Giving Tuesday, Dec 2, 2025
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All in a Day visits FOPLA stores for their “Used to Winning” series
All in a Day host, Alan Neal and and arts reporter, Sandra Abma have been featuring a popular series this summer called "Used to Winning" where they head out to used bookstores on a scavenger hunt competition to find themed treasures in the collections they encounter. This past summer they visited 3 of our second hand book stores/kiosks. Our thanks to volunteer strore managers, Heather Murpy at the Book Nook, Kathleen Cooper at Your Books Inn and Helene Simoneau [...]
Our 2024 Annual Report is now available!
2024 was a banner year for the Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Association. These are just a few of the ways we supported our Ottawa Public Library: FOPLA donated $143,800 to support programming, special activities and branch enhancements across the City 240+ volunteers contributed more than 23,000 volunteer hours Two new scholarships were awarded at the University of Ottawa and Algonquin College to support students pursuing careers inpublic librarianship In May of 2024, FOPLA was thrilled to announce [...]
FOPLA gifts $232,800 to the Ottawa Public Library in 2025
The Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Association is very pleased to announce our 2025 gift of $232,800 to the Ottawa Public Library. This gift will go towards special programming and branch improvements across the city of Ottawa as well as sponsoring the 19th edition of OPL’s Awesome Authors youth writing contest, the popular TD Summer Reading Series, author readings during Black History Month, activities during October Library Month and other events offered by OPL. Our gratitude and thanks [...]
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We are looking for our next volunteer board member/treasurer! If you would like to make a positive impact in yourcommunity and support our Ottawa Public Library, we look forward to hearing from you! To learn more or to apply click here