About

The Mission of the Friends of the Blackstone Branch Library is:

  • To build a partnership between the library and the community
  • To build awareness of the library’s resources and services
  • To encourage volunteer services and activities on behalf of the library
  • To raise funds and solicit gifts to provide more pre-school and school-age programs
  • To maintain Blackstone as a key cultural institution in Hyde Park and the city of Chicago

Interested in joining the Friends of Blackstone? Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of every month @ 6PM:

Blackstone Library
4904 S. Lake Park Ave.
Classroom, lower level

Please contact Brenda Sawyer at 312.646.8475 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            312.646.8475      end_of_the_skype_highlighting or bpsawyer@ameritech.net

2 Responses to About

  1. joan hull
    February 14, 2010 at 9:40 pm

    Hi: I might be relocating to Hyde Park from Ann Arbor, Michigan. Our district library has what is called the Friends Book Shoppe, which is open every Saturday & Sunday and is a room full of used books that they are selling–all books are $1 and $2 but rare are at a much higher cost. It is just like a used book store–only run by the library. Do you have anything like this? Or do you know if any of the other branches have? Please let me know. Thanks. Joanie

    • Gretchen Rings
      February 18, 2010 at 12:56 am

      Hi Joan,

      Thanks for your inquiry. The Hyde Park branch does have books for sale, as does Harold Washington, the main branch downtown. Neither location has a Friends shop, however. Just an informal area for browsing…it’s always been surprising to me that CPL (Chicago Public Library) doesn’t have a shop of some kind, since they could do a lot more with branding than they do, e.g. sell mugs, book bags, etc. I hope your transition to Hyde Park from Ann Arbor is a smooth one.

      Gretchen