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...
by Anne McKay | Jan 21, 2026 | Events, FOLSOI Organization, Literary Community News
Excerpt and photo from State Port Pilot article (date of the meeting corrected). Supporters of the Southport and Oak Island libraries asked Brunswick County commissioners for help dealing with what they say is increased usage of their branches. Friends of the Library...
by Cindy Phillips, FOLSOI President | Nov 15, 2025 | Events, FOLSOI Organization
Friends of the Library Southport Oak Island (FOLSOI) was awarded a grant of $3,000 from the St James Foundation of NC to provide books for the children and young adult collections in the new Bookmobile in Brunswick County. Photos show the new mobile library, as well...
by Patricia Langer | Sep 20, 2025 | Events, FOLSOI Organization, Meet the Author
FOLSOI’s 2025 Annual Meeting and Membership Appreciation Event was a livelyafternoon, as we celebrated our 35th birthday! A crowd of 200 book lovers assembled tolisten as FOLSOI President Cindy Phillips summarized another year of record-settingsales at our Once More...
by Anne McKay | Aug 12, 2025 | Children's Programming, Events, FOLSOI Organization
FOLSOI and the staff from the Brunswick County Library team participated in the Day4Hope event held on Saturday, August 9th at the Brunswick Community college. The homeless and children in need in Brunswick County were invited to participate in this Back to School...
by Cindy Phillips, FOLSOI President | Aug 2, 2025 | FOLSOI Organization, Literary Community News
The American Library Association (ALA) released news this week that Congress has decided to push back their discussions on library funding until the first week of September. The Institute for Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) is a current target of funding cuts, and...
