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Book Donation Guidelines

What can be donated?

What materials we do not accept (please recycle!)

What materials we can accept

All donations must be in good condition:


• Clean, no water damage, mold or odor, pages whole, binding intact, and pages free of highlights, underlining and notes. 


• No old yellowed paperbacks. 



What materials we can accept

What materials we do not accept (please recycle!)

What materials we can accept

• Gently used or new adult, children’s and young reader/adult hardback and paperback books of all types (fiction and nonfiction)


• Hardcover and paperback Foreign Language, US and World History, Religion and Philosophy, Cooking, Large Print and Old Collectibles 


• Finance, business, wellness, health, self-help, political opinion, law, science, and travel books less than 5 years old 


• Sheet music and books of music 


• CDs and DVDs with original cases intact


• Puzzles (all puzzle pieces in a bag and box taped together)

What materials we do not accept (please recycle!)

What materials we do not accept (please recycle!)

What materials we do not accept (please recycle!)

• Encyclopedias, dictionaries, yearbooks, atlases, textbooks, museum pamphlet guides, patterns, and maps


• Magazines and newsletters, professional or literary journals, or publisher’s advance proof/reader copies 


• VHS or audio cassette tapes, homemade DVDs or CDs, videos and tapes 


• Old computer or game software 


• Computer, technology, and professional medical books more than 2 years old 

Toys, games, address books, photo albums, or household decor items 

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