"Window to the world"

-One of the proudest contributions made by Friends of the Pflugerville Community - 2004

2008 is 27th anniversary year
of the FRIENDS !

The City of Pflugerville was presented the 2007 Municipal Excellence Award in the category of City Spirit for cities of more than 25,000. The Texas Municipal League award recognized the City for the “Pflugerville: A Heritage to Remember” oral history project. At its December 11, 2007, meeting, the Pflugerville City Council presented the Excellence Award to the volunteers who were involved in the oral history project and recognized each volunteer with a Certificate of Achievement. The Award will be on display at the Pflugerville Community Library.

Pictured (right to left) with Mayor Jeff Coleman are Oral History Committee members Friends of the Pflugerville Community Library, Kay Walker, Audrey Dearing; Heritage House Partners members, Gloria Kuempel and Vernagene Mott; PFCONA representative, Clay Leben; scholastic advisor, Julia Mellenbruch; editor and publisher, Lois Shrout; and Pam Stephenson, also of the Friends. Not pictured are Michelle Pundt, formerly of the City of Pflugerville; Mary Hines, former Committee Chair and Reference Librarian, Pflugerville Community Library; and Tammy Isenberg, Friends.

Where:	Pflugerville Community Library (102 10th Street)
Book Price:	$15 (tax included) +$7.50 for shipping and handling

The Friends sponsored the performance of renowned songwriter and musical performer of children's music, Joe McDermott in June 2007. Due to the popularity of this event, it was held at the Pflugerville Recreation Center. Link to his website is www.joemcdermottmusic.com

Friends sponsored children's author, a.k.a. "the Singing Zoologist", Lucas Miller who performed his songs with the help of his puppets, teaching children about animals through songs and stories. His website is www.lucasmiller.net

Oral History Project

Pflugerville: A Heritage to Remember

The Friends of the Pflugerville Community Library has partnered with local organizations to collect personal accounts of life in the Pflugerville community over the past 100 years. Partners are: Heritage House Partners; City of Pflugerville, Pflugerville Community Library, Pflugerville Genealogy Society and Pfriends Pfor Pflugerville's Pfuture.

Interviews with fourteen families who were reared in Pflugerville or the surrounding areas have been video-taped. Descendants of African-American, Hispanic, and German families who settled in the area are included in the interviews that are conducted by local volunteers.

The original interviews will be made available for view at the Pflugerville Community Library, Heritage House Museum and the Austin History Center. A book has been published to include excerpts from the interviews and photos collected from the families. Humanities Texas, the state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities, awarded a grant to the Friends to partially fund the publication.

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