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2023 Annual Membership Meeting

Join us at the Friends of the Library of Hawai‘i Annual Meeting!
Where: Hawaiʻi State Library
When: February 22, 2023 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Pupu and refreshments will be available starting at 5:00 p.m. The program will include a short business meeting with a number of important votes. The Legislator of the Year award ceremony will follow the business meeting.

Join us in honoring our 2021 Legislator of the Year, Representative Justin Woodson, and our 2022 Legislator of the Year, Representative (now Lieutenant Governor) Sylvia Luke.

Attendees must RSVP to attend the annual meeting. Please RSVP below.

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RSVP to attend the Friends of the Library of Hawaiʻi Annual Membership Meeting with presentation of the Legislator of the Year awards.

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2023 FLH Music & Book Sale

Featuring the FLH music collections – Over 25,000 Records, over 10,000 CDs,
plus DVDs, 20,000 Books, Comics, and more!

January
14th – 16th
and
20th – 22nd
2023

The twelfth annual “FLH Music & Book Sale”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Weekend –
  • Saturday, 1/14 – 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
  • Sunday, 1/15 – 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  • Monday, 1/16 – 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  • Friday, 1/20 – 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, 1/21 – 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
  • Sunday, 1/22 – 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Ward Village – The former Pier 1 Imports Store
1142 Auahi Street, Honolulu
Face masks are encouraged but not required at the sale.

Volunteer at the Sale

It’s simple and quick.

Click the link below to choose the days and shifts that you would like to volunteer.

* Cashiers, please contact the FLH office at 536.4174 to sign-up. Mahalo!

We hope to see you there!
and/or Volunteer at the sale!

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Member perks

Friends of the Library of Hawai’i Members & Hawai’i State Federal Credit Union Members
will receive 10% off of their purchase on Sundays at the sale!

Become a member or renew your membership now. Mahalo for your Support!

HSFCU Membership

Visit the Hawai‘i State Federal Credit Union website to learn more. FLH members may now join Hawai‘i State FCU!

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73rd Annual Booksale

73rd Annual • June 11 – 19, 2022

An island tradition for 73 years . . .

COVID-19 Update – For the safety of patrons and volunteers and due to the high rate of community transmission, masks will be required while shopping at the sale. The sale is indoors, crowds are expected, and book browsing is not quick. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your cooperation.

THE SALE RETURNS THIS JUNE, now at Ward Village (in the former Pier1 Imports Store) at 1142 Auahi Street. The COVID-19 pandemic has postponed the Friends of the Library of Hawai‘i (FLH) – 73rd Annual Booksale, presented by Hawai‘i State Federal Credit Union (HSFCU) for two years. Due to the lingering uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic, we were unable to return to the McKinley High School cafeteria this year, 2022. Ward Village has graciously offered us the use of the former Pier1 Store to bring back this island tradition and once again the sale is presented by the Hawaiʻi State FCU with Ward Village!

At Hawai‘i’s largest used booksale, you can choose from over 100,000 books in every category imaginable!

Since 1947, the FLH Annual Sale has invited Hawai‘i residents to browse selections of new and used, out-of-print and bestselling books and media. 73-years later, the sale is an island tradition and each summer thousands readers of all ages and backgrounds converge (normally at the McKinley High School cafeteria) for 11 days of bargains and a selection of titles to rival any bookstore.

Encompassing much more than books, the booksale will feature a selection of CDs, DVDs, comics and manga, and many more hard-to-find items. A popular section of the sale is the eclectic selection of donated ART. There is modern art, prints from local artists, lithographs, and sculpture.
Mahalo nui loa to the Hawai‘i State Federal Credit Union and Ward Village our title sponsors, as well as to our other valued sponsors who include, Pension Services Corporation, Hawai‘i, Renée B. Fisher Foundation, and Rezents & Crowley, LLP.
Parking for the sale – there is plenty of free parking in the areas labeled with the blue “P”.

Volunteer at the Sale

It’s simple and quick.

Click the link below to choose the days and shifts that you would like to volunteer.

* Cashiers, please contact the FLH office at 536.4174 to sign-up. Mahalo!

Click to View Volunteer Opportunities on SignUp.com


FLH Membership

Your membership is important to us!

Become a member or renew your membership now. Mahalo for your Support!

HSFCU Membership

Visit the Hawai‘i State Federal Credit Union website to learn more. FLH members may now join Hawai‘i State FCU!

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2022 Annual Membership Meeting

Join us virtually for the Friends of the Library of Hawai‘i Annual Meeting. The program will include a short business meeting with a number of important votes. The Librarian of the Year and Excellence in Service awards (LOTY/EIS) have been suspended for 2021-22 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Friday, February 17, 2022 on Zoom, at 5:00 p.m. Register below to attend and receive the Zoom link. Or, please provide us with your proxy vote below or by mail if you are unable to join us.

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Summer Reading Program 2021

2021 Summer Reading Program Flyer

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The Friends of the Library of Hawai‘i is a nonprofit organization whose primary objective is to maintain free public libraries in the State of Hawai‘i, to promote extension of library services throughout the State of Hawai‘i and to increase the facilities of the public library system of Hawai‘i by securing materials beyond the command of the ordinary library budget. Other objectives are to focus attention on libraries and to encourage and accept, by bequest or gift, donations of books, manuscripts, money, and other appropriate material that can enrich the cultural opportunities available to the people of Hawai‘i.

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Founded in 1879, Friends of the Library of Hawai‘i has assisted in establishing and sustaining our public libraries over the last 140 years!

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