Welcome,  Friends  of  the  San  Antonio  Public  Library  (FOSAPL)

Here, you can get updates, share information and read our newsletter, SAPLings, online with color photos and extra content.
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Membership benefits include
  • Invitations to all programs
  • Announcements for exhibits & events
  • Attendance at book sale previews
  • Bi-monthly newsletter, 
    ​    SAPLings
FOSAPL Calendar & Book Sales
July 4
March 3 Brook Hollow Friends meeting, 1 p.m.
March 7 Semmes Friends meeting, 5:30 p.m.
March 6 Maverick Friends meeting, 7 p.m.
March 8 Parman International Women’s Day.
March 10 Igo Friends meeting
March 10–18 BookCellar Annual Spring Break Book Sale.
March 17 Brook Hollow screening of “Suffragette.”
March 18 FOSAPL Board meeting, Potranco, 2 p.m.
March 19 McCreless Friends meeting, 6 p.m.
March Genealogy at Igo, Susan Feeley will discuss Irish genealogy.
March 23–25 Tobin Library at Oakwell Spring Book Sale. Friday is member preview.
March 24 Encino Book Sale and Craft Fair.
March 24 SAPL Mini Maker Faire, 11–3.
March 24–25 Maverick Friends Book Sale, 10–4.
April 7 San Antonio Book Festival, 9–5; BookCellar open 10–4.
April 8 Forest Hills Friends meeting, 2 p.m.
April 12 Memorial Amigos meeting, 6:30 p.m.
April 14 Schaefer Friends meeting.
April 21 City Council Districts 4 & 5 Fiesta de Los Niños.
May 4–5 Guerra Library Book Sales, Friday, 4–6; Saturday, 10–4, all day bag sale, $10.
May 31 Deadline to redeem your free book coupon at the BookCellar.
June 2 Maverick Summer Reading Program kickoff, 11 a.m.
June 9 Schaefer Friends meeting.
Call for Volunteers
The BookCellar is in need of volunteers! If you love books, magazines, movies, music and meeting new people, the BookCellar may be the perfect place for you. We are short staffed on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays (p.m. shift), Fridays and Sundays.
 
Does this sound good, but you’re still not convinced?  That’s okay. Come volunteer for one shift and try it out. We are grateful for all our volunteers and we’d love to add to our family. Come visit us in the basement of the Central Library, or call us at 210-227-9519.
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Hope to see you soon!  Please!!
​​​The March-April 2018 issue of SAPLings is here!
FOSAPL Board Meeting Locations and Dates
July 4
March 18, 2018 Potranco Branch
May 20, 2018 Cody Branch
July 15, 2018 Las Palmas Branch
Sept. 16, 2018 Carver Branch
Nov. 18, 2018 Brook Hollow Branch
Jan. 27, 2019 Central Library
All meetings are on Sunday and begin at 2:00 p.m.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

EMBERSHIP MATTERS!
Learn How to Expand Your Circle of Friends

What’s the biggest complaint that all the branch Friends’ groups have?—not enough active members!
Attend a workshop and learn how to:
  • recruit new members, younger members, members with different talents and interests, and retain the members you have now
  • use marketing tools ---banners and bookmarks--- that will be given to each branch Friends group, for use at Friends’ recruitment tables
  • accept payment of memberships and book sales by credit card, a very popular convenience
  • use social media to attract more members to your meetings and book sales
This is so important that the workshop will be presented three times:
Sat., Mar. 31 - 9:30-12:30 - Central Library
Fri., Apr. 6 - 10:00-1:00 - Mission Branch
Sun., Apr. 8 - 1:00-4:00 - Cody Branch

RSVPs will be taken after March 1, 2018.
Time to Renew Your Membership
Send your renewal in an envelope with your payment or go online to renew using PayPal or your credit card. Everyone who joins or renews their membership for 2018 will receive a coupon that may be redeemed at the BookCellar. Join today and bring your family, friends, and neighbors with you!
LIBRARY CLOSURES

​February 2018
    2/19 President’s Day & Staff Training
April 2018
    4/1 Easter
    4/27 Fiesta San Jacinto
May 2018
    5/28 Memorial Day
July 2018
    7/4 Independence Day
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