The Friends and your membership help support the following programs:

Special events such as book reviews by best selling authors J. D. Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, and Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West.

Monthly used book sales

Books Between Bites- a monthly book review by various readers and authors - See Books Between Bites

Summer reading programs: for children, teens, and adults, including events and prizes

READiculous
Project READ - Mission: "To help adults improve reading and math skills."
Baby TALK at the DPL
Purchase of library equipment, such as a microfilm reader, copiers, motorized
carts
Young Adult Programs

Master Gardener project at DPL
Special exhibits
Staff enrichment and initiatives
Individual: $15
Family: $25
Essayist: $50
Author: $100
Journalist: $250
Editor: $500
Publisher: $1,000+