Book Donations and Sales

Mini-Book Sale  - March 20 - 27!
The Friends of Fredricksen will be hosting mini-book sales throughout the year focusing on different themed books. The sale will feature March into Spring and Love Your Home & Garden books. All books will be $2.00 and the sale will take place during the library's open hours upstairs near the Circulation Desk.

 

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The Friends Spring Sale will be held April 20 - 23 in the Ruggaber Community Room, Downstairs Lobby Area, Small Meeting Room & Library Atrium
Thursday, April 20 from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm
Friday, April 21 from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm
Saturday, April 22 from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Sunday, April 23 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm – BAG SALE 2 Bags for $10!

In the meantime, visit the book sale table near the Circulation Desk where we have a variety of items for sale.
 

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Donation Station 
The Friends of Fredricksen have established Donation Station on the first Saturday of every month from 1 pm to 3 pm to process the donation of books and media for our Spring and Fall Book sales. Volunteers will be able to assist unloading your donations. We hope to provide convenience to you, our donors, and streamline our process for donations. During Donation Station hours, please park on the Walnut Street side parking area at the lower level employee entrance door. Donations at all other times can be given at the reference desk. (The reference desk can only accept one box of donations per person; please hold on to large quantities and bring them during Donation Station). 
 

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When you leave your donations at the reference desk, the first step is a quick review by the staff to see if your item might meet a need in the circulating collection or be appropriate for the ongoing book sale. The majority of the books are then sorted by teams of volunteers from the Friends. Once the materials have been sorted, they are packed and stored until the week of the book and media sale.

During the week of the sale, an army of volunteers is needed to erect tables, move books from storage on to the tables, arrange the books so that our shoppers can find the perfect item, and then staff the sale. Finally, when the sale is over, all remaining items are packed for distribution to others who can make use of them:

• East Pennsboro Friends for their sale
• Charitable organizations working with children and adults
• Veterans
• Overseas missions
• Day care centers
• Other libraries

The golden rule when considering a donation is “Would I give this to a Friend?”

The donations appreciated are: Children’s or teen books hard cover fiction or non-fiction dictionaries or thesauruses media in working condition, such as, DVD, music cd, books on cd, video games mass market paperbacks (in “like new” condition copyright 1980 or newer) trade (large) paperbacks textbooks (copyright within 10 years) travel books (copyright within 5 years) large print books. Please re-evaluate your donations if they: are moldy, dirty or water-damaged have damaged or missing pages have excessive highlighting or markings

Materials that would be better donated to another charity of your choice: academic journals activity books advanced readers copy directories telephone books encyclopedias Magazines LP records VHS tapes Cassettes Harlequin romance paperbacks Reader’s Digest Condensed books

Thank you for your help in making our book and media sales so successful. The Friends of Fredricksen Library is a 501(c)(3) organization, so your donations may be deductible on your federal income taxes.