Friends of South Berwick Library

10/24/2026

Calling all library lovers, cookie magicians, and professional bowl lickers! 🧁📚

Election Day is coming up, and the Friends of the South Berwick Public Library are looking for bakers to help make our Election Day Bake Sale deliciously successful! 😋

Got a killer cookie recipe? Famous brownies? A banana bread that deserves its own fan club? We want YOU (and your baked goods)! 🍪🍰

Every treat you donate helps raise funds to support the The South Berwick Public Library programs and services. That's a whole lot of sweetness for a very good cause!

Here's how you can help:

🧁 Bake up something tasty!
🧁 Wrap your treats individually, please.
🧁 Drop them off on the library porch on November 2, 2026 (the day before Election Day), from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM, or bring them directly to Marshwood High School on Election Day.

Whether you're a baking extraordinaire or just really good at following a recipe, we'd love a little help making this year's sale a treat. If you'd like to donate some baked goods, let us know in the comments what you're making! 💜

After all, life is short. Eat the cookie. Support the library. 🍪🤣

10/24/2026

It’s Block Party Day, book lovers! 📚🍂

Your next favorite story might be waiting for you on Paul Street! 👀

✨ South Berwick Block Party
📆 Saturday, October 24, 2026 | 9 AM - 2 PM
📍 Paul Street, South Berwick

As you wander through the event, keep your eyes peeled for books that are ready to find their next forever homes. We’ve got children’s books, YA reads, and some great picks for adults, so there’s a little something for every kind of reader. 📖

Come browse, find a book that catches your eye, and give a good story a new home. After all, the best kind of fall find might just be the book you didn’t know you needed. 🧡📖

We can’t wait to see what stories you’ll take home! 🍁

Cc: The South Berwick Public Library Town of South Berwick, Maine

It's Block Party Day, South Berwick! 🍂

Clear your Saturday plans (or better yet, make some with us)! Paul Street is turning into the place to be today, and we’ve got a little something for everyone. 🎉

Join us TODAY, Saturday, October 24, 2026 from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM on Paul Street for a day of fall family fun, community connections, and plenty of reasons to stay awhile!

🛍️ Browse local vendors and makers
🍪 Scoop up sweet treats and tasty bites
📚 Adopt a free book from the The South Berwick Public Library
🎈 Enjoy family activities, bounce houses, games, a Touch-a-Truck, a petting zoo, and more!

The Town’s Block Party is FREE to attend. The Seacoast Christian School bounce house area is $10 per child, with proceeds supporting the school. 💙

And don’t let the fun stop at Paul Street! Make a day of it and take a stroll through downtown. Pop into a local shop, grab a bite at a nearby restaurant, and say hello to a neighbor... Your next favorite local find might be just around the corner. 👀

So grab the family, text your friends, and come spend a little time celebrating the people and places that make South Berwick special.

We’ll see you downtown! 🍁

10/22/2026

We’re always happy to welcome more library lovers to the Friends! 💚📚

From helping fund programs and events to supporting the collections and resources that make our library so special, the Friends of South Berwick Library are proud to help our library thrive. And it’s all made possible by community members who care about having a library that brings people together. 😍

Want to be part of it? You don’t need to be an expert fundraiser or have hours of free time. If you love our library and want to help support it, there’s a place for you! ✨

Come meet us, share your ideas, lend a hand, or just learn more about what we do. We meet the first Tuesday of each month at 6 PM at the The South Berwick Public Library and new faces are always welcome. 👋

You can also support the Friends by attending our book and bake sales, making a donation, or following us here on Facebook to stay in the loop.

A big thank-you to our library staff, volunteers, and everyone who helps make the South Berwick Public Library such a wonderful community resource. ❤️

In honor of National Friends of Libraries Week, we want to give a shoutout to the Friends of South Berwick Library. Today and every day, we couldn't serve the community without the remarkable support we receive from this group of dedicated, library-loving volunteers.

Our beautiful library space would not exist without the work of the Friends, who raised almost a million dollars over 15 years ago now to renovate St. Michael's Church. But civic minded residents didn't stop once the building was opened. They fundraise to pay for all the library's programs and special events including craft supplies for story times, Summer Reading, Read 'Til You Bleed and the Storybook Ball. They also support our digital book collection, our Library of Things and help keep our building looking good!

From book sales to bake sales, these volunteers are busy all year around making sure South Berwick has the best possible library!

Want to thank the Friends? Drop a comment here, follow them on Facebook, volunteer, attend a meeting or donate money to support their library affirming work.

10/16/2026

The South Berwick Public Library is back again with their Winter Clothing Swap. Please bring those gently used coats, hats, snowpants, gloves and mittens on donation days and save date to "shop the swap" on Friday and Saturday November 6th and 7th.

