With decreasing funding , libraries necessitate more financial help today than ever before . A great organization people can aid with is your local Friends of the Library . This non profit helps raise money for the cities library and volunteer their time to try to make the cities library a improved place.
one of the ways the Friends of the Library generate funds is by holding used book and media sales . These book sale events are not only wonderful ways to find deals on books and media , such as CD’s and DVD’s , these media sales are also good ways to aid the local library .
If you have unneeded books CD’s or DVD’s, you can donate the items to the cities library. Contact your cities library on what items they need for their sale or what their policy is for donations . Some of these books that are donated may go into the library catalog.
If you don’t have items to donate, you can always donate your time. These book sale events need a lot of volunteer hours to make them do well. Contact your friends of the library and see what they may need help with. They will sometimes require volunteers to help organize books and media for sale. Also they will need volunteers to aid in running the book sale and assist with clean up.
Volunteering for these sales can also be a family event with teenage children. It can aid in building their resume for applying to a job by volunteering hours at their cities library. Also, having extra energetic volunteers can assist with the manual work load of sorting the books and media for the sale .
If Book Sale fundraisers are not something you wish to volunteer for , don’t be discouraged . Friends of the Library also host many other fundraising events. They will on occasion host dinners, book signings and on occasion run a used book store . Ask them to get more information on what specifically your library has planned .
