What’s the matter with kids these days? That’s not a question you’ll be asking after you meet the members of the Junior Friends of the Library.

Sitting around a table at Mattapoisett Library, the Junior Friends are all business. This year, the group of elected officers, is working on creating its own logo, and has raised more than $1,000.

Junior Friends parent and adviser Carol Carvalho has encouraged the kids to take their positions in the club seriously as a way of preparing them for future leadership positions.

“I want them to run for president and vice president when they get to high school,” she said.

The students, ranging from fifth grade to high school, meet on the Friday before the Friends of the Library’s monthly book sales so they can help lug boxes of donated books.

Once the heavy lifting is done, the kids discuss projects, bylaws, and what to do with all of their money.

The Junior Friends’ raised most of its funds through its BBB trifecta – the book sale, bake sale, bottle drive. For each book sale, the students set up a table of baked goods (they even get requests) and also collect bottles for recycling.

With their money, the kids discussed purchasing an iPad, e-readers, or a CD player for the library. Member Mia Quinlan also suggested puzzles. “Something that’s not too easy, not too hard,” she said.

Besides giving back to the library, the Junior Friends also hold monthly drives to give back to surrounding communities, from canned goods for food pantries to mittens for New Bedford’s Gifts to Give.

“Since everybody is already together, why not bring something?” said Carvalho.

Recently, the Friends formed a partnership with its Rochester counterparts.

“They emailed us and we found out about their drive and they told us about theirs,” said President Sienna Wurl.

The Mattapoisett Junior Friends collected pet supplies for Rochester’s It’s All About the Animals shelter, and Rochester Junior Friends collected canned goods for Mattapoisett.

“For years we operated separately. This is a huge step for us,” said Carvalho.

Librarian and Rochester Junior Friends adviser Lisa Fuller said it made sense to collaborate. “We’re all going to end up in the same place when we all get to ORR,” she said to the kids.

Through the meeting, the Rochester Junior Friends even got the idea to set up an underwear tree to collect donations for Gifts to Give, similar to Mattapoisett’s mitten tree.

The next meeting of the Mattapoisett Junior Friends is December 14.