Welcome to SOLA, the Friends of Stoughton Public Library!
The Support Our Library Association, Inc. (SOLA), or Friends of Stoughton Public Library, is a non-profit organization that supports the program and service needs of the Stoughton Public Library of Stoughton, Massachusetts. SOLA is the Friends of the Library group for the Stoughton (MA) Public Library. Formed in 2011, SOLA provides funds for new and existing activities, programs and other services for children and adults at the Library.
SOLA's Annual Meeting
The Friends of Stoughton Public Library (SOLA, the Support Our Library Association) will hold their annual meeting on Wednesday, October 28th at 7 pm in the Conference Room of the Stoughton Public Library. All are welcome. Those interested in becoming actively involved in the SPL's Friends, including running for a board position, may reach out for more information before the meeting to solastoughton@gmail.com.
SOLA at Stoughton Day 2026
The Friends of Stoughton Public Library (SOLA, the Support Our Library Association) hope to see you at Stoughton Day on Saturday, October 3rd, from 12-4 pm at Halloran Park. Come learn about your Library's Friends group. In honor of Stoughton's 300th anniversary, why not be one of 300 people to join the Friends of Stoughton Public Library or purchase a commemorative leaf to honor your family, loved ones, organization, business, or even your own love of Stoughton's Library? If you're not able to attend Stoughton Day, you can find more information about SOLA membership and the Community Giving Tree on the Support page of this site.
September is Libary Card Sign-Up Month
This September show your Stoughton Public Library card at select local business and save! Stoughton Public Library would like to thank the participating businesses - An Eco Organized Approach, La Stalla Osteria & Bar, Pages Grocery & Liquor, Stoughton YMCA, Take the Wheel RC, and Toffee Social Bar & Lounge - and encourage patrons to utilize them all year long. Remember, you can enjoy the many benefits of your free library card all year long, too:
- checking out books, periodicals, music, movies, and video games
- checking out items from the Library of Things
- checking out audiobooks, ebooks, music, TV shows, and movies via Libby, Hoopla, and Kanopy
- checking out discount passes to museums, parks, and other area attractions (brought to you by SOLA!)
- learning a language with Mango
- looking through Stoughton High School yearbooks
- reserving computers, pods, or rooms
SOLA Sponsors the Stoughton Public Library's 2026 Summer Reading Program
The 2026 Stoughton Public Library's Summer Reading Program, sponsored in part by the Friends of Stoughton Public Library (SOLA), was a great success! 745 kids, teens, and adults read a total of 2,707 books and 336,425 minutes. SOLA was pleased to join Stoughton Public Works, Stoughton Fire Fighters, Stoughton Police Department, Town Spa Pizza, Polillio's Garden Center, and more in donating raffle prizes for lucky participants. Your support of the Libary's Friends group allows the library to offer expanded programming and a variety of prizes, so thank you!
SOLA Sponsors the Stoughton Public Library's Museum and Park Passes
Did you know your library card can save you money on more than reading material and media? Thanks to the Friends of Stoughton Public Library, or the Support Our Library Association, Inc. (SOLA), the Stoughton Public Library offers passes for discounted and even free admission to a variety of local attractions. This fall, why not check out Buttonwood Park Zoo, Franklin Park and Stone Zoos, Roger Williams Zoo, or New England Aquarium? Or spend some time exploring over 50 DCR Mass Parks facilities (including popular places like Borderland State Park, Nantasket Beach State Reservation, Nickerson State Park, and Purgatory Chasm State Reservation) or one of the Trustees of Reservations facilities (including popular sites like The Old Manse, deCordova Sculpture Park, and Fruitlands Museum)? Don't forget the museum options for rainy days, from family favorites (Boston Children's Museum, Easton Children's Museum, Museum of Science, and Paul Revere Museum of Discovery and Innovation) to history sites (Plimoth Patuxet Museums, Salem Witch Museum, and USS Constitution Museum) and cultural institutions (Christian Science Publishing House, Institute of Contemporary Art, Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum, and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston). You can also try out the Stoughton YMCA for a whole week! Passes may be reserved in person at the circulation desk, by phone, or online via the Library's digital reservation system. Please review all details regarding pick up and return and what the pass covers; additionally, verify hours and other important visit information with the institution.
Your donations and SOLA memberships allow your Library's Friends to keep offering these valuable services to our community.
SOLA Partners with The Imagination Library of Stoughton
SOLA (Support Our Library Association), the Friends of Stoughton Public Library, are proud partners with Imagination Library of Stoughton. Dolly Parton's Imagination Library is dedicated to inspiring a love of reading by gifting books free of charge to children from birth to age five, through funding shared by Dolly Parton and local community partners in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and Republic of Ireland. Inspired by her father's inability to read and write Dolly started her Imagination Library in 1995 for the children within her home county. Today, her program spans five countries and gifts millions of free books each month to children around the world. In 30 years the Imagination Library has registered over 3,197,250 children and gifted over 307,982,906 books. By mailing one free, high-quality book each month to children from birth to age five, Dolly Parton's Imagination Library helps build strong reading habits, meaningful family bonding moments, and a lifelong love of books. Together, we're putting books into children's hands and opportunity into their futures.
Learn more, donate or enroll your child today.
SOLA Membership Drive
To celebrate Stoughton's 300th birthday in 2026, SOLA (Support Our Library Association, Inc.), or the Friends of Stoughton Public Library, has launched its membership drive with a goal of 300 members. Your membership underwrites popular library programs like the Summer Reading Program and Stoughton Reads Together, allows the library to offer a wide variety of discount or free passes to area attractions and enables the outfitting of the library to serve the building and community's needs even better. Click on the Join Us link above to become a member today.
Ways You Can Support Your Local Library and Its Friends Group
Did you know that the Friends of Stoughton Public Library, the Support Our Library Association, Inc. (SOLA), provide financial support for library programming, equipment, furnishings and more? SOLA is a proud sponsor of annual events like Stoughton Reads Together and the Summer Reading Program. SOLA also steps in to provide the library with the funds for other programs and needs like extra display shelving, study and sensory nooks and A/V equipment that allows SMAC to record and broadcast community forums and meetings. Consider supporting your library by
- Donating directly to SOLA. Make a one-time or recurring donation through the Donate link above.
- Joining SOLA. Fill out a membership form by clicking Join Us above.
- Purchasing a leaf on the Community Giving Tree at the library. Learn more through the Donate link above.
- Shopping the used media shelves. Located on the library's middle level, all proceeds go to SOLA to support its mission.
- Following SOLA and the Stoughton Public Library on Facebook and Instagram. Like and share posts to your personal page and interested groups.