Welcome to Friends of the Johnson Public Library!

Join or renew to keep your membership active until December 31, 2024.

Our next event: Thursday, April 25 from 4-7pm

Viva Hackensack! A Free Community Festival hosted by the Friends of the Johnson Public Library 
Join the Friends of the Library as they showcase all that Hackensack has to offer!  Stop by the Library auditorium to taste food from local restaurants, learn about educational and entertainment opportunities from local organizations, enjoy fun activities, and explore ways to connect with the community. Co-sponsored by the Greater Hackensack Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Downtown Hackensack Main Street Business Alliance.  

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Congratulations! Johnson Public Library Voted Best Library in Bergen County

by (201) Magazine Best of Bergen 2023!

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Accomplishments

Despite an almost total cessation of activities during the Covid pandemic, we have — 

- Bought upgraded audio-visual equipment to enable the Library to improve its use of the lawn for programming
- Facilitated the opening of the Art Gallery, and the Library's participation in the Arts Amble
- Funded the LIBRARY'S MUSEUM PASS PROGRAM
- Contributed towards other Library programs, including the popular Haunted Library, Planetarium, and NJ     
  Makers Day programs that were attended by hundreds of children.

Last summer, we presented our very first Friends' program - MINI GOLF IN THE JOHNSON PUBLIC LIBRARY. Check out the event website here: MINI GOLF IN THE JOHNSON PUBLIC LIBRARY

In May, we funded the Library's program WHEN BROADWAY WAS BLACK: A CELEBRATION OF SHUFFLE ALONG featuring Caseen Gaines, the book's author and Hackensack resident. Personalized copies of the book, signed by the author, are still available for sale in the Friends' store. Click here to BUY THE BOOK NOW 

In November we collaborated with Art N Soul Tattoo Studio to Present The “Tattoo Chapter,” a unique event at their Studio at 51 Main Street in Hackensack, where ink met imagination in a celebration of literature and art.

About the Friends

Friends of the Johnson Public Library is an independent 501(c)(3) organization whose primary purpose is to support and advocate for the library’s mission as the community’s destination for discovery, learning, and making connections, through Fundraising, Advocacy, and Volunteer Work.

Your membership goes a long way in helping the Friends provide the library with:

- Special events for all ages
- Technology and equipment
- Facility improvements
- And more.

We are a community volunteer driven organization. Through fundraising, we will seek to raise money for the Library in order to fund programs, services, infrastructure and technology that are beyond the Library’s financial capacity. Through advocacy, we will make the case for increased understanding of, and support for, the role of the Library in today's society. Through volunteer work, we will expand the ability of the Library to offer programs and services.

Johnson Public Library high quality CANVAS TOTE BAGS are now available for purchase in the Friends Store. They show your support for the Library, and will make great gifts.