BOOK SALE
The community who choose MUPFL as the place to donate their books, CDs, DVDs, etc., etc. Without your donations, there would be no sale.
The greater Media community for allowing us access to their private parking lots, to the Media Police for their protection, to the Media Borough Council, Rotary, and local businesses for promoting volunteering, and to the State Street vendors for posting our advertising and cheering us on. A special shout out to Rivalry on State for bringing their food truck right outside our door to help feed the patrons as well as the volunteers.
Those of you who provide sustenance for the sale day volunteers. We all work better on a full stomach.
The Media Borough who advertised our sale as another stop on the Media Garage Sale circuit.
The person who has been donating brand new puzzles to the sale for the past year. Whoever you are, we want you to know that we noticed and so did our patrons as those are among the very first items purchased.
The sale day volunteers who show up at their allotted times and work as hard as they do to make the days run smoothly.
A special thanks to the generous grant from the Renee B. Fisher Foundation that allows us to provide so many Title I teachers with books to fill their classroom libraries and to send home with their students.
Mostly, though, thanks to all the book sorters (and their conscripted partners, grandchildren, and neighbor children) who show up to lug and sort through boxes of donations, curate, alphabetize, scrutinize, price, clean, sweep, and donate so much of their time (and money) to make this sale a success. You know who you are. What a team!
In case anyone wants to know what happens with all the leftover books, they go to support many charitable organizations throughout the greater community. We repeat: What a team!
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Frequently Asked Questions?
What are the book sale dates?
The Book Sale operates bi-annually (twice yearly) on the third weekend in April and October.
When do you accept donations?
Donations accepted: May 1 – September 30 AND November 1 – March 31.
Where do you accept donations?
Please leave donations in the bins marked “BOOK DONATIONS HERE” to the left of the main door at the Media-Upper Providence Free Library outside entrance.
What types of donations are needed?
We accept items (clean and in good condition) such as:
- Hardbooks
- Trade soft cover
- Paperbacks
- DVDs
- CDs
- Books on CD
- Records, games, and puzzles
We regret we cannot accept:
- Reader’s Digest books
- National Geographic magazines
- Encyclopedias
- Textbooks older than seven years old (more than five years for business texts)
- VHS tapes
Where do I obtain a receipt?
Receipts are available from the library.
Who benefits from the book sales?
All proceeds go to the Media-Upper Providence Free Library. Thank you for your support!
For more information, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, email us at librarysalemupfl@gmail.com or call the library at 610-566-1918.
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