Books & learning
Connect with Friends of the Isanti Area Library and carry forward the Susi McCune Memorial Library legacy.
Support local literacy →Spark House · Isanti, Minnesota
A place to learn,
share and serve.
Connect with the Susi McCune Memorial Library, explore local history, and find a useful way to help your neighbors.
110 2nd Avenue NW, Isanti · Arrange your visit or check a scheduled event before setting out.
October 24 & 31, 2026 · Noon–4 p.m.
Spooky Library at Spark House
Join us on Halloween, October 31
Plan your visit, participate & support Isanti Library →
Around our community
Community Calendar
Public events and activities from Spark House and local organizations. All times are America/Chicago.
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Local heritage · A living community story
The stories we keep.
The service we share.
Book sales, club gatherings, library outreach, and years of volunteering all leave a record of people caring for their neighbors. Help give those stories a lasting home.
Explore Isanti’s history, the regional atlas, and memories of Susi’s. Add the names, photographs, and everyday moments that make a place familiar.
Serve where you live
A community built
by people who show up.
Neighbors in service
Find the Isanti Lions, local Knights of Columbus, and the Firefighters Rodeo Association through their own public contacts.
Explore service organizations →History worth preserving
Help identify photographs, preserve organizational records, and connect local stories with the Isanti County Historical Society.
Help preserve community history →Give locally · Know your recipient
Keep good work going.
Choose a community organization and find its giving links, mailing instructions, or current contact details.
Explore community donation options →Spark House donations remain paused. Gifts go directly to the recipient you choose.
sparkworks.org/donateMake a useful contribution
Start with an hour.
Or a story only you know.
Help welcome visitors, scan photographs, describe a club’s history, or organize materials. Tell us your interests and availability; the volunteer team will help you find a role.
Care for those who serve
You can ask for support, too.
Explore support resources for first responders, service members, veterans, volunteers, and families. Choose what would help today without creating an account.
Discover a local author
Meet Jari.
A personal account, in the author’s own words. Discover the book and request an autographed copy through Spark House.
The team will confirm price, availability, and pickup or delivery arrangements. No payment is collected on the request form.
Past event · October 9–10, 2026 FIAL Book Sale
Thank you for supporting local literacy. This sale and its free-book offer have concluded. Read the archived event details or find upcoming events.
The October 9–10 FIAL Book Sale
A free book.
A new little reader.
The sale’s free-book offer was sponsored by the organizations below. Follow FIAL for future reading opportunities.
Keep up with FIALFree-book sponsors
Susi McCune Memorial Library
Knights of Columbus
Lions InternationalThis offer belongs to this FIAL sale. Jari’s author copies are separate.