Please enter your username or patron barcode numberinclude the d, no spaces, 11 characters. We sell hundreds of thousands of books and bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars. Donate books friends of the knox county public library. Books also regularly get unnecessarily disposed or recycled, despite existing alternatives at local resale outfits. You can even send and read your borrowed ebooks to your kindle ereader u. We examine each book to determine if it belongs in our collection, or into our ongoing book sale. Library materials including interlibrary loans are not due until june 1. Cornell university library will be distributing approximately 11,000 childrens books from scholastic inc. Well start taking donations again on saturday, nov 11.
You may include an additional donation with your membership, on top of your membership dues. Twice per year the library holds book sales that last about one week in the melvin room. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines to read on your phone or tablet using the libby app by overdrive. Your donation will support the advocacy, education, and inspirational activities bike walk tompkins does throughout the year. Help us make ithaca and tompkins county a community where walking and biking are safe and convenient for people of all ages and abilities. Memberships and other gifts are taxdeductible as allowed by law. Friends of the tompkins county public library the estimate is your responsibility. No matter how you support us, either with a donation of any size or viewing our 2020 virtual readathon broadcast, the tompkins county public library foundation thanks you from the bottom of our hearts. Tompkins county public library, 101 e green st, ithaca, ny. One of the largest events of its type in the united states, the booksale draws thousands to an esty street warehouse each year in search of books, records, cds and dvds provided through community donations.
Are you ready for the friends of the library book sale. The friends of the tompkins county public library is a 501 c 3 nonprofit organization. Friends of the tompkins county public library book sale, ithaca, ny. We feel that sharing books and familiar faces with the tcpl community is a way for all of us to come together and appreciate literacy. Friends of tompkins county public library book sale volunteering volunteering during the year. You dont have to chose a specific time or a specific number of hours to work. Friends of the tompkins county public library book sale.
The friends of the tompkins county public library book sale is back this weekend, with 278,000 items for shoppers to peruse. The tcpl 2019 community read is made possible by the generous support of the friends of the tompkins county public library. Launched june 2014, it is a free and independent source of journalism that is updated. Madison public library accepts gifts of new or gentlyused books, magazines, dvds, and music or books on compact disc. In an effort to maintain safe physical distance, were taking our challenge to read out loud exclusively online.
The library will evaluate this every two weeks as updated information is received from the governors office. Jennifers fundraiser for tompkins county public library. If youre a selfstarter who loves to help make the world a better place, have fun, and, most of all, support the library, books and. Volunteering during the year friends of tompkins county. As a special thank you, youll also receive a library tote.
The money raised by the book sale goes towards libraries and literacy efforts in tompkins county. Our library has always relied upon a partnership of private and public funds, from its earliest days as the cornell free library founded nearly 150 years ago by. Toms fundraiser for tompkins county public library. If you would like to donate your copy of the new jim crow to this effort, please drop it off at the reference desk of the tompkins county public library, 101 east green street, ithaca. Password default unless changed by user is the last 4 digits of your registered phone number.
The tompkins county public library foundation serves as the fundraising arm for the public library. Tompkins county public foundation readathon virtual. Please see our donations page for more information about acceptable donation items and tax receipts. The friends of the tompkins county public library book sale very much appreciate the enthusiastic help of students from ithaca college on their annual mlk day of service, saturday, january 25. Lego sponsorships tompkins county public library foundation. Much of the money goes to our public library, but money also goes towards the finger lakes library system, local literacyrelated nonprofits, and grants for those who study the library sciences. Friends of the library book sale returns this weekend. The tompkins county public library foundation serves as a bridge between the community and the library, making it possible for donors like you to show your support.
All items collected are sold online through better world books. Cornell received the books thanks to the generosity of cornell alumnus kevin mcenery 70, mba 71, executive vice president and cfo of scholastic, the. Please join us during our donation cycles when we prepare for our spring and fall book sales. The funds from the sale will go to tompkins county public library, of course, but also the finger lakes library system and several other organizations dedicated to literacy. Were grateful for the books you donate to us at your favorite knox county public library location, and we love receiving all those purple bags filled with your generous donations. Members of the community individuals and families, foundations, businesses, trusts and organizations play a pivotal role in supporting tcpl through contributions to the foundation. Donations friends of tompkins county public library book.
Contributions help the library serve and respond in light of growing usage, evolving needs, changing demographics, and major shifts in technology and publishing. Nancy cameros, the wife of alan cameros 57, donated her collection of. Finger lakes reuse is now accepting book donations, and is actively working with local organizations to help with the effort to manage unsold books, including the lansing and tompkins county friends of the library programs. According to irs regulations, the value of your donation cannot be determined by the friends of the library. A fundraiser for new library materials, readers and supporters will gather online to share their love of reading, books, community and the library. If you are new to ithaca, you may look at the person asking you and wonder what they mean but longtime residents know that the book sale can mean only one event of its kind, dwarfing all others in the area and even nationwide the friends of the tompkins county public library book sale. Tompkins county public library is located at 101 east green street.
