Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines to read on your phone or tablet using the libby app by overdrive. Donations friends of tompkins county public library book sale. Friends of tompkins county public library book sale volunteering volunteering during the year. Tompkins county public library, 101 e green st, ithaca, ny. Exciting public programs, the latest digital resources, museumquality art exhibits, internet stations, wifi access, tools for developing early literacy skills and much more are free and accessible to community members of every age and every stage. All items collected are sold online through better world books. A fundraiser for new library materials, readers and supporters will gather online to share their love of reading, books, community and the library. Twice each year the friends hold a fundraising book sale. Tompkins county public library foundation about us old. In the books and beyond brigade, you can create a fundraising event inspired by tcpl, drawing from your hobbies, interests, and values.
Friends of the tompkins county public library book sale, ithaca, ny. Friends of tompkins county public library book sale where does the money go. The tompkins county public library foundation serves as a bridge between the community and the library, making it possible for donors like you to show your support. The information on this page will be updated as the situation changes.
Support from the friends of the tompkins county public library is funded by the friends of the tompkins county public library booksale. According to irs regulations, the value of your donation cannot be determined by the friends of the library. In an effort to maintain safe physical distance, were taking our challenge to read out loud exclusively online. Books, audio books, cds, dvds, records, puzzles, and games are donated by the community and will be found at our sales. Decisions on whether and how donated items will be added to the library s collections are based on the same evaluative criteria that are applied to purchased materials. The library will evaluate this every two weeks as updated information is received from the governors office. Library materials including interlibrary loans are not due until june 1. All donations made to the watkins glen public library are taxdeductible. Friends of the tompkins county public library the estimate is your responsibility. With the rapidly evolving covid19 situation in tompkins county, we have taken this step to help protect the health of our volunteers and the community.
Our purpose is to stimulate public interest in the library, purchase library materials, and support other cultural and educational programs in tompkins county. About us friends of tompkins county public library book. As a special thank you, youll also receive a library tote. The library gratefully accepts donations of books for all book sales. I will be giving a fun and funny free talk on humor and personal transformation at the tompkins county library on august 6 from 7pm to 8. Are you ready for the friends of the library book sale. Toy donation guidelines can be found on our donate page. The friends book sale building is closed and we are not accepting book donations until further notice. Ebooks and audiobooks tompkins county public library. The mission of finger lakes toy library is to improve quality of life by increasing access to. We feel that sharing books and familiar faces with the tcpl community is a way for all of us to come together and appreciate literacy. The ithaca voice is an onlineonly news and information site serving the ithaca area and tompkins county. There are a handful of accessible and 15minute spots available first come, first served on the cayuga street side of the library building.
The friends of the tompkins county public libra ry, founded in 1946, is a notforprofit membership organization for people interested in books and libraries. The friends of the tompkins county public library book sale very much appreciate the enthusiastic help of students from ithaca college on their annual mlk day of service, saturday, january 25. Help us make ithaca and tompkins county a community where walking and biking are safe and convenient for people of all ages and abilities. Friends of the tompkins county public library book sale. Effective 314 through 515 the library building will be closed due to our responsibility to the community in limiting the spread of the coronavirus in conjunction with tompkins county school closings. Please enter your username or patron barcode numberinclude the d, no spaces, 11 characters.
Anywhere subject title author series fiction nonfiction. Madison public library accepts gifts of new or gentlyused books, magazines, dvds, and music or books on compact disc. Password default unless changed by user is the last 4 digits of your registered phone number. We just closed the doors on this donation cycle and are getting ready for the fall sale which starts on saturday, october 12. Proceeds benefit the tompkins county public library tcpl, the finger lakes library system flls and organizations working for literacy in tompkins county. Readathon tompkins county public library foundation. Friends of the library book sale returns this weekend. The tompkins county public library is a community anchor building literacy, cultural awareness, community connections, and personal growth.
The tompkins county public library foundation serves as the fundraising arm for the public library. Experience the joy of reading, the power of information and the strength of community connections at the tompkins county public library. One of the largest events of its type in the united states, the booksale draws thousands to an esty street warehouse each year in search of books, records, cds and dvds provided through community donations. Tompkins county public library is located at 101 east green street. Therefore, tompkins county public library will remain closed through may 15. Nancy cameros, the wife of alan cameros 57, donated her collection of. Donations friends of tompkins county public library book. About us friends of tompkins county public library book sale.
The money raised by the book sale goes towards libraries and literacy efforts in tompkins county. Your donation will support the advocacy, education, and inspirational activities bike walk tompkins does throughout the year. Lego sponsorships tompkins county public library foundation. Neither the donations nor the shoppers seem to be affected by the. Please join us during our donation cycles when we prepare for our spring and fall book sales. Tompkins county public foundation readathon virtual. No matter how you support us, either with a donation of any size or viewing our readathon broadcast, the tompkins county public library foundation thanks you from the bottom of our hearts. Finger lakes reuse is now accepting book donations, and is actively working with local organizations to help with the effort to manage unsold books, including the lansing and tompkins county friends of the library programs. We will be closed on any snow days called by the ithaca city school district. The friends of tcpl is a membership organization, dedicated to helping our public libraries and promoting literacy in our community.
