Olathe Public Library

The Friends of the Olathe Public Library support the Olathe Library to strengthen and supplement the public’s investment in the library. The Friends are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. The Friends raise funds through book sales as well as bookstore sales and membership dues. The Friends have provided over $320,000 in grants to the Olathe Library in the last 12 years, including $75,000 toward a mobile outreach vehicle  and $74,492 for a laptop vending machine for the Indian Creek Library (both shown below).

Support Your Library! Join the Friends! 

OPL Friends Membership Benefits

• Receive $1 off your total purchase at each book sale and book store discount days
• Friends tote bag for new members
• Exclusive access to the Friends Member-Only Book Sale Preview the day before each Friends book sale.

$10 Adult, $7 Students/Seniors (60+), $20 Family

Join anytime by:

• Visiting the Friends Bookstore at the Indian Creek Library
• Mailing completed membership form along with your payment to the library.
• Purchasing a membership, on the spot, at any of the Friends of the Library Book Sales.
• Purchase a membership online  Here. You can pick up your membership card and Friends tote bag at the Friends Bookstore.

Membership is good for one year.

Friends Membership Application

Friends Bookstore at the Indian Creek Library

Visit the Friends of the Library Bookstore at the Indian Creek Library. All items are $2 or less!

Current Hours:
Monday: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Tuesday: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Wednesday: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Thursday: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Friday: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Sunday: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

The Friends offer ‘Discount Days’ in the bookstore on Tuesdays, where customers can receive $1 off their purchase if they are a part of the category of the given week:

• 1^st Tuesday of each month – Members of the Friends of the Olathe Public Library
• 2^nd Tuesday of each month – Active or retired members of the military
• 3^rd Tuesday of each month – Educators/Homeschoolers
• 4^th Tuesday of each month – Seniors (age 55 and up)

The Friends of the Library welcomes donations throughout the year. For a list of accepted items and more details visit our Book Donation page. 

The Friends of the Olathe Library host an annual Novel Tea event each April to raise funds for scholarships for library teen volunteers. The event includes creative table settings, giveaways, and refreshments, and brings in a local author as the speaker. If you have questions about the Novel Tea, please email jclark@olathelibrary.org.

The next Novel Tea will take place on Saturday, April 11, at 2 pm at the Indian Creek Library. The featured author will be Megan Bannen, a USA Today bestselling author of The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy. Tickets will go on sale on March 7.

Friends Book Sales

Book Sale Schedule

Be a Friends of the Library Volunteer

The Friends of the Library would love to have your help. The Friends need volunteers to help sort donated materials, prepare materials for book sales, and provide customer help during the sales. Volunteers are also needed to staff the Indian Creek Friends of the Library Bookstore.  

Friends Volunteer Application

Curtis Gilmore Scholarship

The Friends established the scholarship in 2012 in memory of Curtis Gilmore, a library volunteer who passed away in the spring of his senior year in high school. The $1,000 scholarship is open to all graduating seniors who have completed a minimum of 100 volunteer hours at the library. 

Friends of the Library Board Members