The purpose of the Friends shall be to maintain an association of persons interested in the welfare of the Lewis Egerton Smoot Memorial Library, King George, Virginia (hereinafter referred to as the library); to focus public attention on the library; to stimulate the use of the library’s resources and services; to receive and encourage gifts, endowments and bequests to the library; to support and cooperate with the library in developing library services and facilities for King George County.