WHEN AND WHERE YOU CAN LEAVE DONATIONS
You can bring your book donations to the Library as follows:
- Our strong preference is for all donations to be left in our FOL book room downstairs by the elevator door. The donation can be dropped off any time the library is open.
- Because we are currently swamped with donations, the most we can accept in any single donation is 5 boxes.
- FOL fortunately receives many books in excellent, almost new condition. Please remember that if we can't sell the books you are leaving, we have to pay to have them recycled or disposed of.
- Please don't ask the library staff to help you as they are busy with their duties.
PLEASE DO NOT DROP OFF
- Books in large, heavy supermarket produce boxes except when you leave the books and take with you the heavy produce boxes when you leave. If they are left we have to pay to recycle these and they cost us time and effort to dispose.
- Large quantities of books of varying quality from a move or a home cleaning of a friend or relative.
- Books that someone would not be very willing to buy.
- Books that have been stored in a garage, water stained, have pages written on, the binding is broken or cracked, the dog has chewed on the corner, etc.
CASH DONATIONS
In addition to donations of saleable books, we also are very happy to receive monetary support. Cash can be put in our foyer payment lock boxes. Checks should be mailed to: Friends of the Library, 1270 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110. See column to the right for secure credit card donations. We are an all-volunteer group and all of the donations received are used in support of the Bainbridge Public Library.
We accept:
- Books and audiobooks in very good condition
- Magazines less than 1 year old
- CDs
- DVDs
- Maps
- Puzzles and games that are complete.
In addition to donations of saleable books, we also are very happy to receive a check or credit card cash donation. Checks should be mailed to:
Friends of the Library, 1270 Madison Ave N, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110. See column to the right for secure credit card donations. We are an all-volunteer group and all of the donations received are used in support of the Bainbridge Public Library.
We cannot accept:
- Cassette tapes
- VHS tapes
- Books that are damaged, i.e. broken spines, loose or torn pages, pages that have been written in or highlighted or just heavily worn.
- Books that are moldy, dirty, damp, water damaged or infested with insects.
If you would not want it in your house because of condition or the age of the format, we cannot sell it. We know it is difficult to throw a item away, but it can be done.
Receipts:
You can get a receipt for your donation at the Children's Desk. Donations to the Bainbridge Island Friends of the Library are tax-deductible to the full extent allowable by law. The Bainbridge Island Friends of the Library is a non-profit. tax-exempt organization approved by Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
The Friends of the Library are good stewards of your donations and squeeze all the value possible from your donation. Here is the life of your donation:
It is sorted and scanned. The most valuable are sold online. For each book sale in our book room, we set out on display tables our best books which we think are most likely to attract attention and sell quickly. We also have thousands of almost new books in the three connected areas on shelving in genre sections which is where you'll find most of our books. All items that cannot be sold at the Friends' book sales are sent to a business that distributes or recycles them.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE BAINBRIDGE ISLAND FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
