Friends of the Library of Hawaii

Promoting and supporting Hawai‘i's public libraries

The Art & Collectibles Pop-up is back!


We are excited to share we are bringing back the Art & Collectibles Pop-up at Ward Centre, across Village Books & Music. The Art & Collectibles Pop-up will run March 7 through April 26, and it will be open Tuesdays through Sundays from 10am – 4pm. It will be closed on Mondays.

The pop-up will feature more than 200 pieces of the art, including paintings, prints, photographs, textiles, ceramics and lacquerware. It will also be stocked with collectibles and curiosities, and more inventory will be added throughout the six weeks. We recommend coming back often to check out what’s new.

The Art & Collectibles Pop-up, like our book sales, is a fundraiser for Hawaiʻi’s 51 public libraries. Proceeds from the pop-up support engaging and educational programming at your public library. The pop-up is an extension of the Village Books & Music bookstore, which is sponsored by Hawaiʻi State Federal Credit Union and Ward Village.

We hope to see you there!

2026 Annual Membership Meeting

Join us at the Friends of the Library of Hawai‘i Annual Meeting!
Where: Hawaiʻi State Library, 478 South King Street.
When: February 18, 2026 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. (doors open at 5:00 p.m.)
Parking is available at nearby municipal lots. The ʻIolani Palace parking gates will be reopened for guests to leave following the annual meeting program.

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. Then, we will present the Legislator of the Year Mahalo Award and then we will present the Librarian of the Year and Excellence in Service Awards.

Please Assign a Proxy or RSVP using the form below –

Join us in honoring the –

2025 Legislator of the Year:

  • Speaker Nadine Nakamura

2025 Librarian of the Year:

  • Matthew Brown

2025 Excellence in Service Awardee (library staff member):

  • Ambronette Rivera

2025 Volunteers of the Year

  • Brenda Lucas
  • Gail Satsuma
  • Glenn Satsuma

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

2026-27 FLH Board Officers

  • President – Lynn Hiyakumoto
  • Vice-President – Maia Rosen
  • Secretary – Denise Wheeler
  • Treasurer – Gregory Valen

2026-27 New Directors

  • Kristen Tanaka
  • Robert Washington

2026-27 Renewing Directors

  • Susan Li
  • Maia Rosen
  • Brian Sekiguchi

This form is closed but you may still attend the FLH Annual Meeting by registering at the door. The meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. on February 19, 2025 at the Hawai’i State Library. The doors open at 5:00 p.m.

That’s a wrap on the Summer Reading Challenge

This summer, over 23,400 Hawaiʻi residents joined the 2025 Summer Reading Challenge! Themed “E Heluhelu Kākou: Mele”, this year’s challenge sang the praises of Hawai‘i’s rich musical heritage, and readers hit every note! Just look at these stats:

  • 5.4 million minutes logged by children
  • Over 102,000 books read by teens and adults
  • 30,000+ attendees dancing through our doors to attend 1,200+ programs and activities

Congratulations to this year’s Grand Prize Drawing Winner, Cindy Yoshida! This was Cindy’s first time participating in the Summer Reading Challenge, and the most impactful book she read this summer was a book about Alzheimer’s Disease. 

We were thrilled to celebrate with Cindy at her “home” library, Mililani Public Library, as she received her vouchers for four round-trip tickets on Alaska Airlines. 

It’s time to Give Aloha

We are excited to once again be part of Give Aloha, Foodland’s Annual Community Matching Gifts program! This program runs throughout the month of September at all Foodland, Sack N Save, and Foodland Farms stores statewide. 

Here’s how you can participate and support Friends of the Library of Hawaiʻi: 

  • Head over to any Foodland, Sack N Save, or Foodland Farms
  • Make a donation (up to $249) at checkout and provide our 5-digit code: 77179
  • Be sure to also provide your Maikaʻi Member number 


A portion of donations from enrolled Maikaʻi Members will be matched by Foodland!

You can also support the Give Aloha matching gift by: 

  • Rounding up your purchase
  • Donating spare change 
  • Donating 250 Maikaʻi points 
  • Purchasing Give aloha merchandise designed by Suzanne Jennerich 

The matching gift will be shared among all participating nonprofits. 

We will receive all donations plus our matching gift in October. 

You’re invited to the Read Aloud Series!

August 9 & 10, 2025 | 11am-1pm

Please join us for the 4th annual Read Aloud Series at the Ward Center Courtyard! Little ones can listen to live children’s book readings from local authors and librarians. You can also snap a photo in front of the photo wall, purchase books from our participating partners, and enjoy light snacks and beverages (while supplies last). 

Mahalo to our partners: Ward Village, Hawaiʻi Library Association, SCBWI Hawaiʻi, Nā Mea Hawaiʻi, Logos Bookstore of Hawaiʻi, and Selfmade Something. 

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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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