Kalona Public Library Foundation, INC

10/09/2026

Thank you for your donation!

Join us at the Kalona Farmer's Market as we raise money and awareness for our Library!

It’s been awhile since I’ve added pumpkin chocolate chip donuts to the bakers rack at The Kalona Coffee House! GREAT NEWS! IF you’ve been craving them OR never tried them you will have that chance tomorrow morning! The Kalona Library Foundation will have them to purchase at their booth at the farmers market in downtown Kalona! Your chance to enjoy the first pumpkin chocolate chip donuts this season AND contribute to our local library!! ❤️❤️

08/07/2026

Parents grab your little bookworms and head downtown Kalona to the Farmers Market August 8th from 9:00 to noon. The library will have lot's of fun activities , free books for people to grab, and a table of Rice Krispie Treats!

04/15/2026

Last night, the Kalona Public Library Director, Olivia Kahler, and the Kalona Public Library Foundation Vice President, Jerry Beeler, were able to attend the Community Foundation of Washington County's Annual Awards Reception.

This organization does great things for Washington County and we are glad to be a part of it!

03/20/2026

🌼 8 days until our Spring Book Sale! 🌼

The foundation has been working hard to get you a wonderful selection of affordable books to add to your home library!

This year, we have added some sponsors and can't wait to provide fantastic opportunities for the

We are excited to announce that we have book bags available this year. They will be for sale at the book sale for $10!

If you'd like to become a friend of the Kalona Public Library Foundation, you get early entry to the sale, AND a canvas book bag is only $5 for friends!

See you next weekend!

12/10/2025

Hello Friends of the library,

Thank you all for your incredible support this past weekend for our annual Cookie Walk! We had a wonderful (and delicious!) amount of cookies donated from many of you, as well as enjoyed seeing you at the event. We increased our amount of money earned from last year's Cookie Walk, which is great! All of our sales from the event  help provide continued support for the library and its needs. Again, we truly couldn't have done it without you so thank you!

Also, a big congratulations to our two Friends that won gift cards to Kalona Coffee: Deb Harland and Mary Jo Beeler!

If you donated cookies and have a container to pickup, the library staff will be glad to help you locate your container from the kitchen.

Wishing you all happy holidays!

Warmly,

Kalona Public Library Foundation

11/15/2025

Find us at the Kalona Public Library on December 6th for our Annual Cookie Walk Fundraiser!

Join us anytime between 10 and 1 and enjoy the other Christmas in Kalona celebrations around town!

10/02/2025

Have you noticed our new outdoor playscape?

The Grand Opening will be October 11th! Find C***r, Cookies, and Donuts to enjoy while listening to stories from 9-11.

The Ribbon cutting for this playscape, courtesy of the Washington County Riverboat Foundation, will be held at 10 am.

09/27/2025

Find us at the Library in 2 weeks!

Storytime, C***r, Cookies, and Donuts

The goal of the Kalona Public Library Foundation is to bring financial support to our library, in many different ways. Ask us how you can help!

09/23/2025

Book Sale 📚

This Saturday!!!!

Early Bird entry for Friends of the Library: 9-9:30

Open to the public: 9:30-1:00

08/05/2025

Join us THIS SATURDAY!