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Friends of the Hockessin Library

To promote public awareness of the Hockessin Library and its educational and recreational services and assist the library in determining and responding to the needs of the greater Hockessin community.

$670 raised from 18 donors

$750 goal

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Support the Friends of the Hockessin Library (FOHL) and its mission to support the Hockessin Library and its communities. Thanks to your help, we met our goal of $500 in 2024. Now we are asking  for you to help us meet this year's goal of $750.

This library is a vital resource for our community! In addition to providing books, magazines, CDs, and DVDs for you to borrow, the Hockessin Library has book clubs for all ages, arts and crafts classes, music performances, meeting and study rooms, computers, and 3D printers. And don't forget the Library of Things with objects as diverse  as telescopes and puzzles. The Hockessin Library offers so much to us. 

The FOHL is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.  Celebrate with us by donating!

About Friends of the Hockessin Library

Mission: To promote public awareness of the Hockessin Library and its educational and recreational services and assist the library in determining and responding to the needs of the greater Hockessin community.

The Friends of the Hockessin Library (FOHL) is looking for your support. Make a donation to FOHL for Do More 24, and tell everyone what a great library the Hockessin Library is.
Founded on October 29, 1975, FOHL continues to support the Hockessin Library and has just purchased two new benches made of recycled plastic to be installed on either side of the staff entrance.
Volunteers are the heart of our organization. Consider joining us to raise funds to further the Hockessin Library’s mission.
Friends of the Hockessin Library holds book drops on the second Saturday of most months. The FOHL shed is located across from the fire station on Old Lancaster Pike.
The Friends of the Hockessin Library support the Hockessin Library in many ways, including this 2025 Introduction to Collage Class.
Organized by category, used books collected at monthly book drops are sold during our quarterly book sales held in the community room of the Hockessin Library.
The Hockessin Library gets approximately 8,000 user visits each month. In response to that need, the FOHL just donated $10,000 to purchase e-media that can be used by libraries statewide.
Friends of the Hockessin Library (FOHL) march down Old Lancaster Pike during the 1978 May Fair Parade. FOHL takes great pride in supporting the mission of the Hockessin Library and is still going strong.
Each year the Youth Services librarian and the Adult Services librarian plans the Summer Reading Program. The FOHL supplies prizes for readers who read a certain number books during the summer.
Local Troop 50 Scouts gave the FOHL book shed a facelift in 2021.

County Served: New Castle

Office Location(s): Hockessin

Sector: Arts & Culture; Community Advocacy; Community Improvement; Education; Kids; Libraries; Literacy; Recreation & Sports; Science & Technology; Seniors; Youth Development

Recent donors

  • Anonymous
    $25
  • Sandra Massa
  • Jill Fitzgerald
    $25
  • Pamela Nelson
  • Anonymous
  • Julia Shaw
    $50
  • Reza Moqtaderi
    $50
  • Kristin Sommers
  • Anonymous
    $25
  • Maria iversen (in honor of Anthony DiPrinzio)
    $50