91 Washington Ave
Saugerties NY 12477
Phone: 845 246-4317
Fax: 845 246-0858
admin@saugertiespubliclibrary.org
Discover. Connect. Grow.
Friends of the Library
The mission of the Friends of the Saugerties Public Library is as follows:
To establish closer relations between the Saugerties Public Library and the people it serves; to promote informed interest in the function, resources, services and needs of the library; to stimulate and receive gifts, endowments, and bequests for the benefit of the library; and to support the development of a program for the extension and improvement of the services and resources of the library.
Officers
Jennifer Kavanagh & Ray Rebholz (Co-Presidents)
Allison Byrne (1st Vice President)
Jo Cicale (2nd Vice President)
Rosemarie LaTourette (Treasurer)
Barbara Hammerstone (Secretary)
Little Free Libraries
Thanks to the immeasurable help of the Town Parks and Building crew, these 12 Little Free Libraries join the nationwide movement to share books, bring people together and create neighborhoods of readers.
The Saugerties Little Free Libraries are located:
1. 113 A Partition Street, Saugerties
(Lucky Chocolates)
2. Glasco Firehouse/Little League Field
– 138 Glasco
3. Mt. Marion Park
– Park Circle
4. Sunset Woods Mobile Home Park
– Timberwall Rd
5. Pine Grove School Road Subdivision
6. Saugerties Post Office
7. Cantine Field Ice Arena
8. The Birches
– 100 The Birches, off 9W
9. Glasco Riverside Park – Glasco
10. American Legion – Partition Street
11. Price Chopper – Saugerties
12. Cantine Field – Large Pavillion
Scholarship Winners
Friends of the Saugerties Public Library co-presidents Ray Rebholz and Jennifer Kavanagh have announced that Caleb Nelson and Humayun Ayaz have each been awarded $1000 scholarships. The scholarship is awarded to graduating Saugerties High School students who exemplify community service. "Both students have extensive volunteer service dating to their childhood," said Barbara Hammerstone, chairman of the Friends scholarship committee.
Nelson is the son of Sara and Jason Nelson of Saugerties. He will be attending Binghamton University for finance.
Ayaz is the son of Rubina Mirza of Saugerties. He will also be attending Binghamton University for political science.
The Friends serve as the fundraising arm for the library and they have assisted with computer upgrades, the summer reading program, museum passes, among other needs identified by the library staff and its director.
Left to right: Rosemarie LaTourette, Caleb Nelson,
Barbara Hammerstone
Left to right: Barbara Hammerstone, Humayun Ayaz
