By SALINA POST
Friends of the Salina Public Library are hoping to find new homes for thousands of books and other items during the organization's upcoming used book sale.
“We have thousands of books just waiting to be taken home and enjoyed,” said Gretta Kontas, used book sale chair. “We have westerns, mystery, romance as well as general fiction. We have movies, music CDs, and games. We have expanded our offering of materials for children and young adults, so I really think there is something for everyone.”
“And our prices are so reasonable that you won’t be able to select just one. On Sunday afternoon, patrons will be able to fill a bag with books for just $5,” Laura Rhodenbaugh, Friends treasurer added.
The Friends of the Salina Public Library Used Book Sale is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and 1-3 p.m. Sunday in the library, 301 W. Elm Street, downstairs in the Youth Services Annex beside the Imagination Station.
And if you're a member of the Friends of the Salina Public Library, you can get in a day early, from 4:30-7 p.m. Friday!
Not a Friends member? Library card holders can sign up to become a Friends member at the door of the book sale. The cost is $10 a year for an individual membership and $25 a year for a family membership. In addition to getting first dibs on used book sales, Friends members do no pay fines on overdue library materials, the organization noted in a news release.
The book sale is a fundraiser for the Friends organization, a volunteer, board-guided, membership organization that acts as a booster club for the library. Some Friends’ activities include providing volunteers for library events, purchasing prizes and youth activities for summer reading programs at the library, supplies for the CLASS program, and providing scholarships for teen library volunteers, the organization noted.
For more information about the Friends of the Salina Public Library, including how to become a member, visit salinapubliclibrary.org/friends.