On Saturday, October 13th, The Friends of the Coronado 
Public Library held their annual volunteer appreciation 
luncheon.  This annual tradition is to recognize all the 
volunteers that make our used book shop, Second Hand 
Prose, and the annual Book Fair in April a huge success.  Over 
the past year, along with all the programs and collections we 
support at the Public Library itself, FOL has started a few out 
reach mission programs to help promote literacy.  These 
include scholarships to deserving seniors at Coronado High 
School, textbook scholarships to 9 foster children attending 
accredited universities in the county, a "mini" library at the 
Coronado Retirement Village to help people who would other 
wise be unable to select books because they cannot get to the 
main library or book shop, and in conjunction with a $1 for 1 
book promotion during the teen reading program last summer, 
donating $891 to library additions at The Monarch School for 
homeless children in downtown San Diego.  All of these 
projects are made possible through the efforts of the 
approximately 125 volunteers who make up the core "work 
force" of The Friends of the Coronado Public Library.  The 1 
volunteer who stood  out above all others this year and 

received a gold star for his service was Jess DeCesare.  Jess 
is a long time volunteer in Second Hand Prose and the person 
to call in an emergency.  Jess is always willing to step in at a 
moment's notice should someone else need a replacement for 
their shift.  He has always been and will continue to be a vital 
part of the book shop.  Your Coronado Friends have also 
begun a partnership with the San Diego Book Project, the 
project has an old furniture store downtown where they collect 
books for pick up by various non-profits throughout the county 
as well as the ability to ship books overseas.  All donations in 
Coronado will stay here first of course, but any extra items we 
cannot keep or sell are picked up by the SD Book Project to 
distribute to these other worthy causes using their vast array 
of resources. With the wonderful volunteers FOL has we will 
continue to help the library in Coronado and the next big thing 
will be our sponsorship of Christmas concerts in December. 
The concerts will be open to the public so come on out and see 
what your Friends are all about.