| What Can I Do As a Friend of the Library? |
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The Friends organization meets quarterly to plan and discuss upcoming events and projects that support the mission of the Lansing Community Library. Your time, talent, and financial support helps the library serve the community throughout the year. As a Friend of the Library, membership dues and additional contributions help fund such projects as the Summer & Winter Reading Programs, the Lego Club, 1000 Books Before Kindergarten, Kids Create, prizes for various programs, and special programs and performers throughout the year.
Looking for an easy way to support the support the Friends mission? Did you know you can just by shopping at Dillons and on Amazon? Enroll in the Dillon’s Community Rewards Program (https://www.dillons.com/account/enrollCommunityRewardsNow/). A portion of your purchase will come back to the Friends organization. Just select organization number HG123. To donate while shopping on Amazon, just go to smile.amazon.com and choose Friends of Lansing Community Library.
Your contribution of time and money will not only benefit the Library, but all of Lansing. Your interest in using the Library will encourage your family and friends to seek their own educational or recreational opportunities. Most of all, your participation can bring fresh ideas to promote interest in the Lansing Community Library. Join the Friends of the Library by clicking on the “membership/donate” button below to choose your membership level or to make a one time donation to the Friends of the Library:
| How to Donate Items to the Book Sale |
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The Friends also accept donations to the Book Sale Nook and the annual book sale held in April. Donations are accepted on Thursday afternoons or by appointment. If you choose to donate more than one (1) box of items, please, schedule a time to drop of the materials at the library with a Library staff member.
Due to space limitation and other factors, we do not accept any of the following items:
- Encyclopedias, manuals, or textbooks
- Dirty or moldy books
- Water damaged books
- VHS tapes
We do accept:
- Books in clean and in like new condition.
- Books must be fairly new editions or must be well known titles/authors.
- Items of local interest will be considered on individual merit.
- Current magazines
- DVDs
Gifts or donations of books/materials are accepted with the understanding that they may be used or dispensed of as the Friends of the Library determines is appropriate. These items may be sold in the on-going books sale, given away, recycled, or otherwise dispensed at the discretion of the Friends of the Library. Gifts made to the library become the sole property of the Friends of the Library.
Under existing law, gifts to libraries may be deductible; the deduction is governed by the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.