Category: Events

The Friends of Evelyn Meador Library invite you to attend their 2022 Annual Meeting! Download the document below for details. Registration is required. Hope to see you there!

Help Support the 2022 Summer Reading Program!

While the library offers many programs throughout the year, none is more anticipated than the annual Summer Reading Program. You can help the Harris County Friends of the Library support Harris County Public Library’s Summer Reading Program by donating during National Library Week, April 3-9. As one of our Kingwood Library customers says: “Love how there are so many opportunities for the kids when it comes to programming.”

You can donate three ways:

1. Text YOURFRIEND to 44-321
2. Go to our website hcfol.org
3. Send a check made out to HCFOL to
   Harris County Public Library
   HCFOL
   5749 South Loop East
   Houston, TX 77033

Remember, HCFOL supports programs for the entire Harris County library system, including Evelyn Meador Library. Looking forward to seeing you there!

National Library Lover’s Month in February is dedicated to the people who love libraries. Libraries provide a place for us to discover great books and learn about history. They help us with homework, research papers, and science projects. They provide a quiet space to study and learn. But libraries do so much more:

• Libraries provide educational entertainment for preschoolers, like story time.
• Libraries provide communities for meeting space for celebrations, meetings, socials, fundraisers, and classes.
• Libraries provide resources for researching family and community history.
• Libraries lend other media like movies and music that can be enjoyed at home.
• Libraries offer digital resources, like our fabulous Maker Space, for the entire community to use.
• Libraries provide rotating art displays give local artists exposure to the community.

Here are a few ways that you can celebrate National Library Lover’s Month:

• Volunteer in the Friends Bookstore
• Join the Friends of Evelyn Meador Library
• Get a library card and explore Evelyn Meador Public Library
• Purchase Friends merchandise to support local library programs
• Introduce yourself to the fabulous library staff
• Give a shout-out to your favorite library or staff member on social media
• Create a list of books to check out from the library

You can also explore these 8 Unique Libraries in the United States.

Use #NationalLibraryLoversDay to share on social media. Remember to show Evelyn Meador Library some love this month!

It’s not too late – come by the library this week and check out our fabulous selection of Christmas earrings made right in our Maker Lab! They are $7/pair plus sales tax. All proceeds benefit the Evelyn Meador Library.

GivingTuesday is an opportunity for people around the world to come together through generosity in all its forms by sharing acts of kindness and giving their voice, time, money, goods, and advocacy to support communities and causes. 

Are you in?

Donate here.

Join here.

The Friends of Evelyn Meador Library have pledged to work with the Harris County Public Library and the City of Seabrook to make our library a wonderful resource for our coastal community. Our fundraising efforts help purchase books, upgraded furnishings and equipment that enhance the overall quality of our library. There are many ways to contribute.

Click here to join the Friends and help support your community!

We recently added new items to our store! Here we’re showcasing our spooky spider web earrings created in our library Makerspace Lab! Check back often for new seasonal items. All sales are 100% online and merchandise can be picked up at the library.

Click here to shop!

Join the Harris County Friends of the Library (HCFOL) and support the whole library system! Your membership helps support programs, such as the Summer Reading Program, Mini-grants for the branches, Outreach Programs, and Scholarships for library staff to just name a few. Their basic membership is $25 a year. During the library system’s 100th anniversary year, you will receive a limited edition mug as a token of our appreciation.

Click here to join!