Great friends make great libraries.

A community-based, all-volunteer non-profit strengthening the Chevy Chase Community Library since 1995.

Watercolor of the Chevy Chase Library
Chevy Chase, Maryland
1995
Serving since
100%
Volunteer-run
$20
Annual membership
501(c)
Tax-deductible · EIN 52-1931507
Who we are

Connecting the community and the library.

Since 1995, FOCCL has provided critical support to the Chevy Chase Community Library — enhancing programs, improving equipment, supporting staff, and engaging the community. We are independent of Montgomery County Public Library and focus on programs and events that strengthen the library and its services.

Advocacy Literacy Lifelong learning
“A great library provides. It is enmeshed in the life of a community in a way that makes it indispensable — always there, and always with what people need.”
— Vicki Myron, Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
Your support at work

What FOCCL makes possible

Every membership and donation funds programs, equipment, and moments of discovery at our library.

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Entertainment

Community favourites like Music With Maya and the Lion Dance.

📖

Bilingual Story Time

Monthly bilingual story time for our youngest readers.

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STEM Events

Maryland Zoo, Science Connections, and the eclipse program.

🪑

Better Facilities

An ergonomic chair for circulation staff and furniture for the Children’s Room.

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Kids’ Activities

Toys and supplies that keep children’s activities running.

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Programs for All Ages

Healthy Aging & Wellness series and the weekly writers’ haven, “Shut Up and Write.”

Our people

FOCCL Board Members

CJ
Charlotte Jones-Carroll
Co-President
KS
Kathy Strom
Co-President
SP
Stephanie Plith
Vice President
GW
Gavin Weiss
Treasurer
AW
Anna Wolf
Secretary
EB
Ellen Brondfield
Board Member
IP
Ilona Prucha
Board Member
SS
Susan Stone
Board Member
JM
Judith McGuire
Chairman Emeritus
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