Friends of the Truckee Library

• Home
  Our Homepage
• About Us
  Who we are and what we do
• Programs
  Ongoing programs we support
• Membership
  Become a new member or renew
• Support Us
  Donate, volunteer, get involved!
• New Library
  Planing for a new home
• Contact
  We'd love to hear from you

Support the Truckee Library

One Time Gifts - To give a one-time gift in any amount, please donate using the PayPal link below:

Gift Memberships and Memorial Donations - If you contribute to The Friends in honor of someone, we'll send them a card letting them know (gift memberships will entitle the recipient to membership benefits too!). Gift memberships make great birthday presents or end-of-the-year gifts for teachers. If you'd like to give a memorial donation, please let us know how you'd like the gift recognized (one option is a memorial placard inside the cover of books that your gift allows us to purchase).

Wish List -

1. Storage space for used book donations (an unused room or clean garage space).
2. Library Historian - A volunteer to save media articles from the local press about library issues.

3. Magazine Subscriptions - The Library can't afford to subscribe to every periodical that patrons request, but you can help this happen by donating a subscription. Ask the Library staff for the titles on their periodicals wish list.

4. Book Sale Coordinator - A volunteer to coordinate used book sales.

If you're not already a member, we think it's something you should look into! Not only do membership dues provide the majority of funding for The Friends, but being a member also allows you to stay in the loop by receiving our semi-annual newsletter. Memberships are available at many different levels and are renewable every year in July, which allows you to give only what you can afford once a year.
» Become a Member Now

The Library is accepting donations of up to 10 used books at a time for the Friends ongoing book sale. Please make sure the books are clean and in good shape (no water stains or tears, bindings intact, etc.) Donated books will be sold in the foyer at the Library to raise money for the Friends of the Truckee Library.

To date, several Truckee parents have chosen to ask their child's birthday party guests to donate a book to the Library in lieu of giving their child a birthday present. If you are interested in this generous way to add to the Library's collection, please contact the Children's Librarian, Teri Rinne, to come up with a list of books on her wish list.

This is a special fund at the Truckee Tahoe Community Foundation specifically for a new library in Truckee. You may contribute directly to the Foundation.

» Learn more about a New Library

Use Rewards Cards at Save Mart to benefit the Library:

Pick up a loyalty card at the Friends' Information Center at the Library and present it when you check out at Save Mart. A portion of your expenditures will be donated to the Friends at no charge to you. You do not need to register for this program.

-OR-

Sign up for eScrip to the right using the Truckee Friends of the Library (FOL) group id #500023229

Ready to get your hands dirty? We're ready for you! The ideas below are just a glimpse of the possibilities for volunteering with The Friends.

Help With the Campaign for a New Library: There's so much to be done! Anything from speaking up at a community meeting to managing parts of the campaign will be a huge help.

» Learn More About the Campaign

Become an Adult Literacy Tutor: It's wonderful to be able to read, right? Show your appreciation by sharing that satisfaction with someone who's never known it. Demand for tutors in Read Up!, the literacy program, far outstrips supply. Call Rolann Aronson at 575-7030 to get involved.

» Learn More About Read Up!

Friends Board Meetings: Will stay on schedule, third Monday of the month at noon at the Village Pizzeria at the CVS/Save Mart Shopping Center. The FOL Board will meet the FOURTH Monday in February because of the President's Weekend holiday.

Help resurrect the Annual Used Booksale: Can't live without the summer event? Help us find a storage space to house donated books, volunteer to help organize and transport books, or sign on to help man our booth this summer at Truckee Thursdays in downtown Truckee.

Spearhead a Cultural Event or Truckee Reads Program: Got a great idea for a book for the next Truckee Reads? Dreaming of an event with a local author or illustrator? We want your ideas and energy for cultural events for the community.

If you just want to help however you can: Let us know what your interests and/or skills are, and we'll find a way to plug you in. Send us an email and we can get to work!