The number of items available for each sale exceeds 250,000. Books also regularly get unnecessarily disposed or recycled, despite existing alternatives at local resale outfits. You can even send and read your borrowed ebooks to your kindle ereader u. The tompkins county sale is the eighth largest library book sale in the u. For those interested in supporting the next book sale in spring 2016, the friends of tcpl will resume accepting donations nov. Jennifers fundraiser for tompkins county public library. A toy library is a lending library that works just like a book library, only instead of borrowing a book you borrow. Please see our donations page for more information about acceptable donation items and tax receipts. Friends of the tompkins county public library book sale 509 esty st, ithaca, new york 14850 rated 4. The tcpl 2019 community read is made possible by the generous support of the friends of the tompkins county public library.
Braille, graphic novel, large print, sound recording, audiobook, audio book on cassette, audio book on cd. Building a new jim crow community reading tool kit. Well start taking donations again on saturday, nov 11. Thank you to the community foundations lane family fund and tompkins today and. If youre a selfstarter who loves to help make the world a better place, have fun, and, most of all, support the library, books and. The friends of the tompkins county public library is a 501 c 3 nonprofit organization. We proudly offer free and equal access to information, education, and enriching experiences for community members at every age and every stage of life. The students helped us with a variety of jobs as we receive, organize, and sort donations. See more of friends of the tompkins county public library book sale on facebook.
Twice per year the library holds book sales that last about one week in the melvin room. Volunteering during the year friends of tompkins county. Ithacatompkins county public library finger lakes library system. Its free and easy to get started for new users and a streamlined experience for. Donate books friends of the knox county public library. Donating books and materials to the library is a great way to pass along your used reading or electronic media items so others may enjoy them. Im calling my talk radical ridiculousness and it is about how you can laugh at whats holding you back while turbocharging what turns you on.
We sell hundreds of thousands of books and bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars. If you would like to donate your copy of the new jim crow to this effort, please drop it off at the reference desk of the tompkins county public library, 101 east green street, ithaca. No matter how you support us, either with a donation of any size or viewing our 2020 virtual readathon broadcast, the tompkins county public library foundation thanks you from the bottom of our hearts. See more of friends of the tompkins county public library book sale on. However, because weve suspended all our volunteer activities at least through the end of march, we wont be able to accept additional donations until further notice. Much of the money goes to our public library, but money also goes towards the finger lakes library system, local literacyrelated nonprofits, and grants for those who study the library sciences. Friends of tompkins county public library book sale. Tompkins county public library foundation home facebook. We are located in clinton west plaza at 609 west clinton street, ithaca, ny. If you are new to ithaca, you may look at the person asking you and wonder what they mean but longtime residents know that the book sale can mean only one event of its kind, dwarfing all others in the area and even nationwide the friends of the tompkins county public library book sale. The funds from the sale will go to tompkins county public library, of course, but also the finger lakes library system and several other organizations dedicated to literacy. The community read is creating community read tool kits to distribute to local libraries, schools and other organizations. We examine each book to determine if it belongs in our collection, or into our ongoing book sale.
Trade paperbacks are bigger than mass markets and usually of better quality. Membership payment and donation friends of the tompkins. Were grateful for the books you donate to us at your favorite knox county public library location, and we love receiving all those purple bags filled with your generous donations. All summer volunteers have been sorting your donations in preparation for the fall sale. You may include an additional donation with your membership, on top of your membership dues. You dont have to chose a specific time or a specific number of hours to work. The friends of the tompkins county public library fosters a partnership between the organization and the tompkins county public library, other public libraries and library systems serving the county, and the community in order to advocate for and support quality library services for all. The friends of the tompkins county public library book sale is back this weekend, with 278,000 items for shoppers to peruse. Tompkins county public library foundation lego donation form. Members of the community individuals and families, foundations, businesses, trusts and organizations play a pivotal role in supporting tcpl through contributions to the foundation.
Memberships and other gifts are taxdeductible as allowed by law. Melanies fundraiser for tompkins county public library. Cornell university library will be distributing approximately 11,000 childrens books from scholastic inc. Launched june 2014, it is a free and independent source of journalism that is updated. Our library has always relied upon a partnership of private and public funds, from its earliest days as the cornell free library founded nearly 150 years ago by. The money raised at these events and with the in library book sale directly supports the library s operating budget. Toms fundraiser for tompkins county public library. We support the tompkins county public library and the finger lakes library system with funds raised during our. Contributions help the library serve and respond in light of growing usage, evolving needs, changing demographics, and major shifts in technology and publishing. A book is like a garden in the pocket chinese proverb we want to put more books in more hands, and we invite you to join us. Parking is payperuse and available on the street, and at the green st.
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