Bring us your gently used books!

If you have books you would like to donate, bring them by the Friends Bookstore! We’re located inside the Evelyn Meador Library just as you enter through the main doors to the left. We accept all gently used books; no magazines, cassettes or VHS tapes, please. We’re typically open when the library is open if volunteers are available to staff it. All money raised by the Friends Bookstore support Evelyn Meador Library programs. Donations can be dropped off at the bookstore during normal operating hours. Please call ahead for large donations so that we can arrange for storage. We look forward to seeing you!

Harris County Friends of the Library Membership Drive!

Join the Harris County Friends of the Library (HCFOL) and support the whole library system! Your membership helps support programs, such as the Summer Reading Program, Mini-grants for the branches, Outreach Programs, and Scholarships for library staff to just name a few. Their basic membership is $25 a year. During the library system’s 100th anniversary year, you will receive a limited edition mug as a token of our appreciation.

Click here to join!

Check Out Our New Friends Merchandise Page!

The Friends of Evelyn Meador recently created a merchandise page! We’ve started by showcasing our beautiful laser cut earrings created in our library Makerspace Lab! We recently added some awesome patriotic earrings that I’m sure will sell fast; buy yours now and wear them proudly on July 4th! All sales are 100% online and merchandise can be picked up at the library.

Click here to shop!

Bring Us Your Gently Used Books!

If you have books you would like to donate, bring them by! We accept all gently used books (no magazines, cassettes or VHS tapes, please). The bookstore is typically open when the library is open (if volunteers are available to staff it). All money raised by the Friends Bookstore, along with Amazon online sales, support our wonderful Seabrook library.  Donations can be brought to the bookstore during normal operating hours. Please call ahead for large donations so that we can arrange for storage.

State Highway 146 Expansion and City Update!

Our 2021 Friends Annual Meeting went virtual this year!  Seabrook City Manager Gayle Cook and Seabrook Mayor Thom Kolupski provided an exciting city update. We look forward to seeing everyone in person next year! In the meantime, you can download the file below and read about the exciting changes that are happening in our city. Many thanks to Chris Peters at HCPL for his expertise and support! We couldn’t have done it without him.

Friends of the Library 2021Download

February is National Library Lover’s Month!

The Harris County Friends of the Library (HCFOL) is having a fundraiser during Library Lovers Month (February). The fundraiser will support the Authorama program the Library features in the summer. HCFOL works with the Harris County Public Library’s innovative Authorama program bringing authors to their audience through virtual book talks. HCFOL works to support all Friends’ groups in the Harris County Library community. 

HCFOL has always believed Jorge Luis Borges (poet and short storywriter) when he said, “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” 

This is a library lover’s best gift! Surprise your favorite valentine by donating in their name any time between February 1st through 14th in support of this exciting program.

There are three easy ways to donate:
1. Text YOURFRIEND to 44-321
2. Go to our website, hcfol.org
3. Send a check made out to: HCFOL to Harris County Public Library, 5749 South Loop East, Houston, TX 77033

The link below will take you to 2020 Authorama event details.

https://www.hcpl.net/blog/2020/07/harris-county-public-library-presents-authorama

In the words of Emily Dickinson, “… There is no Frigate like a Book to take us Lands away”.

Friends Annual Newsletter – January 2021 Edition!

Take a look at what the Evelyn Meador Friends were up to in 2020 and the fabulous plans that we’ve made for 2021! We encourage you to join our organization and help support our wonderful library programs, projects, and facilities. Click on the link below for membership and donation information.

2021 Friends Membership Newsletter_FinalDownload