As a fundraising event, the New Friends of the Milton-Union Public Library will participate in the West Milton Community Wide Garage Sale. The group is planning to hold a yard sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 19; Friday, May 20 and Saturday, May 21 on the lawn of the Milton-Union Public Library, 560 S. Main Street, West Milton. If the weather is not cooperative, the sale will move inside to the library’s multi-purpose room.
Items included in the sale will be DVD movie release posters, donated things from the Friends members, computer monitors, a scanner, several periodical storage boxes and other surplus library objects.
The Friends use the funds collected during fundraising events like this garage sale, poster sales and the twice yearly book sales to purchase items and host programs for the M-U Public Library. The group continues to sponsor the Summer Reading Programs by paying for the new paperback books that each child receives upon completion of the reading club requirements. The organization has also covered the costs of entertainment programs for the summer as well as the yearly Family Christmas Party and other events.
In addition to those “extras,” the Friends have purchased needed equipment, supplies and library materials such as CDs and DVDs. Other donations to the library include honorarium and memorial gifts for members who have given much or for fallen Friends.
“We couldn’t do it without our Friends group,” exclaims library staff member Jeanette Dohner, “The group is a vibrant collection of folks who love to raise money for the library and have fun doing it, which I believe was a big factor in their decision to host the yard sale.”
For more information on the New Friends of the Library or the yard sale please call 698-5515. The library is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.
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