Friends Of Chester Library Host 2-Day Book Sale

CHESTER, NJ — To raise funds for programs at the Chester Library, the Friends of the Chester Library have a two-day, outside book sale planned for Aug. 7 and 8, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., both days.

The sale is one of the events that the Friends of the Chester Library organizes, to raise monies for the library’s short and long-range projects.

Shoppers who would like to attend are asked to bring their own shopping bags, to encourage recycling.

People who would like to donate items for the sale, can drop them off to the library on 250 West Main Street, leaving them in the large box in the library’s foyer. Books donated must be in "good" to “like new” shape, with the library accepting paperback and hardcover children and adult books, DVDs, music CDs and audiobooks on CDs only. The Friends can’t accept donations of textbooks, magazines, encyclopedias, computer books over a year old, musty or water-damaged books, financial or travel books greater than two-years-old, music or books on tape, VHS tapes, condensed books and books that were discarded by other libraries.

People who would like a signed receipt for their donation, will need to request one; however, the IRS won’t let the Friends allocate a dollar value to donations received.

The Friends have helped to fund more than 500 youth and adult programs for the library each year, including computer classes, yoga, story time for babies and preschoolers, teen programs, lectures, movies, craft programs, Senior “Lunch n Learns” and other events.

The group has helped to purchase museum passes to several museums in the region, including The Intrepid, Yogi Berra Museum and Baseball Hall of Fame, New York Transit Museum, The Morris Museum, The Stickley Museum and Museum of Early Trades.

A mini golf fundraiser at Hackettstown’s Farmview Golf Center earlier in July, was one of the Friends' other recent money-raising events.

Unable to attend the book sale but would like to donate to the Friends? They have an annual membership drive, plus an Amazon Smile shopping page here.

Any questions about the sale or anything pertaining to the Friends of the Chester Library, contact friends@chesterlib.org.

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