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EVENTS and NEWS

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Fountain Hills Friends of the Library is proud to recognize the winners of the 2024 FHFL Golden Eagle Scholarship and the 2024 FHFL Opportunities Scholarship.

 

The FHFL 2024 Golden Eagle Scholarship Winner is Katelyn Smout. Katelyn graduated this May from FHHS and will begin her freshman year at Brigham Young University in the fall with her goal a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Katelyn has lived in Fountain Hills since first grade and has been heavily involved in family, church, school, and community: National Honor Society, Key Club, FHHS Student Government, FHFL. In her dedication to each of these groups, she has demonstrated leadership, spirit, academic excellence and a real desire to be of service to others. Education is a priority for Katelyn’s family and she is grateful for all the support they have given her as she moves toward her new goals and dreams.

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The FHFL 2024 Opportunities Scholarship winners are Brooke Lyons and Lulu Camarillo.

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Brooke graduated this May from FHHS and has been accepted at ASU. She plans to pursue a degree in Finance through the W. P. Carey School of Business. During the pandemic Brooke became interested in the workings of the stock market and the economy in general. She also gained experience and knowledge during her internship with Silvertree Wealth Partners. While at FHHS she was active in Key Club, the National Honor Society, the Mayor’s Youth Council and the Fountain Hills Friends of the Library. Brooke is grateful for the experiences and friendships these groups provided and hopes to continue to give back to the community as she furthers her education. Inspired by her family, she is most grateful for their support.

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Lulu also graduated this May from FHHS. While in school,

Lulu worked as a private math tutor for a 5th grader and spent many hours at Fearless Kitty Rescue.

She credits these experiences with helping her to learn patience and that there are many different and

effective methods of teaching and learning. She was able to utilize her skill set as a participant in the FHHS Internship Program, logging 40 hours interning at Mathnasium. She credits the program with educating her in business management, digital marketing and advertising skills all while she tutored students there. Lulu has always loved to bake and is always pleased to bring smiles to those with whom she shares the results of her culinary expertise. She is hopeful that these skills and her completion of the East Valley Technology Commercial Baking & Pastry Arts program will bring her closer to her dream of opening her own baker

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            Friends of the Library and the Community Center presented

       THE OK CHORALE

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STORIES IN THE HILLS - “A Lesson Learned” 

Sponsored by Fountain Hills Friends of the Library 

FH Community Center  

THURSDAY, MARCH 26th, 2-4 p.m. 

 

Come and share in the fun - local authors and members of your community share interesting and amusing short stories of their life experiences.  

 

Or, perhaps you have a story to tell … Let’s hear it! 

 

If you do, please submit your idea to 

 Carol Kubota  -  2ndLifeTravel@gmail.com  

Submission deadline is SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 2025  

 

A rehearsal will be held Wednesday, March 19, 2025 

 2-4 p.m., FH Community Center 

 

This is another FHFL FREE EVENT! 

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FOUNTAIN HILLS FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY ANNUAL SHREDDING EVENT 2025

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It’s that time of year again … your taxes are filed (well, maybe, almost) and you are trying to decide what to do with all that superfluous paper!

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On Saturday, April 19th, the Fountain Hills Friends of the Library is sponsoring a FREE SHRED-A-THON.

A shredding truck from Cutter Document Destruction will be parked in the Fountain Hills High School parking lot from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Please enter the parking lot off of Hampstead Drive.) A willing and able group of volunteers from the Friends of the Library will be there to assist you with your bags and boxes. This is a FREE event.

 

But - there are rules:

 

• There is a three-box/bag limit.

• We can shred only paper: bank statements, medical documents, legal documents, and personal correspondence.

• We cannot shred: newspapers, magazines, junk mail, hard-cover or hanging file folders, 3-ring binders, metal clips or plastics.

 

We will gratefully accept donations. Any donations will go to the FH Friends of the Library and from there to the Library in order to provide the Library and the Community with Summer and Winter Reading Programs for Children, Teens and Adults, Library Furnishings and Technology, Front Porch Performances and Storyteller Events, Scholarships and our amazing Resale Book Shop. We are always welcoming new members to the FHFL and encourage you to go to our Website www.fhfl.org to join.

 

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Resale Book Shop

Friends of the Library Bookstore is open!

Check out some great reads.

All funds directly support library programs!

Come into the Bookstore and see the special sales that will be going on throughout the year.

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS

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FHFL benefits our library and community in the following ways::

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• Opportunities Scholarship

• Falcon scholarship

• Resale book Shop

• Construction of a “Quiet Room” for reading and studying

• Large screen smart TV for presentations, programs and workshops

• New furniture with power strips for children and teen area.

• Teen section laptop tables and chairs; teen section partition panels

• Children’s “Reading Rug” for Storytime

• Front Porch Performances such as “Café Flutes”,“SoSco Flute & Guitar Duo” and "Meadowlark

• Author series events

• Storytelling events

• Annual document shredding events

• Summer reading programs and book clubs for children and adults

• Grand Canyon Reader Award books for our middle and elementary schools

• Children's programs and activities

• Teen council events and teen programs such as “Teen Manga Club”

• Adult programs such as “Beauty & Heart With Jo”

• Free seed packets can be found in our seed catalogue box