Library Donations
How You Can Help
Gift and Memorial Books:
Purchasing gift and memorial books is a wonderful and unique way to remember loved ones or to mark special occasions such as births and birthdays, graduations, weddings, and anniversaries. Civic-minded businesses might also want to make a contribution to the community by donating a reference set or magazine subscription to the library.
With your tax-deductible contribution, the Library will purchase an item in the category you choose. For instance, if the person you are honoring with a memorial book was an avid gardener, the Library will be happy to enhance its collection by selecting a book about gardening. If you are a physician, you might choose to sponsor a donation to the health reference collection.
Acknowledgment of your gift is sent to the individual or to the family of the person being honored. A bookplate imprinted with your name and the name of the person being honored is placed in the book before it goes on the shelf for check-out.
Donations to the Somers Library enable us to offer additional resources to the reading community. For further information, please call the Library Director at 914-232-5717.
Books and other materials:
The Friends of the Somers Library's ongoing book sale is in need of donated items. Please call the library before coming to the library with your donations.
Acceptable donations include:
- Paperback and hardcover fictiona and non fiction books. Must be clean and like-new.
- Non-fiction books should have been published within the last three years.
- Music CDs and DVDs in like-new condition. Limit ONE bag, small quantities.
- No more than 20 books may be accepted at one time
The Library reserves the right to evaluate, select and dispose of any donation that does not meet the needs and/or policy guidelines of the Library's collections. Donated items cannot be accepted with any conditions.
Not accepted: Textbooks, videocassettes, eReaders & electronic devices older than 3 years old, Reader's Digest condensed books, or National Geographic magazines.
Items may be dropped off at the Reference Desk in the Library during our regularly scheduled hours.