Friends of the Napa Library

Supporting the Napa County Library

News

WE ARE HAVING A BOOKSALE*!

 Thursday, July 30 – Friday July 31 – Saturday August 1
Thursday, August 6 – Friday, August 7 – Saturday, August 8
10:30am – 12noon each day
The first weekend was hugely successful! Thank you to everyone who bought books and for your patience as we figured the logistics!

Did we get your attention?  That’s right, although we have been unable to hold our first two book sales this year and it appears that the September book sale is going to be another casualty of the COVID pandemic, we are going to hold our First Ever Friends of the Napa Library Back Door – By the Box Book Sale*. As you are all probably aware, all proceeds from our quarterly book sales fund many programs at the Napa County Library.  Current programs we have or are funding can be found on our About Us Page.  So, without our sales, many programs at the library will be cut back or eliminated.
What is a  Back Door – By the Box Book Sale?  Because the public has been very generous with book donations over the last 4 months, we have a lot of books to sell.  But because we can’t facilitate customers shopping as you would normally would, we are trying something new..a Back Door – By the Box Book Sale to get books into our customer’s hands where they can be enjoyed instead of sitting in boxes stacked to the ceiling.

So, here’s how it works…

We have pre-boxed books in the categories listed below. You come to the back corner of the library (where you drop off donated books) – 5th Street between Coombs and Main. You tell us what category(s) you want. We get the box for you and put it in your car if needed. You pay us (we take cash, checks and credit cards). And you take the books home.  It’s that simple….

Categories/Pricing

The following are one (1) box for $10 or three (3) boxes for $25
Biography, Business/Economics, Cookbooks, Education, Foreign Language, Gardening, Health/Medical, History, Home Crafts/How To, Large Print, Law/Politics, Literature, Reference, Relationship/Self Help, Religion, Romance Paperbacks, Science Fiction, Travel, Westerns, Wine and Unsorted (Surprise!).

Other Pricing

Children’s Grades 6-12 or Children’s Up to 5 th Grade – 3 Boxes for $10
Fiction (hardcover, Trade Paperback and Mass Market) – 2 Boxes for $10
CD’s– 2 boxes for $10, DVD’s – 1 box for $10.

Fine Print

  • Boxes are sold as-is. Please do not open and/or sort through them on the premises.
  • Some categories may not be available from time to time. We continue to sort and pack boxes.
  • We ask that you return the empty boxes when you get a chance, so we don’t have to spend funds on new ones.
  • Practice safety – wear a mask, practice social distancing and watch your step. Our back door is also the delivery area for the library. If the rear parking lot is full just drive around the block and give us a chance to get caught up. Please be careful and follow any instructions from the volunteer.
  • The books have been in our possession for a minimum of 72 hours and most much longer. When we take in donated books, we quarantine them for 72 hours before we sort and pack them.

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

 

BOOK DONATIONS – Please read!

The Friends of the Napa Library raises funds to support library programs mainly by holding quarterly used book sales and offering special books, CD’s and DVD’s in the lobby at the library. We rely on donations from the public and books the library removes from circulation to provide what we sell. We recognize that without these donations, our ability to raise funds would be severely limited.

However, until the library opens for business and we figure out how we will be able to accept donations on a regular basis we have limited ability to accept and process donations.. So please be patient if you have donations for us.

If you have small donations such as a bag/box or two, please use the bin located at the northeast corner of the library. We are able to empty the bins to keep the books safe.

Because we currently have no staff at the library, if you have a larger donation, please call for an appointment so we can meet you at the library. To make an appointment, please call Bruce Taylor, Book Sale Manager at 707.253.4614. He is available Monday – Friday mornings from 10am-12p. You may also leave a message and he will return your call. You may also contact him at brucepensionato2001@gmail.com. 

We currently do not have the room or staff or security to accept donations that cannot fit into the bins.  So please understand our current limitations and not leave donations outside the bins.

We appreciate your donations and your patience while we work our way through the “new” normal, whatever that may bring!

ANNUAL MEETING HELD

On Wednesday,May 20th, the rescheduled Annual Membership Meeting of the Friends of the Napa Library was held via Zoom. Probably because most of us have been “Zooming” with family and friends during these past weeks, the meeting went very well and we were able to conduct the business of the Friends.

Re-elected to the Board of Directors for new three year terms were Lori Bowling, Kathy Martin, Robert Martin, Barbara Stone and Marilee Talley. Thank you for continuing to serve the Friends and the Napa Library.

The main focus of the meeting was how we are going to continue to raise funds to support programs at the Napa Libary in light of new regulations for library use. We understand that rules and parameters will continue to be refined and we will work within those changes. So please be patient with us as we figure out what we can and cannot do to raise funds going forward. And rest assured we will do everything possible to support our patrons’ love of books, music CD’s and DVD’s.

ANNUAL MEETING RESCHEDULED

NOTICE TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE FRIENDS OF THE NAPA LIBRARY: The annual meeting usually held each March at the library is rescheduled for Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 4:00pm. Because of the current COVID restriuctions, the meeting will be conducted on Zoom (on-line meeting service). As in the past, the annual meeting will be held concurrently with the month meeting of the Board of Directors.

The following individual members’ terms as Directors ended March 31, 2020 and pursuant to the FOL bylaws, the nominating committee is proposing the following slate for three year terms ending March 23, 2023.
Lori Bowling
Marilee Talley
Robert Martin
Kathy Marting
Barbara Stone
Additional nominations may be made from the floor.

If you are a member of FOL and wish to attend the meeting on Zoom, please contact Jeanine Layland at jelayland@comcast.net to receive log-in information.

UPDATE ON BOOK SALES AND DONATIONS

May Book Sale Canceled: It is with much regret that we must cancel the May Book Sale. For many reasons, we hope the current situation improves enough so the library will open and and we will be able to hold the next scheduled book sale in September.

Book Donations: Because of the library’s closure, we are unable to accept donations of books, DVD’s and CD’s at this time. So please hold onto them until we are able accept them and get them ready for our next sale.

In the meantime, if you wish to support FOL financially, please see the link at the bottom right corner of this page. Your contributions (in kind and financial) support many of the programs at the library.

Watch this site for notice we are up and running again and able to accept your items and see all our book loving friends again.