The Friends of the Library will meet Tues. Sept. 17 at 5:30 p.m. at the Main Library.  Everybody is welcome.  Please come and bring a friend!

The Evangeline Parish Library Board of Control will meet Monday Sept. 16 at 4 p.m. at the Main Library.  Everybody is welcome, and public comments are encouraged.  Refreshments will be served.  An agenda is posted at the library.

The Library welcomes Families Helping Families, a great resource for families with a family member with special needs.  Everybody is welcome to attend the Families Helping Families meeting Thursday Sept. 12th at 9:30 at the Main Library.

The Library system will be closed Sat. Aug. 31st through Monday Sept. 2, reopening Tues. Sept. 3rd.  We wish everybody a happy and safe Labor Day weekend.

Last night the Friends of the Library presented the library with a check for $15,519.60 toward furnishings for the new library, and CenturyLink presented a check for $1,000 for technology toward the new library.

Library Board President/Ville Platte Mayor Jennifer Vidrine was at the meeting to accept the donations on behalf of the library from Friends representative Paula Lafleur and CenturyLink representative Andrew Dugas.

The Friends check represents the fundraising efforts of the Friends in person and through Indiegogo and Wish List and the recent Paragon Casino prized-raffle.  The Library Board and staff are in awe of the Friends’ efforts, and deeply grateful.

We are also deeply grateful for our partnership with CenturyLink to help enhance technology for patrons at the new building and to provide more training to patrons in the essential new technologies at the main library and branches.