Your Library is Here for You!
What a year 2020 has turned out to be. We had hoped that after a season of challenging renovations we would open our doors wide and welcome the community into our new library spaces. Unfortunately, we too have had…
How to Support Your Community
The world can seem overwhelming right now. But everyone can take small steps to support our community and make it better. Check out some ideas below to become a more informed citizen and help Forest Park. Support the new community…
You Are Here: the FPPL Summer Experience
The Library announces its summer experience YOU ARE HERE. This summer is about celebrating all the ways we can be together in spirit even while we are apart. This summer's challenge focuses on self-care, mindfulness, community, and getting active. We…
Mayoral Candidate Forum
The library held a Mayoral Candidate Forum with the Forest Park Review on Sunday, March 10. Candidates Chris Harris and Rory Hoskins answered questions collected from the community for 90 minutes. To view the replay of this event, please check…
Little Free Pantry
The Forest Park Public Library is happy to announce our new project: a little free pantry. A Little Free Pantry is a grassroots, crowd sourced idea to help a community with food insecurity. Little Free Pantries are based on the…
Forest Park Public Library to Offer Social Work Services
Beginning in January, the Forest Park Public Library will begin hosting two interns from the Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work. “The public library is a unique place because everyone is welcome no matter what their economic status, gender,…
MLK Day of Service
This year we honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s commitment to community and unity by inviting our kids and families to join us in a community service project in partnership with New Moms and Sarah’s Inn. We will create care kits…
Forest Park Reads
The library will be hitting the streets of Forest Park for the second edition of Forest Park Reads. Library staff members will be around the village handing out great books. Find out where we will be by following us on our…