SUPPORT YOUR CALAVERAS COUNTY

LIBRARY SYSTEM 

Donate gently used books and DVD’s  (Proceeds from the sale of these items are used to buy new books for the library system.  Many of the donations are added directly to the library collection)

Purchase books from our in-library book sales

Donate a magazine subscription to your local library

Bring your MarVal, Angels Food Market, Sierra Hills Market receipts to your library (These stores will donate a percent of these receipts back to our libraries)

Ask for a SaveMart Shares card at the Angels Camp Library (When you show this card at time of purchase a percent will be donated to the Angels Camp Library)

Drop off your used ink cartridges at your local library (These are sent to a company who pays the Friends per each cartridge)

Donate your CokeRewards Points   (These points can be used toward magazine subscriptions)

Donate items for Raffle baskets for our special events (wine, handicrafts, art, specialty food items, etc)   Proceeds from raffle ticket sales benefit the library book fund and adult tutoring program)

$$$ Cash donations are always welcome!  (Donations to Friends of the Library are tax deductible)

For more information on ways to help, call 754-6701        

Bucks for Books Campaign

Imagine serving a population of 45,000 people and providing new books to them.  What if you could only provide 200 new books in one year to those 45,000 people?  That amounts to 16 new books a month or 2 new books a month for each library location in Calaveras.  That is the current reality facing the Calaveras County Library System, which will have less than $4,500 this fiscal year to spend on new library materials.  This compares with a more robust amount of $47,000 a few years ago. 

This budget reduction is especially difficult for our customers and staff because we have been operating for several years with a static budget while the demand for services increases.  It has been repeatedly demonstrated that people depend more on public libraries during an economic downturn.  They come to the libraries for resume, job interview and test exam information.  They research job opportunities and ways to expand income including small business opportunities. They look for self-sufficiency information – gardening, cooking, canning, auto repair, fix-it.  And they use the library for free alternatives for entertainment – books on CD, DVD’s and light reading.  Once a library falls behind in collection development it is difficult to recover.

 The Friends of the Calaveras County Library are seeking your help: 

• Donate gently used NEW books which could be added to the library collection or sold by Friends of the Library.
• Provide cash donations to help guarantee the continued vitality and quality of the Calaveras County Library collection.  Please give generously.  Donations to the Book Fund /Friends of the Library are tax deductible.
• Support the ongoing book sales at Angels Camp, Arnold, Mokelumne Hill, Murphys, San Andreas and Valley Springs Libraries.

For additional information contact County Librarian Maurie Hoekstra at 754-6701 or mhoekstra@co.calaveras.ca.us

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