LEFT
< 12 HOURS REMAINING ⏰
REGISTRATION CLOSES 10AM ON TUESDAY, NOV 19TH

You need a Day Of Beauty. (We do, too!)

And nothing is more beautiful than the masterpieces in the Metropolitan Museum of Art...

Or NYC in the fall...

Or holiday shopping for your loved ones!

Join the Friends of the Library Bus Trip
🍎 New York Holiday Experience 🏙️
to
🖼️ The Metropolitan Museum of Art 🎨
and the
🎁 Holiday Market at Grand Central Station 🎅🏻

🎄Tuesday, November 26
🚌 Bus departs from the Library on Ann St. at 8:30 AM
✨ Returns at Approximately 6:00 PM

Travel by deluxe coach bus to the Metropolitan Museum of Art where you will have approximately three (3) hours to tour on your own.

The bus will depart from the museum at 1:00 PM to travel to Grand Central Station for the Holiday Market.

Lunch is on your own. Links to dining venues are available online.

This trip requires some walking. Wheelchairs and portable stools will be available at the Met Museum, if needed.

REGISTER IMMEDIATELY:
https://www.harborfieldslibrary.org/event/bus-trip-nyc-64551

11/17/2024

ONLY 7 SEATS LEFT!
REGISTRATION CLOSES 10AM ON TUESDAY, NOV 19TH

Join the Friends of the Library Bus Trip
🍎 New York Holiday Experience 🏙️
to
🖼️ The Metropolitan Museum of Art 🎨
and the
🎁 Holiday Market at Grand Central Station 🎅🏻

🎄Tuesday, November 26
🚌 Bus departs from the Library on Ann St. at 8:30 AM
✨ Returns at Approximately 6:00 PM

Travel by deluxe coach bus to the Metropolitan Museum of Art where you will have approximately three (3) hours to tour on your own.

The bus will depart from the museum at 1:00 PM to travel to Grand Central Station for the Holiday Market.

Lunch is on your own. Links to dining venues are available online.

This trip requires some walking. Wheelchairs and portable stools will be available at the Met Museum, if needed.

REGISTER TODAY:
https://www.harborfieldslibrary.org/event/bus-trip-nyc-64551