<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><div class="gmail_default"><p class="MsoNormal">The Friends of Michigan Libraries (FOML) Board of Directors congratulates the winners of the 2014 Outstanding Friends of the Library Merit Award.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">For a library serving a population less than 12,000, the FOML Awards Committee has selected:</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> Friends of New Buffalo Library</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">For the first time ever, the committee has chosen two winners for a library serving a population greater than 12,000. The FOML Awards Committee has selected:</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> Friends of Hackley Public Library </b>and<b></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b> Friends of the Salem-South Lyon District Library</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">The committee was impressed with the successful and distinctive activities that these Friends groups carried out in 2014.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">The winners will be presented with their award and a $400 check at the FOML Spring Workshop and Fred Ruffner Symposium on Thursday, April 23<sup>rd</sup>, at the Rochester Hills Public Library, where there will be a brief presentation on their 2014 activities.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Michigan Friends groups who have an interest in applying for this award can find a description and more information on the Award of Merit link on the FOML website: <a href="http://foml.org/foml-merit-award/" target="_blank">http://foml.org/foml-merit-award/</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Paul Snyder, President</p><p class="MsoNormal">Friends of Michigan Libraries</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">###</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div><font color="#000099" size="4">Linda Pierce</font></div><div>Administrative Specialist</div><div>Kettering Library</div><div><br></div><div>Phone: (810) 762-9840 </div><div>Fax: (810) 762-9744 </div><div>1700 University Avenue ~ Flint, MI 48504</div><div><br></div><div><font color="#000099" size="4">Kettering University</font></div></div>
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