WESTFIELD — The Friends of the Westfield Memorial Library has announced the dates for the organization’s 50th Annual Used Book Sale, as well as those days leading up to the event when members of the community are invited to donate books for the sale.
Last year, more than 25,000 books were donated by local residents to offer to customers at the book sale. This year’s sale will again feature books for infants, children, teens and adults; fiction and nonfiction; hardcover books and paperbacks; bestselling authors; classics; cookbooks; history; art; science; science fiction; biographies; sports; gardening; selfhelp and more. Most books will range in price from 50 cents to $3.
Book donations can be dropped off on tables next to the library book-drop boxes in the library parking lot. The Friends can only accept books in good condition. The group cannot accept textbooks, magazines, VHS tapes, encyclopedias, dated or damaged books, as they will not be saleable.
Donation days are Wednesday, April 23, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Thursday, April 24, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Friday, April 25, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.; and Saturday, April 26, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Sale days will be Wednesday, April 30, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. — Members Only Preview; Thursday, May 1, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. — Teachers’ Discount Day; Friday, May 2, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. — Teachers’ Discount Day; Saturday, May 3, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. — Half Price Day; and Sunday, May 4, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. — Bag Day (buy a bag for $10 and fill it up with books).
The sale will be held in the Meeting Room of the Westfield Memorial Library, located at 550 East Broad Street, Westfield.
All proceeds support library programs such as Museum Passes, the Native Seed Library, Little Free Libraries, Books on Wheels, the Hale Speaker Series, scholarships for library studies students, Lucky Day Books, and Saturday morning children’s programming.
