Friends of Echo Park Library (FOEPL)
FOEPL’s mission is to support the Echo Park Library (EPL) branch & provide educational programs for the community. They include:
The Philippine Heritage Collection - the only Fil Am collection in the 70+ branches of the LAPL system
The Carlos Bulosan Book Club
Sustainability - establishing an urban wildlife habitat in the grounds of the EPL branch
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1 Submitted Idea
PLAY ·2024 Grants ChallengePromote Green Spaces, Create Wildlife Habitats, & start Pollinator Gardens in Historic Filipinotown (HiFi) and Echo Park
FOEPL proposes to create green spaces via its new WILIHALA project w/c was inspired by the LA City Green New Deal & w/starter HiFi Rotary Club funds in 2023 & w/the Environmental Stewardship webinars. WiliHaLA will expand to other EPL grounds in 2024 w/funds from LAPL Neighborhood Science Dept.
If awarded, new WiliHaLAs will be started in our target areas.
Green spaces help sustain pollinators, enhance biodiversity & environmental health, provide educational & recreational activities, & foster community action in conservation & sustainability.