Joining MALF promotes the free exchange of ideas among Friends of the Library groups in Minnesota and helps MALF to carry out its mission.

Resources include:

• Grant opportunities for new Friends groups or applicants for non-profit status
• An oppportunity to apply for The Evy Nordley Award for Best Project of the Year by Friends of the Library
• Web site with forms, updates and answers for Friends
• Publications, advice, a consultant for Friends issues
• A voice for local Friends groups in support of Minnesota libraries

Resources

Created by our parent group, ALTAFF, the tips and lists linked below should provide an excellent place to begin.  If you are already an old hand, look at some of the retention and revitalization sheets.  MALF wishes to express its gratitude for the work done by ALTAFF on behalf of us all.

• How to Organize a Friends Group
• Fundraising
• A Checklist fof Planning Successful Programs
• How To Organize an Academic Friends Group
• How to Organize a Teen Friends of the Library Group
• How to Organize a Friends of the Media Center/Library Group
• How to Revitalize your Friends Group
• Getting Involved with Literacy Programs
• Planning a Friends Author Event
• The Role of the Friends Board
• The Role of a Library Trustee
• Designating a Literary Landmark
• Checklist for Advocacy
• Friends Board Development
• Moving to Center Stage in the Community & On Campus
• How to Organize a Friends Foundation
• Keeping Accounts
• Getting & Keeping Members
• Branch Friends of the Library
• Checklist for Friends Board Strategic Planning
• Friends Board Diversity
• State Friends
• Guidelines for Giving
• Advocacy Campaigns and Spending Limits for Nonprofits
• Planned Giving
• Sample Memorandum of Understanding
• Library Support for Friends Activities
• When Friends Aren't Friendly

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