Friends of the Raymond Library

Rebecca Drake,                         President

Winona Matthews,                    Vice president

Ann Rosamond,                        Secretary-treasure

Mary Kuhn,                               Board member

Sue Brooks,                               Board member

Polly Marshall,                           Program chairman

Ann Laster,                                Membership chairman

Friends of the Raymond Library is a tax exempt organize whose purpose is to support the functions of the Raymond Public Library as well as the Hinds/Jackson Library System. The organization works to help provide equipment for the Raymond facility. Some of the items purchased by Friends of the Raymond Library are: numerous revolving carousels for displaying   audio books and movies, computers for children, and book donations for required reading by local schools.   Friends of the Raymond Library also helps to provide summer programs for children.

The organization hosts two large events yearly and occasionally uses an event to serve as a fundraiser. The money is used not only to purchase extra items for the library but also to provide quality programs for the Raymond community at large.   Riggs Manor Retirement Home often hosts many of the programs making it possible for the elderly residents to attend.

For further information contact RBDrake@jam.rr.com.

The Darlings of the Decades Featuring (left to right) Polly Marshall, Sue Brooks, Ann Laster, and Mary Lou Lott entertain a standing room only crowd as they perform popular Music of the Roaring Twenties.