How You Can Support Our Work
Volunteering Your Time
One of the way The Friends support the library is to help with special events. You can check our Events page for recent and future activities. If you are interested in being informed of future events and volunteer opportunities, let us add you to our email list. The best way to do that is to send us an email at FriendsCFLibrary@gmail.com. Please include your name and, if you'd like, your home address and a phone number we can use to reach you.
Donating Money
(The Friends of the Crystal Falls District Community Library is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.)
Wear Your Support
The long-awaited sale of Crystal Falls Library T-Shirts is finally here! To help support the library’s exceptional programs for all ages, The Friends of the Crystal Falls District Community Library are selling t-shirts and hoodies. The t-shirts come in regular crew neck and women’s V-neck styles. Sizes for the whole family range from youth small to adult 4X. Hoodies come in sizes from adult small to 5X. All styles sport the Crystal Falls Community Library logo designed by Ella Gasperich.
T-shirts cost $20. Hoodies cost $35. [$5 of the t-shirt cost and $10 of the hoodie cost benefit The Friends.] The Library has a limited supply of t-shirts in stock and order forms for the rest.
Click here to see a full-sized PDF
By check
Make your check payable to "Friends CFDCL" and mail it to us or enclose it in a sealed envelope and drop it off at the library in Crystal Falls. Our mailing address is:
The Friends of the Crystal Falls District Community Library
P.O. Box 294
Crystal Falls, MI 49920-0294
We publicly acknowledge donations. If you prefer your gift to remain anonymous or in the memory of another, attach a note to let us know your wishes.
End of Year
Dear Library Friend,
As the year draws to a close, we hope this message finds you well and looking forward to the holiday season. As you consider your year-end charitable giving, the Friends of the Crystal Falls District Community Library (FCFDCL), a non-profit 501(c)(3), would be honored to be included on your list.
Our organization does not have member dues and relies entirely on donations to fund our mission to support and enhance the work of the Crystal Falls District Community Library. Each gift, large or small, makes a meaningful difference, and since our inception in October 2021 we are proud to have provided over $29,000 in support to the Crystal Falls District ...
Library by sponsoring, or reimbursing the Library, for activities such as the summer reading program, author events, concerts, community events, chairs and lamps for reading areas, books and snacks for a variety of book clubs and story hours, purchasing books for the Halloween Book Bash giveaway, sponsorship of the U.P Notable Books Club Events, advertising events on WIKB, and many more.
To make a donation, you can mail your check made out to “Friends CFDCL” to PO Box 294,
Crystal Falls, MI 49920-0294 or drop it off at the Library. If you prefer to use a credit card, debit
card or PayPal, go to our website (www.friends-cfdcl.org), choose the “Support” button, click on
the Donate icon, and follow the directions. We recognize all donations on our website, so let us
know if you want to be “Anonymous.” Thank you for your support.
Many of you have also assisted with your time at events, or by donating books or baked goods
for our fundraisers. Thank you!
Wishing you a wonderful and peaceful holiday season.
Sincerely,
The Friends of the Crystal Falls District Community Library Board of Directors
By credit card, debit card, or PayPal
We use PayPal to securely process credit and debit card donations. When you click the Donate button to the right, you'll be taken to PayPal to complete your donation.
You will be given a choice to contribute using your PayPal account (and can use any of the payment methods you have set up for your account) or to contribute using a credit or debit card that is not attached to a PayPal account.
We publicly acknowledge donations. If you prefer your gift to remain anonymous or in the memory of another, you can add those special instructions as you complete the transaction.
Our 2026 Contributors
- Iron (Any gift)
- Everyone who bought a T-shirt, hoodie, apron, book bag, holiday cards, or contributed to the jar for the Summer Reading Program
- Brass ($25 or more)
- Bronze ($50 or more)
- Hanold, Jody
- Copper ($100 or more)
- Wagner, Janet & Murray
- Silver ($250 or more)
- Platinum ($500 or more)
- Gold ($1,000 or more)
Our 2025 Contributors
The following individuals and organizations provided financial support during 2025.
- Iron (Any gift)
- Everyone who bought a T-shirt, hoodie, apron, book bag, holiday cards, contributed to the jar for the Summer Reading Program or contributed during the used book sale, baked sales, and cookie walk.
- Brass ($25 or more)
- TDS, Inc.
- Bronze ($50 or more)
- Crystal Floral Shop
- Groop, Lois & Robert H
- Lato Pole Buildings, Inc.
- Neumann-Hayes, Terese & Hayes, Terry
- Nylund Foods, Inc.
- Copper ($100 or more)
- Anonymous
- Butts, Catherine & David
- Elson, Maureen & Richard
- Gathu Family
- Hanold, Jody
- Oja, Valerie J.
- Padilla, Margaret & Manuel
- Silver ($250 or more)
- Platinum ($500 or more)
- Iron Area Health Foundation
- Oja, Curtis
- Peninsula Title Agency Inc
- Gold ($1,000 or more)
- Ashby, John & Becky
- Anonymous
- CoVantage Cares Foundation
- Jackson, James M
- Walker, Mrs. Shaw
Our 2024 Contributors
The following individuals and organizations provided financial support during 2024.
- Iron (Any gift)
- Bandaccari, Janie & Charles R.
- Everyone who bought a T-shirt, Hoodie, book bag, holiday cards, or contributed to the jar for the Summer Reading Program
- Brass ($25 or more)
- Freund, Troy
- Bronze ($50 or more)
- Anonymous
- Elson, Maureen & Richard
- Riordan, Timothy (in memory of William Riordan, part time resident
on Michigamme, full-time lover of Crystal Falls, MI) - Warmanen, Ruth
- Copper ($100 or more)
- Ahisma, Ret E.
- Butts, Catherine & David
- Crystal Fresh Market & Ace Hardware
- Gathu Family
- Hanold, Jody
- Kupchynsky, Joan
- Padilla, Margaret & Manuel
- Rubens, Jan
- Silver ($250 or more)
- Iron County Golden K Club
- Platinum ($500 or more)
- Gold ($1,000 or more)
- Ashby, John & Becky
- In Memory of Bob Surface
- Addison, James & Sheryl
- Aho, Tim & Angela
- Albarello, Connie
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
- Gold ($1,000 or more) Cont.
- In Memory of Bob Surface (Cont.)
- Arcand, Paula & Larry
- Briggs, Bob & Judy
- Brunswick, John R & Marie T
- Butts, Catherine
- Davis, Sally
- Davis, Tom & Kim
- Divine, Katherine
- Dreisbach, Darlene A
- Elson, Richard & Maureen
- Foucault, Paul D & Carol
- Haile, Roderick & Kathy
- Harrison, John and Joan
- Heron, James & Marcia
- Heron, Leah M
- Holmes, Robert
- Ketola, Jordan & Jennifer
- Kovach, Bryan
- Kovach, Carol
- LaChapelle, Jr., Eugene & Jean
- Liscomb, Steve & Vinnie
- Mueller, Joel J & Janice L
- Nelson, Kurt & Karen
- Nocerini, Donna
- Padilla, Margaret & Manuel
- Perry III, Lyle & Ellen
- Poirier, Justin & Cassandra
- Rasner, Donald & Amanda
- Schiavo, Joan
- Spicer, Curt
- Sundquist, Paul
- Syrjanen, Jeff & Staria
- Takala, Teresa & Greg
- UPHP IT Department
- Wagner, Janet & Murray
- Waino, Marsha & Roy
- Warmanen, Ruth
- Yunkari, Ray & Barbara
- Jackson, James M
- Oja, Curtis
- The Shaw and Betty Walker Foundation