The Friends of the Lexington Main Library of Lexington, South Carolina is a non-profit, volunteer organization that supports the Lexington Main Library. Through membership dues, book sales, gift shop sales, and special fund-raising activities, the Friends provide funding for non-budgeted library projects and programs.

Currently, the Friends of the Lexington Main Library support the Lexington Main Library by…

• Financially supporting the annual Summer Reading Program for children.
• Sponsoring the annual Summer Reading Kick Off Party.
• Sponsoring the annual American Girl Doll Celebration.
  Funding many of the Youth Services programs for children and teens.
• Sponsoring the Lexington Main Library's professional librarians participation in the South Carolina Library Association.
• Underwriting a substantial portion of the library system's annual In-Service Staff Education Day.
• Staffing the Friends Corner Gift Shop.
• Holding fund-raising events throughout the year.

In the past the Friends of the Lexington Main Library have supported the Lexington Main Library by…

• Purchasing a marquee sign for the front of the library.
• Commissioning and funding the “Circle of Friends” statue in front of the library.
  
• Assisting in providing for the furnishings in the South Carolina Room.
  
• Establishing a South Carolina Room fund for collecting materials of local interest and history.
• Purchasing a photocopier and two microfilm reader/printers.
• Designing and installing the “Hand Print Tiles” in the library's foyer and Youth Services Department.
• Establishing the Friends Corner Gift Shop.