Thanks to the generosity of the community, The Friends of the Norris Library and Dirt Hippie raised $207 as part of its recent National Library Week fundraiser!
The Dirt Hippie Kitchen & Mercantile, located in Norris, Tennessee, offer scones and cinnamon rolls as part of a fundraiser lasting from March 27th – April 25th. All proceeds from those pastries went directly to the Friends of the Norris Community Library.
The Friends of the Betty Anne Jolly Norris Community Library is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and volunteer group that was organized in 2001. Its mission is to support the Norris Community Library, help promote the use of the library, focus attention on library services, and to develop supplemental funding for the library. The Friends group has assisted the library in the past with purchasing library materials, major and minor renovation, technology purchases and repair, and the annual Summer Reading Program.
The Dirt Hippie Kitchen & Mercantile, LLC started as a fresh honey business before its owner opened a store front restaurant in the center of Norris beside the Police/Fire Station in 2024. They serve country cooking and merchandise.
National Library Week is “an annual celebration highlighting the valuable role libraries, librarians, and library workers play in transforming lives and strengthening our communities”. In 2026, National Library Week was held April 19th-25th and its theme was “Find your Joy”.
Funds collected by the Friends of the Norris Library go directly towards supporting the Norris Community Library with material purchases, program support, repairs, the Summer Reading Program, and more. Most recently, Friends funds have been used to support the 2026 Summer Reading Program “Unearth a Story”, renovations to the library building’s program room, and towards the purchase of materials for the Library’s Library of Things. For more information on the Friends of the Norris Community Library or to sign up/donate to the Friends group, please call the library at 865-494-6800, sign up in person at the library, or email friends@norriscommunitylibrary.com. The next scheduled board meeting of the Friends group is on June 6th at 10am at the Norris Community Library. Be sure to join them at the library on July 4th/ Norris Day for the annual Friends of the Library Book Sale.
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