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National Bookmobile Day

National Bookmobile Day – April 12

Wednesday April 12 is National Bookmobile Day a celebration of the more than 930 bookmobiles and bookmobile staffs that provide vidal library services to their communities.

The occasion is an opportunity for Americans to express their support for these important mobile institutions.

For over 100 years bookmobiles have delivered information, technology, and resources for life long learning to Americans in all walks of life from a large city to a country hollow.

Central High School Library!

The Friends of the Bridgeport Public Library is charged with advocacy, fund-raising, and programming initiatives to help make our libraries thriving community centers of discovery and lifelong learning and to enhance educational and cultural opportunities… 

Volunteer Services Program

Our Volunteer Services Program seeks to help support the BPL and the staff in raising awareness of library services in the community and assists the Friends of the BPL with their literacy outreach initiatives including… 

Literacy volunteer activity at BPL

Literacy Volunteers of Bridgeport

“share your knowledge” A Program of the Friends of Bridgeport Public Library Literacy Volunteers of Greater Bridgeport works to to actively promote literacy by identifying adult literacy needs in our community and meeting those needs… 

About Us

The Friends of the Bridgeport Public Library is charged with advocacy, fund-raising, and programming initiatives to help make our libraries thriving community centers of discovery and lifelong learning, as well as to enhance educational and cultural opportunities in the City of Bridgeport.

MISSION STATEMENT

The Friends of the Bridgeport Public Library, Inc. founded in 2002, is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization charged with advocacy, fund-raising, and programming initiatives to help make our libraries thriving community centers of discovery and lifelong learning. Contributions to the Friends provide the Library purchasing power beyond its municipal allocations.