Friendraising and Fundraising Ideas for Friends Groups and Libraries of All Sizes
Presented Live: October 19, 2022
Description
Speakers
Lance Salins is business operations director with Friends of the Library, Montgomery County, Maryland.
He manages all aspects of business development of the organization
including overseeing both of the Friends of the Library, Montgomery
County bookstores. Mr. Salins began volunteering in 2009 and was hired
part-time as a Clerk working for the organization in 2011, before being
promoted to Assistant Manager and, then, full-time Business Coordinator
in 2014 and currently serves as the Director of Business Operations. Mr.
Salins earned his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, magna cum laude,
from The University of Maryland. He also serves on the Board of
Directors for Hose2Habitat, a Maryland based nonprofit working to
enhance the welfare of animals in zoos and sanctuaries.
He will be presenting on the Friends' button fundraiser, a project
where staff and event volunteers created buttons that were then sold to
benefit the Library.
Christina Graves graduated from Florida State University with a Masters in Library Science in April 2021. Beginning as a volunteer at the Boynton Beach City Library
in 2015, Ms. Graves became a librarian in late 2020 as the library
began to form and put together its Creative Edge Studio (Makerspace).
She currently manages the Studio with the help of her part-time
assistant, Rebecca, conducting one-on-one appointments where she
instructs the patrons on how to use the equipment to complete their
projects. Equipment found in the Studio includes a laser cutter, 3D
printer, 3D scanner, sublimation printer, Cricut, wide format art
printer, embroidery machine, sewing machines, VR and AR equipment and a
mirrorless camera. Ms. Graves and her assistant Rebecca also coordinate
crafty public programs.
She will be presenting on the Custom Card Crafting Club, which uses
equipment from the Studio to make greeting cards to be sold in the
Friends Bookstore.
Bethie Carlton
lives in Austin, MN with her husband and two young children and works
full time as a mental health therapist. She has been on the board of the
Austin MN Friends of the Library
since 2015, starting as the secretary. She became the board president
in late 2018 and has held that position ever since. During her tenure on
the board, she has brought the Friends group into the digital age with
the creation of a Facebook page, a PayPal Giving account and having an
email newsletter - all of which became necessary for survival in 2020.
Ms. Carlton also helped bring new life to the board by going "beyond the
book sale" and worked on creating new fundraisers to appeal to people
across Austin.
She will be presenting on the Friends' Flockin' Flamingo Fundraiser.