Eastern Shore of Virginia Public Library Foundation
Welcome! The Eastern Shore Public Library Foundation serves the Eastern Shore Regional Library in Parksley, the Northampton Free Library in Nassawadox, the Chincoteague Island Library and the Cape Charles Memorial Library
In The Know Newsletter - July 2026
Ways to Support Your Libraries
DID YOU KNOW HOW SPECIAL A BRICK CAN BE?
The brick walk at the Eastern Shore Regional Library and Heritage Center in Parksley is a great way to express thanks and affection for the people in your life who love our libraries and care about their future. It’s also a place where you can celebrate the achievements of young readers.
The Foundation sells three kinds of bricks installed in separate, marked sections of the walk:
Tribute: These bricks honor library supporters and loved ones both past and present.
Library Lover: You can share your warm and fuzzy feelings for special library lovers with a brick trimmed with a heart at each corner. You can even immortalize your dog who chewed up a library book!
Reading Star: Enthusiastic young readers get a special reward when you donate a brick to our “Reading Stars Galaxy Walk of Fame.” These bricks are decorated with stars on each corner.
Click on the button below to order a Brick online, using your credit card or checking account!
Email for more information: esplibraryfundraiser16@gmail.com
Our Summer Interns
We are pleased to introduce Ava Carlton and Kaitlyn Phillips as our Joyce Brown Milliner summer interns at the Eastern Shore Regional Library in Parksley. We have a third intern, too! Julie Winans is working at the Chincoteague Island Library, building on past volunteering there. We are so glad that the Milliner Endowment lets the Foundation bring young people into the library for behind-the-scenes introductions to library careers. When we visited them, Kait and Ava were reorganizing the shelves in the Mystery section. It’s a big job since the category is so large and popular. (If you have not spent time browsing it, please do – it’s great no matter what type of mystery you prefer!) Ava was interested in coming to the library “as a possible career. I decided to do this to get a good first taste of it.” Kait added, “I’d only heard good things about working here. I want to work a library job in college…I get to do all sorts of different things, which I really enjoy.” Kait was an intern last summer, too. Her application for a second internship was so good that the library staff wanted to bring her back.
Click here to learn more about the Joyce Brown Milliner endowment and our interns
