VOLUNTEERS MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

What You'll Find on This Page:

Do You Love Your Library?
Interested in Volunteering?
Applications (Friends Volunteer, Library Volunteer, Board Volunteer)
Meet Volunteer Coordinator Ruth
Volunteer Newsletters
Our 2018 Volunteers of the Year
Our 2017 Volunteers of the Year
Book Buddies Poster
Library Volunteers Poster
FROM YOUR PRESIDENT ... Dear Friends, I hope that you have all received our invitation to our first Friends volunteer event in almost three years. You may recall that we had to cancel our March 2020 annual dinner at the start of the COVID lockdown. Our last event was a Tea Party at Palmbrook in December of 2019.

We are pleased to include current volunteers as well as those who are not active at this time. Consider it our Friends Reunion! It will be good to see friends from the past and hopefully make new ones.   It will be held at the Palmbrook Country Club on October 19, 2022, beginning at 11:30am.

We understand that some of you are uncomfortable with larger gatherings. So if you do not want to attend, we understand.  Our March annual volunteer dinner is in the works, and if COVID is under control, then all of us can participate.

​I look forward to visiting with you, sharing food, fellowship and fun, and to adding back a little bit of "normal" to our lives.  --- Sue Blechl, President

If you would like to attend, send an email (coordinatefriends@gmail.com) or call (415-264-1117) Ruth Polansky, Volunteer Coordinator.

Do You Love Your Library?

Then think about volunteering on the Sun City Arizona Friends of the Sun City Libraries, Inc. Board of Directors! Meetings (open to the public) are held at 10:00 AM, at Bell Library, on the second Thursday of every month, from September through May.  For the 2022 summer months of June, July and August, the Board will meet on Zoom.  If you wish to be included in the meeting, contact Sue Blechl to provide the link.  Often, work sessions are scheduled on the first Thursday of the same months. Find out more by clicking below for an application, with a list of opportunities.  We'd love to have you on our team.  Attend our next meeting and check us out!

Interested in Volunteering?  Apply here!
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Meet Ruth Polansky, our Volunteer Coordinator
Printable Sun City AZ Friends Volunteer Application                 OR                 
Online Sun City AZ Friends Volunteer Application

If you'd like to find out more about our roles, committees, and job descriptions before you apply, please click here: 

Sun City AZ Friends Board and Committees and Responsibilities

And Now A Few Words From Our Volunteers:
Friends of the Sun City Libraries Book Friends Volunteers, Joan, Irene and Carol, tell us
what volunteering means to them.

Volunteer Newsletters:
A great way to keep on top of things!
Written monthly, and delivered to your in-box by our Writer and Editor-in-Chief,
Tom Everitt (past Board President)
Archived copies for your enjoyment:

December 2022
​November 2022
October 2022
September 2022
August 2022
July 2022
June 2022
May 2022
April 2022
March 2022
February 2022
January 2022

December 2021
November 2021
October 2021
September 2021
August 2021
July 2021
June 2021
May 2021
April 2021
March 2021
February 2021
January 2021

December 2020
November 2020
October 2020
September 2020
August 2020
July 2020
June 2020 - no newsletter
May 2020
April 2020
March 2020
February 2020
January 2020

December 2019
November 2019
October 2019
September 2019
August 2019
July 2019
June 2019
May 2019
April 2019
March 2019
February 2019
January 2019

December 2018
November 2018
October 2018
September 2018
August 2018
July 2018
June 2018
May 2018
April 2018
March 2018
February 2018
January 2018

December 2017
November 2017
October 2017
September 2017
August 2017
July 2017
June 2017
May 2017
April 2017
March 2017
February 2017 (debut edition)

Congratulations to our 2018
Volunteer Recognition Recipients!

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Ada Weiner, Volunteer of the Year
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Sara Kuykendall, Volunteer of the Year
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Camilla Kuberka, Outgoing Board Director
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Karl Watgen, recipient of Special Volunteer Extraordinaire Certificate

Congratulations to Our 2017 Volunteers of the Year!

From the left:  Karl Watjen, Library volunteer of the year, Monica Fallon, Book Buddy volunteer of the year, Janet Fanning, Bookstore volunteer of the year.  Each winning volunteer received an award and special recognition at the Friends of the Sun City Libraries Volunteer Dinner at the Palmbrook Country Club on April 30, 2017.  Congratulations winners.  We appreciate what you do!

A Few of Our Library Volunteers