Friends of Drake Community Library Annual Meeting

​        The Friends of Drake Community Library are hold their annual meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 28 from 7 - 8 p.m. in the community room at the library.
    Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the program will start at 7 p.m. Board members will be supplying refreshments. including various cookies and sweet things. plus coffee. water. and tea.
      The program this year will feature the Library's very own Monique Shore, as well as Dr. Tamara Beauboeuf of Grinnell College. Their presentation will focus on Edith Renfrow Smith, the first Black woman to graduate from Grinnell College and the oldest living alumni of both Grinnell High School (1932) and Grinnell College (1937). They will share their journey of discovery of the Renfrow story and some of the remarkable stories of her family. Please join us - and bring a friend.
       There will also be a run-down of what the Friends have done this year for the library, a look at finances. and a peek at our plans for 2023.