{"id":9355,"date":"2018-04-16T09:43:18","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T13:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/libtest\/?page_id=9355"},"modified":"2026-05-19T14:18:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T18:18:26","slug":"friends-of-the-library","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/about\/friends-of-the-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends of the Library"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Friends of the Springfield Library is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the work of the Springfield Library.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/assets\/2018\/04\/FOSL_NewLogoColor-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/assets\/2018\/04\/FOSL_NewLogoColor-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/assets\/2018\/04\/FOSL_NewLogoColor-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/assets\/2018\/04\/FOSL_NewLogoColor.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 85vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Friends work to promote awareness of library resources, raise funds for special programming, and advocate on behalf of library interests. Your membership directly benefits the libraries. It helps to purchase essential materials such as books, computer programs, updated technology and also helps to ensure the continuance of excellent children&#8217;s programs. Over 99% of your donation goes directly to these purchases and programs. Mailing costs are our only expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Become a member!<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Complete our online\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdaBE6RDMNEXzIAy7xmRns7fSv-P-A9kmUHEjDzvtMiPi88Jg\/viewform?usp=dialog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">membership form<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make a secure donation with PayPal, or a debit or credit card, by clicking the button below:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=QDNWKCR73X8J2\">Donate Via Paypal<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Questions?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Email <a href=\"mailto:friendsofthespringfieldlibrary@gmail.com\">friendsofthespringfieldlibrary@gmail.com<\/a> or write to<\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Friends of the Springfield Library<\/strong><br \/>c\/o Director&#8217;s Office<br \/>Springfield City Library<br \/>220 State Street<br \/>Springfield MA 01103<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Friends of the Springfield Library is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the work of the Springfield Library. The Friends work to promote awareness of library resources, raise funds for special programming, and advocate on behalf of library interests. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":8920,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9355","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9355"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38325,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9355\/revisions\/38325"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}