Clean Out Your Bookshelves at Friends of Portland Library's "Read & Recycle" Event!

The Friends of the Portland Library’s “Read & Recycle” program will collect donations of gently used books, puzzles, CDs, DVDs and games on Saturday, January 11, 2014 from 10 am to Noon in the Mary Flood Room of the Portland Library, 20 Freestone Avenue, Portland. This is a great opportunity to clear off those bookshelves to make room for new holiday gifts.

The Friends especially need Romance paperback books in preparation for FPL’s annual “Love is in the Air” sale, which we hope to hold in February. Donations of children’s books (all ages) are also very much needed.

All donated items must be in “sellable” condition. FPL cannot accept items that are dirty, moldy or in poor condition. No textbooks, business books, computer books, self-help books or magazines, please.

Donors may enter through the Library’s side door, and volunteers will be available to help carry donations.  Donations are tax-deductible and acknowledgement forms will be available.

Donated items are sold at various Friends’ book sales held throughout the year. All proceeds are used to support programs of the Portland Library, including the Library’s DVD collection, Museum Pass Program, and a wide variety of children’s, family and adult programs held throughout the year.