About Us

Money raised by the Friends through memberships, donations, gift shop sales, used books sales, and fundraising events provides approximately $250,000 yearly for the Huntington Beach Public Library (HBPL). Here are some of the important library services and programs these funds support:

• Improve the basic collection of books, DVDs, CDs, Audio Books
• Friends Gift Shop -all proceeds donated to the library
• Used Books Store - generating tens of thousands of dollars annually
• Community Outreach - Books for Schools program and Books for Orange County Jail
• Authors events
• Educational/Cultural field trips
• Special requests from the library (i.e. Wayfinding project)

Equally important, the Friends support the library volunteer program.  In 2019 volunteer hours totaled over 56,000, which is the equivalent to 27 full-time employees.  This volunteer contribution  provides a combined annual savings of nearly $1,300,000 to the City of Huntington Beach.

Covering all five branches of the HBPL, volunteers operate the Friends Gift Shop and Used Books Store, coordinate online books sales, marketing, public relations, the quarterly Newsletter, social media posts, develop, conduct and provide hospitality programs and special events.  If you're interested in volunteering, we'd love to have you!  Visit our Volunteer page for more infomation.