The Friends of the Rockport Public Library want to publicly thank Rockport Steel owners, Jill and Bill Glover, and Vision Builders President, Gregg Haining, for their tremendous generosity and support of our annual book sale.

The Friends are an all-volunteer group whose mission is to support the library. We work all year collecting, sorting, pricing and organizing thousands of donated books for our July book sale. This requires considerable space, as well as energy, and allows us to raise more than $15,000 for the library each year.

Three years ago the Glovers came to our rescue when we had to vacate the space we had been using at the West Rockport fire station. They invited us to use their building on Route 1 for sorting and organizing. It was a perfect solution, and we didn’t dare expect such luck again. But when we needed to find a new home this spring, Gregg Haining volunteered the use of a space at his headquarters on Route 90.

The Friends are extremely grateful to these Rockport business owners who literally make it possible for us to hold our book sale. Their public-spirited generosity is a gift to the entire town. If you see the Glovers or Gregg Haining be sure to tell them how much we all appreciate their support. And plan to come to our book sale July 13-16.

With gratitude,

The Board of the Friends

Jo Desmond, Betsy Elwin, Ann Filley, Carole Gartley, Nelda McClellan, Kathleen Meil, Pat Messler