Friends of the Library

About the Friends

The Friends of Wadsworth Public Library raises funds to support Library programs and operations through its popular biannual book sales, membership drives and other fund raising activities.

You can support the work of the Friends by donating gently used books, movies, and compact discs or by making a financial donation. Money raised by the Friends is especially vital to the library's annual summer reading program which is strongly focused on early literacy for children and continuity of reading development for older youth.

In addition to donating books and joining the Friends, you can also give of your time. Our biannual book sales are powered by the hard work of dedicated volunteers. Behind the scenes preparation for our book sales is ongoing, all year long. Contact the Friends today to find out how you can start volunteering now.

Become A Member Today!

Download our membership application

Complete and mail the above application with your payment. Your membership dues are just one more way you can help support the mission of the Friends. Active members enjoy admission to our "Members Only" book sale preview nights, which occur the evening before the sales are open to the public. 

Volunteer

The Friends of WPL are always looking for dedicated volunteers to help with the group's book sales. This includes sorting books, stocking book store shelves and working the book sales. Please email friends@wadsworthlibrary.com or call the Library Director at 330.335.1299 to find out how you can start volunteering today.

Donate

The Friends of the Wadsworth Public Library is powered by the donations we receive from our community members. We appreciate your generosity and we look forward to serving you with twice annual sales for years to come. We are often asked about the types of items that we do and do not accept for donation. The following list should serve as a guide: 

We accept your gently used:

• books
• compact discs
• DVDs
• audio cassettes
• books on CD
• vinyl (LPs)
• puzzles
• games

We also accept the following, gently used devices:

• Gently used laptops, tablets, and smartphones that are in good working order and manufactured within the last 10 years
• Video games systems of any age

We do not accept:

• National Geographic magazines
• Readers Digest magazines
• encyclopedias (except for World Book Worldscape sets)
• VHS tapes
• Betamax tapes
• Gideon Bibles
• Bootleg or illegally reproduced copies of copyrighted works

We take great care to ensure that we’re being good stewards with the items that you donate. Upon receipt, our volunteers sort through all donations. We review the items for condition, value, and desirability. Books are sorted by genre and by author while other media is sorted by type, artist, title, etc. Because we aim to keep items at our sale affordable and because we want to be sure to get the maximum return from items with high value, a very small percentage of items are sold online. These items may include textbooks, very rare books, out of print audio/video and technology. (You can see what we’re selling online at any particular time by clicking here.) All other items are organized on shelves in the sale room in anticipation of our spring and fall sales. Our volunteers spend countless hours on all the tasks involved in these processes so that we are able to deliver sales that are packed with variety at very affordable prices. If you have any questions about the donation process or to schedule a donation please call the library at (330) 334-5761 or email friends@wadsworthlibrary.com.