In response to the Coronavirus threat, to comply with city and state mandates and, most of all, for the safety of everyone, the scheduled Friends used book sale has been postponed until we can reschedule.
When a new date can be set we will post it on this website.
Be well, be safe, hunker down if you can.
Friends are selling donated books in the Library all the time! Look for a magenta book truck in the main entrance area. You’ll find donated books in great condition with new stock on a regular basis. Prices are marked on green stickers just inside the cover. Most are going for $3. Pay at the Circulation (or “checkout”) desk: cash or checks, please.
As ever, all proceeds go to the Library!
Books and other materials donated to the Forest Grove City Library are first reviewed by Library Staff to see if they should be added to the Library’s inventory.
For those that are not selected, and for books de-selected from the Library collection by staff, Friends of the Library volunteers check used book prices online to pick out those that are valued at $8 or more. Most of them will be put on sale at Amazon.com under Friends’ dealership name, “forestgrovelibraryfriends.” Friends have more than 2600 books on sale through Amazon and these online sales will net more than $8,000 for the Library during the Friends fiscal year.
Books in good condition that are not selected for online sales are sorted by Friends volunteers for the twice-a-year book sales and for ongoing sales in the library. The twice-a-year sales are Friends’ primary income source. They have been making about $10,000 a year. The ongoing in-library sales are a new Friends project.
Making money for the Library is one of Friends’ top priorities but this process for library donations and discards has other benefits: (1) Between donations and discards, the library has around 12,000 books to dispose of every six months, (2) turning donations away would be bad for the Library’s public relations, (3) friends efforts make money for library programs and help recirculate these books in our own community.
Have your income taxes done at H&R Block, and take this form to your Block Tax Professional. If you are a new Block customer, the company will give $20 to Friends of the Forest Grove Library.
Another way to easily donate to Friends is through the AmazonSmile program. When Amazon customers log on through the smile.amazon.com site, 0.5% of the sales price of most of the items they purchase will be donated by the Amazon Foundation to Friends of the Forest Grove Library. No cost is incurred by either the purchaser or Friends. None of the purchaser’s privileges at Amazon (Amazon Prime benefits, for example) are affected when buying through AmazonSmile.
The first time you log on to smile.amazon.com, you will be asked to name the non-profit organization of your choice. To do so, there is a search option. The registered name for Friends is Friends of the Forest Grove Public Library, Inc.
This is an easy way to help your Friends of the Library and your Forest Grove City Library at no cost to you! Make it a habit to log on to Amazon through smile.amazon.com.
Or write a check! We don’t have a ‘donate button’ on this website yet but don’t let that stop you from donating to Friends! Send your check, with a note that it’s a donation, to: Friends of the Forest Grove Library 2114 Pacific Ave. Forest Grove, OR 97116
Friends’ federal tax ID: 93-6089869
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