Friends of Craft Memorial Library

08/29/2026

08/29/2026

Get your raffle tickets today at the Lemonade Festival $2 each or 3 for $5. Cooler is filled with over $350 value!

08/28/2026

08/26/2026

NEW: The FCC has officially published its new proposals for E-Rate, which include possible elimination of this essential program. We need to make our voices heard. You can submit a formal comment to the agency urging them to protect E-Rate, which provides broadband discounts to libraries and schools in every state.

Check out our new comment filing template and more resources at our E-Rate campaign home page - comments to the FCC are due October 13, 2026: ala.org/erate

And you still have time to tell Congress to . Take action now: action.ala.org/campaign/saveourerate/

08/26/2026

The FCC has published its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register, calling for a major review of the E-Rate program. The NPRM, originally released by the FCC on June 26, poses questions as to whether E-Rate should be scaled back, narrowed in scope, or terminated entirely, weighi...

08/26/2026

ALA is heartbroken at the passing of country music legend, cultural icon, and champion of literacy Dolly Parton.

Dolly’s award-winning Imagination Library initiative, inspired by her father’s inability to read or write, has put hundreds of millions of free books into the hands of children across America and was considered by her to be one of her greatest achievements.

“We’re giving books to kids who wouldn’t have a chance to get them otherwise,” she told American Libraries in a 2018 interview. “A lot of people think this is just for poor children—it’s for all children. It’s important to get books into the hands of any child that we can.”

ALA was proud to confer Dolly with an honorary lifetime membership, the Association’s highest honor, in 2023 for her lasting impact on librarianship, libraries, and the communities they serve.

Dolly was also part of ALA’s Celebrity READ campaign, in which she holds a copy of 'The Little Engine That Could.'

“I’ve always related to that book because I’m the little engine that did!” she said.

Thank you, Dolly. ❤️