by Anne McKay | May 21, 2026 | Events, FOLSOI Organization
What does it really take to build a nation? That question came alive at our recent screening of The American Constitution, an award-winning documentary by filmmaker David Garrigus that takes audiences back to the sweltering summer of 1787 — when a group of flawed,...
by Anne McKay | May 13, 2026 | Events, FOLSOI Organization
FOLSOI recieved a $3,000 grant from the St. James Service Club during their Grant Awards Brunch on May 13, 2026. The grant will be used to enhance the Summer Reading Program at the Harper and Barbee Libraries to include Performers. The Service Club distributed...
by Anne McKay | May 6, 2026 | Events, FOLSOI Organization
Southport Women’s Club made a $500 donation today to FOLSOI’s on-going fund raising campaign to expand the meeting room in the Barbee Library. In the photo is Cindy Phillips, FOLSOI President, flanked by Ginger Harper & Penny Tysinger, SWC...
by Anne McKay | Mar 23, 2026 | FOLSOI Organization
Friends of the Library Southport Oak Island was voted by Brunswick County residents as the top Charitable Organization of 2026 in Brunswick Marketplace’s annual poll. Pictured with the plaque are representatives of the FOLSOI board (Ginger Corcoran, Cindy...
by Cindy Phillips, FOLSOI President | Feb 27, 2026 | FOLSOI Organization
On February 26, 2026, the Brunswick Arts Council awarded FOLSOI a grant of $2,000 to support the monthly Creative Arts Club program at G.V. Barbee library on Oak Island. This program enables children, ages 6-11 years old, to create imaginative art projects with the...
by Anne McKay | Jan 22, 2026 | Events, FOLSOI Organization
Cindy Philips, President of FOLSOI and Petra Fey, FOLSOI board member, made a presentation to the Southport Lions Club, thanking them for the generous grants that they have given for audio books and large print books for more than a decade. They also gave them an...
