Book Club

Officers

President - Terri Rohlfing

Vice President - Judy Tayloe

Secretary - Ronda Thiessen

Treasurer - Ruth Spayde

History

The Fayette Book Club was founded in 1907 by ten women interested in their intellectual growth, the welfare of the town and the establishment of a town library. From 1911 to 1914, prior to the 1915 dedication of the Fayette Public Library, members of the Book Club operated a lending library at the Hotel Howard. Today the Book Club continues its support of the Howard County Public Library. Several meetings a year are set aside for volunteer projects at the library. An annual Christmas gift is given to the library plus additional donations from time to time. In 2008 the Fayette Book Club Celebrated its 100th Anniversary with a reception at the library and a donation to the library - plus a goal of 100+ hours of service by club members.

Take flight: read project

Take Flight:READ is a service project of the Fayette Book Club designed to encourage reading through the distribution of age-appropriate books that children can read and keep. Members of the Fayette Book Club collect new and gently used age-appropriate books, distribute book bags containing one or more books to all children in kindergarten at Daly Elementary School in Fayette several times each school year We hope to encourage children to read by giving them books which are age appropriate and to instill in children a love of books by giving them books they can call their own You can help by by donating new and gently used books appropriate for children in grades PreK-2. CONTACT: Take Flight: READ Chair Ronda Thiessen, rthiessen@howardelectricwb.com

Meetings 2024  - 2025   Theme: Memoirs

September 17
Hostesses: Diana Westfall & Nan Young
Discussion Leader: Nancy Anderson
Book: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

October 15 Work Day
Coordinator: Connie Bowman

November 19
Hostess: Denise Haskamp & /Carolyne Peery
Discussion Leader: Becky Huntsman
Book: Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm during the Great Depression by Mildred Armstrong Kalish

December 10 (Second Tuedsay)
Christmas Luncheon and Ornament Exchange
Hostesses: Linda Lembke & Ruth Spayde

January 21 Work Day
Coordinator: Ronda Thiessen

February 18
Hostess: Barb Fowler
Discussion Leader: Ronda Thiessen
Book: Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten

March 18 Workday
Coordinator: Bonnie Potter

April 16
Hostess: Jacque Schaller
Discussion Leader: Barb Fowler
Book: The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom

May 20 End of Year Event
Coordinator: Judy Tayloe