{"id":8,"date":"2023-12-02T17:02:21","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T17:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendsbexlib.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-01-21T21:31:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:31:42","slug":"friends-bexley-public-library","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/friendsbexlib.org\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Our Organization<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Friends of Bexley Public Library supports the library&#8217;s mission by engaging the community in cooperation with the library. The Friends are proud to provide full financial support for the library\u2019s Summer Reading Program, various other library programs, and staff training, appreciation, and enrichment. Friends of Bexley Public Library is a 501(c)(3) corporation, and all donations are tax-deductible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"997\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsbexlib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/booksale-pause-1024x997.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-279\" style=\"width:418px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsbexlib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/booksale-pause-1024x997.png 1024w, https:\/\/friendsbexlib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/booksale-pause-300x292.png 300w, https:\/\/friendsbexlib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/booksale-pause-768x748.png 768w, https:\/\/friendsbexlib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/booksale-pause.png 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Holiday Hop Pop Up Book Sale!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"573\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsbexlib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/holiday-pop-up.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-262\" style=\"width:417px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsbexlib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/holiday-pop-up.png 573w, https:\/\/friendsbexlib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/holiday-pop-up-242x300.png 242w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A holiday surprise! The Friends will be joining Bexley\u2019s Main St Holiday Hop on Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 6-8PM. We have pulled some GREAT, gift-able books, holiday themed books, and our ever-popular Blind Date Books: Holiday edition! Items will be priced as marked \u2014 and always a great bargain! The&nbsp;Bexley Libary has loads of fun activities planned for the evening, so bring the whole family out for some holiday fun and shopping!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2025 Friends Annual Meeting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us for our Annual Friends Meeting, happening Sunday, December 17th at 2:00PM in the Quiet Reading Room at our beloved Bexley Public Library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will discuss our group\u2019s accomplishments in 2025 and some goals for 2026. We will also elect our new Board Members for 2026. All Friends Members are encouraged to attend and find out more about our organization\u2019s work. If you have any questions, feel free to email us at admin@friendsbexlib.org. See you there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsbexlib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unnamed-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-252\" style=\"width:467px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsbexlib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unnamed-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendsbexlib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unnamed-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendsbexlib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unnamed-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/friendsbexlib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unnamed-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsbexlib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unnamed.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2025 Friends Book Sale<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsbexlib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unnamed-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-256\" style=\"width:470px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsbexlib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unnamed-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendsbexlib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unnamed-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendsbexlib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unnamed-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/friendsbexlib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unnamed-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsbexlib.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/unnamed-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Our Organization Friends of Bexley Public Library supports the library&#8217;s mission by engaging the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":148,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsbexlib.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsbexlib.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsbexlib.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsbexlib.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsbexlib.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/friendsbexlib.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":284,"href":"https:\/\/friendsbexlib.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/284"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendsbexlib.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendsbexlib.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}