It's almost the weekend! Which means it's great time to drop off those items for our Winter Gear Swap that you've been driving around in your car.

We've had a request from a community service provider for a size large men's coat if anyone has one.

Mark your calendars for November 6th and 7th so you remember to come back to "shop the swap." Swapping is a great way we can all reduce waste and consumption and save some money!

10/16/2026

🗳️ Library Bake Sale Call for Bakers & Volunteers! 🧁
Election Day is coming up, and the Friends of the South Berwick Library need your help! All proceeds fund our library’s programs and services.
How to Help:
🍰 Donate Baked Goods: Drop off individually wrapped treats at the Library porch (day before, 4–6 PM) or at Marshwood High School on Election Day.
⏰ Staff the Table: We need volunteers for 2-hour shifts between 8 AM – 8 PM on Election Day!
Comment below, direct message us, or reply to sign up for a shift or let us know what you're baking! Thank you for supporting our library! 📚❤️

09/28/2026

Limited edition buttons are here! 👻

Sign up for the "Read Till You Bleed" October reading competition from The South Berwick Public Library and snag one of these incredibly cool (and possibly haunted) buttons designed by Julia. 🙌

Ohhhh... where can I get one of these cool, limited edition buttons???

Only at the library. Stop by this week to sign up for the Read 'Til You Bleed Reading Competition and score one of these unique designs made by Julia.

Thanks to the Friends of South Berwick Library for buying us the button maker!

09/14/2026

You got the books. You read the pages. And now, those summer reading adventures are helping put food on the tables of more of our community members. 📚🥰

This summer, The South Berwick Public Library challenged readers to meet a community goal of 5,000 days of reading and you crushed it! Because the community reached that goal, the Friends of the South Berwick Library made a $500 donation to the South Berwick Community Food Pantry on behalf of the Library’s summer reading program.

It’s pretty wonderful when reading turns into something that helps take care of our neighbors. ❤️

Thank you to everyone who picked up a book, logged some reading, and helped make this possible. 🙌

The South Berwick Library recently donated funds received through their summer reading program to the South Berwick Food Pantry. Pictured are Melissa Robinson the South Berwick Library Director presenting the check to Jean Graunke, our co-program manager. Thank you to the Library and the Friends of the South Berwick Library for all the work you do for our community. We are very fortunate that you chose us as the donation recipient this year!

09/10/2026

Friendly reminder: walking into the The South Berwick Public Library = an INSTANT mood boost. 🌸📚

09/09/2026

Visiting libraries all over Maine? Sign us up! 📚🚗😍

Visiting libraries all over Maine? 😍 Yes, please!

To share the power of Maine libraries, the Maine Library Association and the Maine State Library are holding a Library Passport Contest starting September 1st and continuing through the end of the year.

Pick up your passport the next time you're here or get full contest details and download a passport at mainelibraries.org/passport.

Then visit at least one library in each of the sixteen counties in the state and collect either stamps or signatures to verify your visit.

Completed entries can either be mailed to the Maine Library Association at P.O. Box 1993, Portland, ME 04104 or photos of the completed signatures can be emailed to [email protected].

Share your journey using and tag us so we can see all the beautiful Maine libraries you're visiting.

Prizes include drawings to win gift cards to L.L. Bean, Shaws, Briar Patch Books and Toys, Hannaford, Maine Whoopie Pie Festival and more. Not to mention bragging rights and some major . Happy exploring!

09/01/2026

It's and we've got a question for our The South Berwick Public Library lovers! What’s the best thing you've discovered because of your library card? 📚

A favorite book? A new hobby? A museum that's always been on your bucket list? A quiet place to get some work done? A story you still remember years later? 🥰

It's pretty amazing when you think about all of the things that little library card can unlock. Tell us your faves in the comments, and maybe you'll inspire a friend or neighbor to visit the library for the first time. 🙌

A library card opens so many possibilities! But to start off Library Card Sign Up Month, let's focus first on our most popular, most well known and definitely beloved service... Getting the books you want to read into your hands!

We've got books for everyone. Kids, teens, adults. Readers of every genre and format: mysteries, thrillers, romances, horrors, historical fiction, poetry, cozy romantasy, hopepunk, audio books, reads a-longs. Whatever you like to read, we've got you covered.

And if we don't have the book you want, we can get it for you from another library... but that's a post for another day.

With so many things on our to-do lists and options for our free time, it can be easy to fall out of the habit of reading. Getting yourself a library card is a great first step to get reading again!

Remember, if you or someone you know doesn't have a library card yet, stop by with an ID (needs your name and street address on it) and we'll get you set up!