Friends of the Napa Library

Supporting the Napa County Library

NEW BENEFIT FOR MAKING A DONATION

The Friends of the Napa Library (“FOL”) is thrilled to announce that beginning June 1, 2022, donors who make a single donation of $250 – $499 will receive a complimentary one-year FOL membership or a one-year extension of an existing membership. For a single donation of $500 or more, the donor will receive a complimentary two-year membership or a two-year extension of an existing membership. We’re pleased to provide this tangible expression of our gratitude to our community of generous givers.

JUNE BOOK SALE IS HERE!!!


The second of our 2022 book sales is here! Once again, we have a large selection of generously donated books, CD’s and DVD’s for your shopping pleasure. We stock our shelves in the Community Room at the Napa County Library at the beginning of the sale and continually throughout the sale days. Just because you visited us early in the sale doesn’t mean that you have seen everything we have to offer. Shop early and shop often!

The sale days and hours are:
Saturday, June 11 10a – 5p (Members’ Day)
Sunday, June 12 1p – 4p
Monday, June 13 10a – 7p
Tuesday, June 14 10a – 7p
Wednesday, June 15 10a – 7p
Thursday, June 16 10a – 7p
Friday, June 17 10a – 5p (Half Price Day)
Saturday, June 18 10a – 5p (Bag Day #1: 1 bag of books = $5)
Sunday, June 19 1p – 4p (Bag Day #2: 2 bags of books = $5)

We look forward to seeing you! Your purchases directly fund many programs at the library.

WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO…

Recently, we received a donation that included a recent set of encyclopedias in very good condition. If you are not familiar with our donation policies, we don’t normally accept sets of encyclopedias because they are not very sellable. In this case, we knew we needed to get this set to an organization that could use them.

We were fortunate enough to find the Sunrise Montessori School and the Sequoia Class who were more than glad to receive the donation. Once we delivered the books, we went back to sorting, cleaning and boxing more books for the next sale.

Front of Thank You Card

Imagine our delight when a mail delivery brought us this Thank You Card from the school.  The card is a one-of-a-kind creation and certainly shows the students’ thanks for the books.  The message on the front says “Thanks for the good book,  Bruce!”  Bruce being Bruce Taylor, our incomparable Book Sale Manager.  We couldn’t wait to open the card to see what was inside.

 

Message from Thank You Card

Here is what we found! A carefully researched and written thank you by one of the students, Gioia, who we understand is in the 5th grade.  The text of the card reads:

“Thank you so much for the encyclopedias!
Just so you know I didn’t know how to spell encyclopedia until I looked inside an encyclopedia you gave our class.
It was outstandingly kind hearted of you! And I have seen at least 8 (and counting)people use one of the encyclopedias donated to help them spell a word, find a definition, or learn something they didn’t know before.  Hopefully this thank you letter has given you at least a small insight on how grateful we are for the generously gifted encyclopedias! And in case you didn’t see it before…
THANK YOU!
Fondly, the Sequoia class!
Written by Gioia”

Close Up of Signatures to Thank You Card

And here are the signatures of the grateful students of the Sequoia Class.

We can’t think of a more perfect illustration why many, many of us spend many, many hours a week receiving and sorting donations; cleaning and repairing them; stocking the sale area in the lobby of the Napa County Library; boxing and storing books for the sales; and, setting up and working the sales.

THANK YOU SEQUOIA CLASS OF SUNRISE MONTESSORI SCHOOL!