Anywhere subject title author series fiction nonfiction. Readathon tompkins county public library foundation. Therefore, tompkins county public library will remain closed through may 15. Friends of tompkins county public library book sale where does the money go. Tompkins county public library foundation about us old. Donating books and materials to the library is a great way to pass along your used reading or electronic media items so others may enjoy them. The community read is creating community read tool kits to distribute to local libraries, schools and other organizations. Ithacatompkins county public library finger lakes library system. The ithaca voice is an onlineonly news and information site serving the ithaca area and tompkins county. The information on this page will be updated as the situation changes. Friends of tompkins county public library book sale. Neither the donations nor the shoppers seem to be affected by the. For those interested in supporting the next book sale in spring 2016, the friends of tcpl will resume accepting donations nov. We are located in clinton west plaza at 609 west clinton street, ithaca, ny.
Twice each year the friends hold a fundraising book sale. Ebooks and audiobooks tompkins county public library. Decisions on whether and how donated items will be added to the library s collections are based on the same evaluative criteria that are applied to purchased materials. The students helped us with a variety of jobs as we receive, organize, and sort donations. The money raised at these events and with the in library book sale directly supports the library s operating budget. A book is like a garden in the pocket chinese proverb we want to put more books in more hands, and we invite you to join us. Building a new jim crow community reading tool kit. Experience the joy of reading, the power of information and the strength of community connections at the tompkins county public library. No matter how you support us, either with a donation of any size or viewing our readathon broadcast, the tompkins county public library foundation thanks you from the bottom of our hearts. We will be closed on any snow days called by the ithaca city school district. Tompkins county public library foundation home facebook. The friends of the tompkins county public libra ry, founded in 1946, is a notforprofit membership organization for people interested in books and libraries.
Exciting public programs, the latest digital resources, museumquality art exhibits, internet stations, wifi access, tools for developing early literacy skills and much more are free and accessible to community members of every age and every stage. The library gratefully accepts donations of books for all book sales. The friends of the tompkins county public library fosters a partnership between the organization and the tompkins county public library, other public libraries and library systems serving the county, and the community in order to advocate for and support quality library services for all. Tompkins county public library foundation lego donation form. We support the tompkins county public library and the finger lakes library system with funds raised during our. Make your monthly membership gift new york public library. About us friends of tompkins county public library book. Membership payment and donation friends of the tompkins. The tompkins county sale is the eighth largest library book sale in the u. A toy library is a lending library that works just like a book library, only instead of borrowing a book you borrow. About us friends of tompkins county public library book sale.
All donations made to the watkins glen public library are taxdeductible. Toy donation guidelines can be found on our donate page. The tompkins county public library is a community anchor building literacy, cultural awareness, community connections, and personal growth. Support from the friends of the tompkins county public library is funded by the friends of the tompkins county public library booksale. Trade paperbacks are bigger than mass markets and usually of better quality. Library foundation eyes a busy 2020 tompkins county. Donations friends of tompkins county public library book sale.
Im calling my talk radical ridiculousness and it is about how you can laugh at whats holding you back while turbocharging what turns you on. We just closed the doors on this donation cycle and are getting ready for the fall sale which starts on saturday, october 12. I will be giving a fun and funny free talk on humor and personal transformation at the tompkins county library on august 6 from 7pm to 8. Our purpose is to stimulate public interest in the library, purchase library materials, and support other cultural and educational programs in tompkins county. Braille, graphic novel, large print, sound recording, audiobook, audio book on cassette, audio book on cd. The friends of tcpl is a membership organization, dedicated to helping our public libraries and promoting literacy in our community. Melanies fundraiser for tompkins county public library. Parking is payperuse and available on the street, and at the green st. Friends of the tompkins county public library book sale 509 esty st, ithaca, new york 14850 rated 4. Thank you to the community foundations lane family fund and tompkins today and. Proceeds benefit the tompkins county public library tcpl, the finger lakes library system flls and organizations working for literacy in tompkins county. In the books and beyond brigade, you can create a fundraising event inspired by tcpl, drawing from your hobbies, interests, and values.
See more of friends of the tompkins county public library book sale on. Books, audio books, cds, dvds, records, puzzles, and games are donated by the community and will be found at our sales. All summer volunteers have been sorting your donations in preparation for the fall sale. However, because weve suspended all our volunteer activities at least through the end of march, we wont be able to accept additional donations until further notice. The number of items available for each sale exceeds 250,000.
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