Friends of the Napa Library

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The 2019 CanDo’s Give!Guide Napa Valley is Here!

Click on this image to visit the entire CanDo Give!Guide website!

The Friends of the Napa Library is delighted to be participating in this year’s CanDo’s Give!Guide. We join 45 other remarkable local non-profits that were selected by Napa Valley CanDo to participate in this extraordinary vehicle for fund raising, community support and collaboration.

We are tasked primarily to raise funds to support both new and on-going library programs for both children and adults. To get a good look at what happens with the fruits of our labors and what programs we fund, please see Where The Money Goes. Our main sources of funding are memberships and book sales. In addition to our 10 day quarterly book sales of gently used books, CDs and DVDs, we also offer these items for sale year round in the lobby of the Napa City Library.

It takes many people, mainly volunteers, to make us successful. Volunteers serve in a wide range of capacities including sorting and cleaning books for the sales, organizing and staffing the quartely sales, community outreach and serving on our board.

A particularly important goal of Friends of the Library is to encourage young readers to become lifelong readers. As evidenced by the library programs we support, we believe that getting children to love books turns them into teens who love books which results in adult book lovers. And the cycle continues from generation to generation!

Please continue your visit to our site to familiarize yourself on who we are and what we do.

We encourage you to visit our page on CanDo’s Give!Guide website to show your support for our mission and the Napa residents we serve. Click here to be taken to our page at this incredible resource for giving.

Friends of the Library Continues Membership Drive

Friends of the Napa Library celebrated the 13th annual National Friends of Libraries Week, October 20 – 26 by hosting an information table in the lobby of the library. Anyone joining was entered into a drawing for a book and Napa-themed gift bag. We decided to extend the gift bag drawing for new members through Wednesday. November 13! The drawing will be held on Wednesday, November 20 at the Friends of the Napa Library board meeting.

Membership Drive Gift Basket

Items in the gift bag include:

    • Tour, wine tasting and lunch for 4 at Robert Mondavi
    • Four bottles of Napa Valley and California wine
    • Two wine glasses
    • Children’s picture book signed by local author and illustrator
    • Three Coffee table books: 1) Photos by Ansel Adams; 2) Napa Valley Wine Caves; and 3) Paintings/Illustrations by Norman Rockwell
    • $25 Gift Certificate from Napa Bookmine on Pearl Street in Napa

    In order to be entered into the drawing, your membership application must be received by the Friends of the Library by November 13. There are many ways for you to join. You can pick up a membership form at the Napa library at our lobby sales area, complete it and return your form with payment. You can click here to visit our Membership Page. There you can join using the PayPal link or by downloading the form and returning it with payment. Forms and payments may be mailed to us at Friends of the Library at 580 Coombs Streeet, Napa, CA 94559 or dropped off at the library. Just remember, your form and payment must be received by November 13.

    We look forward to welcoming you into membership of the Friends of the Library and Good Luck on the drawing!

     

TRIBUTE TO ANITA LEES

OUR TRIBUTE TO ANITA LEES

Anita Lees

We sadly recognize the passing of FOL President Anita Lees who died unexpectedly on September 24.  Anita served on the Friends of the Library (FOL) Board for over 18 years and was appointed President in March 2019. In addition to her work on the Board, she spent Tuesday evenings sorting books donated by the community and staffed the quarterly FOL book sales.

Anita enjoyed making friends with those who loved books; getting books and sharing the love of reading with young children; and practically anything to do with reading and books. She was an avid reader and loved to discuss her latest finds.

We will sorely miss her intelligence, her sense of humor and her guidance. She will also be missed by Todd, her husband of 22 years, her dogs, cats and pet chicken as well as many friends and family.

If you are moved to make a donation to the Friends of the Library in memory of Anita, please see our donation link in the lower right of this page. Or you may send a check to: Friends of the Napa Library, 580 Coombs Street, Napa, CA 94559.  Please indicate on your donation that you are remembering Anita.  Thank you.

Friends of the Library/Napa County Library Partnership Goes Live on TV

Want to know even more about Napa’s Public Library and the Friends of the Napa Library?  Here’s your chance.
Throughout the month of September, Napa Public Access Cable TV will broadcast a lively discussion of the many and varied programs and services of the Napa Library and the partnership the Library has with the Friends of the Napa Library.
What is the broadcast schedule, you ask?  Watch this informative and entertaining half-hour conversation beginning Monday, September 2nd and continuing throughout the month on Mondays at 11:30am and Saturdays at 5:00pm on Comcast Channel 28, AT&T Uverse Channel 99 and via live streaming at www.napavalleytv.org.

September Book Sale is Here!

Now that school is back in session and Labor Day is upon us, it is time for our third Book Sale of the Year. The Sale runs from Saturday, September 14, 2019 through Sunday, September 22nd. The Book Sales are the primary source of revenue for the Friends. We use the proceeds to sponsor programs at the library. Your generous support as donors and shoppers allows us to continue supporting these important community programs. Click here to see what programs we support.

We also have Member’s Only Daily Specials which are posted on this website every morning. So come back to this site every day during the sale to see what has been put on sale for that day.

The community has once again generously donated an incredible number of books since the May sale so we will have our usual depth and breadth of books, CD’s, and DVD’s to offer for sale.  We especially have a large number of books on Birding as well as a large number of Vinyl Records of many genres.

PRICES • All Hardcover Fiction, Non-Fiction and Reference – $2 • All Trade Paperback and other Large Paperback format – $2 • All Mass Market Paperbacks – $.50 • Special Priced Books – as marked • Children’s Books – $.50 • Special Priced Children’s Books – as marked • All CD’s – $2 • All DVD’s – $2

SCHEDULE
• Saturday, September 14 10am – 5pm • MEMBERS ONLY DAY
• Sunday, September 15 1pm – 5pm • LIBRARY NOW OPEN ON SUNDAYS!
• Monday, September 16 10am – 8pm
• Tuesday, September 17 10am – 8pm
• Wednesday, September 18 10am – 8pm
• Thursday, September 19 10am – 8pm
• Friday, September 20 10am – 5pm • HALF PRICED DAY
• Saturday, September 21 10am – 5pm • BAG DAY #1 – 1 BAG = $5
• Sunday, September 22 1pm – 5pm • BAG DAY #2 – 2 BAGS = $5

While you don’t need to be a member to shop after Saturday the 14th, you can still become a member or renew your membership at the sale.HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!