Our purpose is to support and promote library services to local citizens, community leaders and organizations by:

  • Raising money for the library with FoAL membership fees and other contributions
  • Volunteering for special projects at the library
  • Acting as a liaison between the library and other community groups
  • Assisting the library board in lobbying for support for capital improvements
FoAL Board 

President: Janean Bowen
Vice-President: Faye Miller
Secretary: open
Treasurer: open
Member at Large: Julia Zia
email: askus@atchisonlibrary.org

​What we have done recently for our library:

  • Purchased lunch for librarians on National Library Workers Day
  • Purchased recliners for the reading room
  • Purchased writer's workshop by James Patterson
  • Purchase the BOOK PAGE magazine every month for distribution to library patrons
  • Provided food for the "One World" Short Story event
  • Contributed to the Summer Reading Program
FoAL Membership Levels (contact atchisonfriends@gmail.com for enrollment form):
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  • Individual Annual Membership $15
  • Family Annual Membership $25
  • Organization/ Business Annual Membership $60
  • Individual Lifetime Membership $125