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.
December Letter Requesting Donations
Dear Library Friend,
Many of us choose to spread light in this darkest month of the year by donating to charities. I want to ask you to consider making a gift to The Friends of the Crystal Falls District Community Library. (It’s a mouthful, so we’ll refer to it as “The Friends.”) Before I donate, I like to know how hard my money will work. Does my contribution create positive results for the community, or is it frittered away in fundraising efforts?
The Friends have been excellent stewards of your gifts. Since October 14, 2021 when we came into existence, we have used 90% of the monies spent on behalf of the library. The other 10% has paid for required government filing fees, developing our logo (isn’t it wonderful?) and to solicit and thank donors.
How have we spent that 90.0%? Here’s a partial list of how we have assisted the library: ...
• Our largest expense has been to sponsor the Summer Reading Programs (2022-2025) by picking up the vast majority of library expenses not covered by grants.
• This year, we helped equip and update the library by purchasing chairs and lamps for reading areas and also buying an organizing table for craft supplies.
• We have provided books and snacks for a variety of Book Clubs and Story Hours.
• We also sponsored the Winter Reading Program (2023) and will again this winter.
• We helped the library purchase books for the Halloween Book Bash giveaway (2022-2024).
• We reimbursed the library for its sponsorship of the (2022-2024) U.P Notable Books Club Events.
• We’ve shared costs for Crystal Christmas movies at the Crystal Theater (2023-2024).
• This year, we started reimbursing the Library for advertising events on WIKB (2024).
• And much, much more.
I think we’ve done a fine job with the money we’ve had, and we’d do a “finer” job if we had more funds. Of course, it’s not all about money. Many of you have assisted with the summer program, the annual used book sale, the Halloween Book Bash, Author Palooza in December, and choosing and wrapping books for the February “Blind Date with a Book” event. We thank you for all your past and future efforts.
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 and on that page 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.
Sincerely,
Jim Jackson
For The Friends Board
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 2024 Contributors
The following individuals and organizations provided financial support during 2024.
- Iron (Any gift)
- 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)
- Elson, Maureen & Richard
- Freund, Troy
- Bronze ($50 or more)
- Anonymous
- Copper ($100 or more)
- Crystal Fresh Market & Ace Hardware
- Hanold, Jody
- Silver ($250 or more)
- Platinum ($500 or more)
- Gold ($1,000 or more)
- In Memory of Bob Surface
- Addison, James & Sheryl
- Aho, Tim & Angela
- Albarello, Connie
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
- Arcand, Paula & Larry
- Briggs, Bob & Judy
- Brunswick, John R & Marie T
- Butts, Catherine
- Gold ($1,000 or more) Cont.
- In Memory of Bob Surface (Cont.)
- 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
Our 2023 Contributors
EVERYONE who supported the CoVantage Cares Giving Tuesday Program on behalf of The Friends!
Because donations related to Giving Tuesday funneled through the CoVantage Cares Foundation, we do not have individual information on those contributions. The list below only includes individuals and organizations who provided financial support directly to The Friends during 2023.
- Iron (Any gift)
- Everyone who bought a T-shirt or Hoodie or contributed to the jar for the Summer Reading Program
- Brass ($25 or more)
- Bigfoot Hideaway Motel LLC
- Crystal Floral Shop
- Bronze ($50 or more)
- Nylund Foods, Inc.
- Walker, Amy
- Copper ($100 or more)
- Anonymous
- Christ United Methodist Church
- CoVantage Credit Union
- Crystal Fresh Market/Ace
- Crystal Lanes LLC
- Crystal Lumber & Hardware
- Crystal Waters Resort, LLC
- Copper ($100 or more) Continued
- Gathu Family
- Hanold, Jody
- Law Offices of Steven J. Tinti
- Murray, Jessica
- Norway Eye Care - Iron County Clinic
- O'Grady, Ryan
- St. Mark's Episcopal Church
- TDS, Inc.
- Silver ($250 or more)
- Alpha Brewing Company, LLC
- Bjork, Mary & Michael
- Sidetracked Readers (a local book club)
- Platinum ($500 or more)
- Gold ($1,000 or more)
- Jackson, James M
Our 2022 Contributors
The following individuals and organizations provided financial support during 2022.
- Iron (Any gift)
- Everyone who bought a T-shirt or Hoodie or contributed to the jar for the Summer Reading Program
- Brass ($25 or more)
- Nylund Foods, Inc.
- Bronze ($50 or more)
- Elson's 2 Tracks, LLC
- LaFaive Oil of Crystal Falls, Inc
- Law Offices of Steven J. Tinti
- Lato Pole Buildings, Inc.
- Copper ($100 or more)
- Ahisma, Ret E.
- American Classic Sign
- Belanger, Gabriel
- Christ United Methodist Church
- CoVantage Credit Union
- Gathu Family
- Hanold, Jody
- Kupchynsky, Joan
- Copper ($100 or more) Continued
- Infield Bar & Pizzeria
- Lambert, Ashley (in memory of Mary Olson)
- Rubens, Jan
- St. Mark's Episcopal Church
- Tall Pines - Amasa Inc
- Taylor, Janet & Mark
- Today's Smile Dental
- VanOss Forestry Services, LLC
- Wagner, Janet
- Silver ($250 or more)
- Edward Jones Financial Advisor Ryan O'Grady
- Nash Funeral Home & Cremation Services
- Padilla, Margaret & Manuel
- Platinum ($500 or more)
- Bjork, Mary & Michael
- Walker, Mrs. Shaw
- Gold ($1,000 or more)
- Ashby, John & Becky
- Jackson, James M