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Staff and Volunteers at BPL


Amanda McLaren and Sophie McLaren
Amanda McLaren and Sophie McLaren
BPL Staff and volunteers: Working For You!

The staff and volunteers at BPL are dedicated toward making this the best little library, ever.

They take great pride in being friendly, hard working, and providing excellent customer care.


Friendly Staff: ​​We're Here for You

​Amanda Mclaren, Director
Michelle Leines, Assistant Director
Janet Gould, Assistant Librarian
Anne Fitch-Clark, Assistant Librarian
Sue Smith, Assistant Librarian
​Kathy Johnson, Assistant Librarian

BPL staff
Happy National Library Workers Day, April 2023! Raise a glass and help us celebrate all the wonderful things the amazing staff at BPL does to serve our community!

Volunteers:
​
Giving a Little Extra

​Roger Dewey
Michael Hughes
Brent Leines
​Jimmy and Finn McLaren
​Cindy Van Laeken

Repurposeful Librarians
​
(Kathy Johnson and
​Michelle Leines)
​​
PRIOR VOLUNTEERS
Cindy Brant
Helen Dewey
Reeve Katt
Lorna Mason
Desiree Olson
Anna and Audrey Pittinos
Jane Sullivan
​Dustin Wolpoff
Read their story by clicking on the name.

Image gallery of our wonderful staff and volunteers.
Amanda McLaren
Michelle Leines
Sue Smith
Janet Gould with friend Pete the Cat
Kathy Johnson
Anne Fitch-Clark
Roger Dewey
Michael Hughes
Brent Leines
Jimmy and Finn McLaren
Repurposeful Librarians: Kathy Johnson and Michelle Leines
Cindy Brant
Helen Dewey
Reeve Katt
Lorna Mason
Désirée Olson
Anna and Audrey Pittinos
Jane Sullivan
Dustin Wolpoff

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Activities and Events:

June 2023
  1 Friends of BPL meeting
  1 Summer Reading Registration Begins
  2 Story Time with Miss Anne
13 Plant Diagnostic Clinic
21 Trustee Meeting
22 Summer Reading Program
28 First Emperor of China
29 Summer Reading Program

July 2023
  4 CLOSED 4TH OF JULY
  6 Summer Reading Program
11 Plant Diagnostic Clinic
13 Summer Reading Program
19 Trustee Meeting
20 Summer Reading Program
27 Summer Reading Program

August 2023
  1 Friends of BPL meeting
 8 Plant Diagnostic Clinic
16 Trustee Meeting
23 Making Teas, Tinctures, and Oils

Calendar of Events

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About Us:

Annual Reports
Board of Trustees
Contributions & donations
Donations- Money
​Donations-Books and puzzles.
Friends of BPL
History
Hours-Service & Holiday
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Services:

Picture
Benzie County Logging Tapes
Catalog -Library
Catalog -Kids'
​Computers and Internet
Copies & Faxes
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
Endowment Fund
Ice Skate Lending
Library of Things
Listening Clarity Devices
​MeL Interlibrary Loan
Mentor Program
​Mich eLibrary
Newspaper Archives
Remembering Benzie: An Oral History Project
​Talking Book Library​
Transparent Language
Up North Digital Collection-Overdrive
WiFi 24/7
YouTube Channel for BPL

Resources:

Benzonia Area Happenings
Books and Reading
Community Information
Genealogical Research
MeL Interlibrary Loan
Mich eLibrary Databases
Logging Audio Tapes
​OverDrive-Up North Digital

Contact Us:

231-882-4111
benzonialibraryconnect@gmail.com
891 Michigan Ave. (US-31)
P.O. Box 445
Benzonia, MI 49616-0445

HOURS: 
​Monday-Friday, 10 am-6 pm
Saturday, 10 am-2 pm
Sunday, Closed

WiFi available 24-7
 
Drop box is available for returns  EXCEPT STEM Kits, Library of Things Equipment, and Ice Skates. 


Donations: 
​​Friends of Benzonia Public Library
PO Box 445, Benzonia, MI 49616
501(c)(3) organization

Tax ID (EIN): 56-2542168
​Benzonia Public Library
PO Box 445, Benzonia, MI 49616
Section 170(c)(I) Governmental  Unit
Tax ID (EIN): 38-2493013
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Drawing of Mills Community House
by Ruth Forrest, Beulah, MI