Library Staff
- Jill Trochta, Director of the Library
- Tina Nieling, Library Assistant
- Laurie Lucka, Library Assistant
- Samantha Buchholz, Children’s Librarian
Friends of the Suring Area Public Library
The purpose of this organization shall be to assist the library in developing programs to meet current community needs; to assist in promoting knowledge of and participation in library programs; to aid in providing funds to meet special library needs; and to provide a channel for individuals and organizations to express ideas and make suggestions for library use and services.
Friends Support Summer Reading Programs, Used book & Rummage sales, Building Fund/Maintenance projects, Financial Donations, Shelving books, Library cleaning, Flower beds, planters, landscaping, disk resurfacing machine, and the annual movie license.
Join Us
Annual Membership Fees (To be submitted with a completed Friends of the Suring Area Public Library Membership Form.)
- Single: $5
- Family: $10
- Club, Association, Business: $25
- Individual Lifetime Fee: $100
Executive Board
- President: Carol Saffioti-Hughes
- Vice President: Rosemary Warden
- Secretary: Marycarolyn Jagodzinski
- Treasurer: Rosie Marifke
Donations to the Library
The goal of this fund is to preserve the beauty and structure of the Suring Area Public Library. As a 501c(3) non-profit organization, donations made to this fund are tax deductible. Donations to the library will be memorialized by the addition of the name of the person or organization in whose honor/memory the donation is made to our donor memorial display, which is located in the entrance of our building.
Our shadowbox donor display, constructed and donated by Diversified Woodcrafts, Inc. of Suring provides a beautiful exhibit to honor donors and memorials. Each category of gift notes a local type of tree from our own Northwoods.
The category amounts are as follows:
- Ash: $151-$1,000
- Birch: $1,001-$2,500
- Maple: $2,501-$5,000
- Oak: $5,000 and up
Donors or those who wish to be memorialized in this display will have their names appear on the brass plates and become part of the ongoing record of our generous contributors.
For donations less than $150, contributors will be listed on a yearly donor sheet to be displayed in the Library.
Donations can be made by sending a check or money order payable to “Friends of the Suring Area Public Library,” which is a non-profit corporation with a 501(c)(3) status. Please note in the memo portion of your remittance that the donation is for the Library Endowment Fund. Your donations are tax deductible, so those of you who are planning ahead for filing your income taxes, or those who are working on estate planning and looking for a suitable recipient of your donation, please consider the Friends of the Suring Area Public Library Endowment Fund.
Please complete the Friends of the Suring Area Public Library endowment fund form and mail it with your donation to: Friends of the Suring Area Public Library, P.O. Box 74, Suring, WI 54174.
Library History
- Fall 1984 needs assessment completed; 91% responding favored a public library in Suring
- March 1985 library Steering Committee formed
- Summer 1985 initial presentations made to the municipal boards of Towns of Bagley, Breed, How, Maple Valley and Village of Suring
- October 1985 Oconto County Board contacted to fund library
- November 1985 Steering Committee reorganized into Friends of the Suring Area Public Library
- February 1986 1st Friends meeting; purpose of Friends of Suring Area Public Library: find/raise funds and promote library
- May 1986 application for membership in Nicolet Federated Library System (confirmed effective January 1987); first Library Board meets, with Trustees appointed by municipalities
- October 1986 Oconto County Library Board approves establishment of the Suring Area Public Library
- November 1986 Building on corner of Main Street & Peshtigo Brook Road rented; procuring furnishings, supplies and donated books began
- January 27, 1987 library opens for business
- July, 1999 library begins automated circulation as a member of OWLSnet
- December 2005 Community Development Block Grant approved for new library building
- June, 2007 groundbreaking for new facility
- January, 2008 staff undertook packing and moving from old building to new
- February 11, 2008 new facility open
- June 2008 grand opening of new Suring Municipal Building and Suring Area Public Library
- January, 2010 building debt retired
Original Library Building
January 1987 to January 2008
New Library Building
February 2008 to Present
Library Directors
- Jill Trochta (December 2015-Present)
- Amanda Burns (August 2012-December 2015)
- Jill Trochta [Interim] (June 2012-July 2012)
- Ann Ammerman (October 2006-May 2012)
- Jill Trochta [Interim] (September 2006)
- Maggie Waggoner (February 2003-August 2006)
- Jill Trochta [Interim] (October 2002-January 2003)
- Korrin Moede (January 1993-October 2002)
- Cheryl Sleeter (July 1987-July 1989)
- Brenda Long [Interim] (July 1989-September 1989)
- Phyllis Meles (September 1989-February 1990)
- Hedy Kagellman [Interim] (February 1990-July 1990)
- Cheryl Sleeter (August 1990-December 1993)
Library Logo
The Suring Area Public Library has had a tree coming from a book as our logo for many years.
We love having a Reading Tree and we love seeing you under it.
