About Us
The Friends of the Phoenix Public Library is a non-profit, membership organization devoted to supporting the library system and literacy programs in Phoenix, Arizona. A membership to the Friends of the Phoenix Public Library starts for as little as $20 a year, and membership has its benefits! See the Membership page for more details.
For 30 years the Friends of the Phoenix Public Library have been supporting the Phoenix Library system. The Friends supported the construction of the new Burton Barr Central Library, as well as branch libraries around the Valley. Here is a partial list of programs and projects the Friends have recently supported:
- Game Face Exhibit at Burton Barr Central Library
- Teen Centers at Saguaro, Ocotillo, Acacia and Century Branch Libraries
- Zoo to You Programs at every library branch
- Teen Read Month
- Naturalization ceremony at Burton Barr Central Library for 50 new US Citizens
- First Fridays
- The First Five Years
- Raising the Barr - Burton Barr Central Library's 10th Birthday Celebration
- @Central Gallery
- Business Breakfast
- Linda McCartney's Sixties - Portrait of an Era Photography Exhibit
- Exhibit of an original copy of the Declaration of Independance
- E.L. Doctorow Author Program
- Jewel Parker Rhodes Author Program
- Billy Collins Author Program for Teens
- Nancy Pearl Author Program
- Lunch Talks
- First Mondays
- Read your way to the Ball Park summer reading program
- Rare Book and Art of the Book Room
- Teen Central
- Teen Centers at Branch Libraries
- The Children's Garden
- Writer in Residence
For more information regarding these and other programs supported by the Friends, please contact us.