Bag Up Your Books! Donate items beginning August 23 through September 21 Book Sale is September 23 - 26 For questions about the sale contact Carolyn at 630-868-7592 or Carolyn@wheatonlibrary.org The Friends of the Wheaton Public Library are accepting donations of used and new books, DVDs, videos, audio books, CDs, LPs, and cassettes for their annual book sale. All donations should be in a box or bag and may be dropped off at the adult check-out desk of the library. If you can't bring your items in, call Carolyn at 630-868-7592 to arrange a pick-up. In addition to the usual books and audiovisual items, this year the group is also collecting framed and unframed art! So pull out those old pictures stashed under beds and in the back of the closet. The art will be featured at the November Collectibles and Gift Book Sale.

September '09 Book Sale
Thanks to your support the recent Friends Book Sale was a huge success! We had an estimated 30,000 books and AV items and we grossed $18,287. That’s a lot of used (and new!) books. If you donated or bought books, the Friends thank you! We couldn’t have done it without you. 56 members of our Friends group spent 300 plus hours sorting books for the sale and working at the sale. If you would like to be part of this effort next year, join the Friends now.

About the Friends
Wheaton’s Friends of the Library group turned six years old in spring '09. Anyone can become a member by filling out the application and paying the annual dues, which range from $5 for Seniors and Students to $50 for Best Friends. The dues, along with all the money raised throughout the year, go directly to benefit the library. Current Friends members are asked to renew their memberships each May. A renewal letter is sent in April.

Our main fundraising event is the September Book Sale and many people join just to help with this huge undertaking. Over the past six years, the Friends have contributed over $60,000 to the Wheaton Public Library. Those funds were used for the library’s fireplace, the very popular Sunday Sampler concerts, Children’s and Adult Department programs, Summer Reading incentives, and a mural for the Children’s Department Story House, which was officially opened by the Mayor and Friends Board members on March 20, 2009.

Besides working on our fundraising events, volunteer opportunities include serving on the Friends Board or helping maintain Adams Park. This project, under the direction of Friends Board member Joan Reuss, started last spring and proved to be very rewarding. Those volunteering are responsible for weeding one quadrant of the park. Members who would like to participate in the project are asked to leave your name at the Reference Desk.

Become a Friend
Membership in the Friends is open to all with dues ranging from $5 for Seniors and Students, $15 for families, through $50 for Best Friends. Membership applications are available at the library or print an application and return it with your annual dues.
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