In the past we have shared with you the programs we support with your purchases and donations. Click here to learn about what programs at the Napa County Library we help fund.

Ever curious about how much we have raised? Well… here is a snapshot of the total we have contributed to the Napa Library since our inception in 1973.

In the past 50 years, we have steadily increased our donations to the Napa County Library, reaching a total of $1,707,906.  Pretty impressive isn’t it?!

YOU can help us continue this fantastic growth in funding library programs.  We rely on your donations of gently used books, CDs, DVDs, Books on CDs, jigsaw puzzles and other media and, of course, financial support.  Methods of donations can be found in the righthand banner on this page. Please join us in any way you are able.

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The race is on!  You only have the month of December remaining to participate in this annual giving event. The 2023 Give!Guide annual giving event officially kicked off on Wednesday, November 1st. The giving window for this year is November 1 – December 31. Using the 2023 Give!Guide makes it easy to donate to the Friends of the Napa Library (FOL) as well as 75 other Napa County nonprofit organizations. All giving is through the online portal.  Click here to go directly to our page in the 2023 Give!Guide.

Need another incentive to make a donation?  This year we are offering a Special Opportunity in the form of a Friends of the Napa Library Wine Gift Basket.  Every donor will be entered into a drawing to win and on Friday, December 29, 2023 at 5pm PST, one lucky donor will be selected to receive this exciting gift basket.

Want to know where your donation goes?  We support many of the community programs at the Napa Library as well as many children’s programs.  Visit our post “Where the Money Goes” to learn about the programs you support with your donations. Recently, we were able to fund the Memory Lab located by the Reference Desk at the Napa County Library. In it you will find computers, printers, scanners and software to organize your family’s photos and documents and create exciting ways to share those memories with others.

We are honored to be one of the 76 local non-profit organizations participating in the 2023 Give!Guide. CanDo created this giving vehicle to provide Napa a single location to support the nonprofit community.

VISIT THE GIVE!GUIDE TODAY

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WHEW! FIRST OF ALL – A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL BOOK SALE.

We have a very special community that supports the Friends in many ways. Thank you to those who keep on donating the books that we sell. Thank you our members who recognize the importance of our work. Thank you to our volunteers who sort and clean the donated books, set up the book sales, work the books sales by checking out purchases and/or keep the shelves stocked and take the whole thing down at the end of each sale. They do this 3 times a year!! And finally, thank you to the Napa Library. They support our mission as we support theirs.

We are looking forward to Friends of the Library Week later this month. Watch this space for the date and time of our celebration. And you know our celebrations always means free books to children.

As we gear up for the December book sale – remember books always make great gifts! – we will be participating in the 2023 CanDo Give!Guide.  Napa non-profits are presented in one easy-to-use donation platform.  It’s a one stop shop for your year end giving.  Watch this site for more information about how the Friends is participating, what giving bonus’s we have to offer  (yes, lucky donors can be rewarded for donating, how’s that for incentive to participate!) and how to find us in the Give!Guide.

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THE LARGEST BOOK SALE IN NAPA COUNTY!

September 16 – 24, 2023

The Napa Library Community Room

580 Coombs St., Napa

All Students and small children receive 3 free, yes, we said “3 free books”! EVERYDAY you visit the sale.

Hours of the sale…

Saturday, September 16: 10am – 5pm  Members Only Day
Sunday, September 17: 1pm – 4pm
Monday, September 18: 10am – 7pm
Tuesday, September 19: 10am – 7pm
Wednesday, September 20: 10am – 7pm
Thursday, September 21: 10am – 7pm
Friday, September 22: 10am – 4pm   Half Price Day
Saturday, September 23: 10am – 4pm   BAG DAY! You fill the bag, You pay $5 per bag
Sunday, September 24: 1pm – 4pm   You fill two bags of books, You pay $5. TWICE THE FUN!

We restock the book sale through Wednesday so there are always new books to find.  So SHOP EARLY & SHOP OFTEN!

Remember, we rely on donations from the public for the books, CD’s and DVD’s we sell. That means that if you have a favorite genre and we don’t seem to have a good selection, it is because donations in that category are low.  Talk up donating to the sale to all your book friends and acquaintances who share your interests.

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Ever wonder what else we do with your generous donations?

Frequently we get requests from community organizations to provide suitable books for their programs. Because you all are so generous with your donations, we are able to honor many of these requests. Sometimes it is a box or two of children’s books that are needed to give away at a literacy program.

Recently we were able to fulfill a request from Napa State Hospital to provide Spanish language books for a Spanish – speaking adult patient. We were able to put together a multi-volume donation including a blank journal that had been among the books left by a donor. The program director who made this request let us know after the patient received the books that he was much less isolated and was able to engage more…just because of a simple book donation.

We have also been asked to gather suitable books for programs at the Napa County Jail. Program directors know that giving someone a book to read gives them a chance to be entertained, nourished and challenged. Again the thank you notes we receive confirm that a book can do wonders in many ways.

If you have a program that could benefit from a donation of books, CDs or DVDs, please contact our Book Sale Manager, Bruce Taylor at (707)253-4614 for more information.

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