{"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":"2023-08-18T15:40:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T19:40:20","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><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>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\">Get Involved<\/h4>\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Write:<br \/><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>\n\n\n<p>To join or donate to the Friends, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/assets\/2018\/06\/FOL-Join-Donate-form-2018.pdf\">print out the Friends of the Library Form<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may donate to us digitally with PayPal or Debit \/ Credit Card by clicking the button below:<\/p>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=QDNWKCR73X8J2\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-soft\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color:#008d7f;border-color:#007166;border-radius:3px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#ffffff;padding:0px 20px;font-size:16px;line-height:32px;border-color:#4db0a6;border-radius:3px;text-shadow:0px 0px 0px #000000\"> Click Here to Donate via PayPal<\/span><\/a>\n","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":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28268,"href":"https:\/\/www.springfieldlibrary.org\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9355\/revisions\/28268"}],"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}]}}