Princeton NJ Libraries Announcements

25th Annual Friends of the Hunterdon County Library Book Sale April 22 - 24

Just in time for spring house cleaning, the Friends of the Hunterdon County Library (FOHCL) is gearing up for its 25th annual book sale, set to run from April 22-24.  We are all excited to report to our community on two things:  donations for the sale, and scheduling.

As always, we seek the community’s support through donations.  In fact, every single item we will be offering in the sale will come from someone in our neighborhoods; each year we completely renew our offerings. 

As we gear up for this year’s sale, we are especially interested in certain items:

            Hardcover and paperback books

            Children’s books

            DVDs, video games, and music/audiobook CDs

            Sheet music

            Former library books

Please place them in boxes if possible. 

In addition, there are some items we are not able to use:

            Anything on cassette

            Encyclopedias

            Pre-2018 computer and business books

            Textbooks

            Reader’s Digest condensed books

            Magazines of any type

            Anything in mildewed, water-damaged, or beat-up condition

We will have two book drives this year, both on Saturday: April 8 and April 15.    Both book drives will take place at the Grange Building (same place as in previous years) in the South County Park Fairgrounds, which is on Route 179, Lambertville, NJ, 08530.    They will both run from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., rain or shine.

We welcome large and small donations to the book drives; all make a difference. Besides the book drives, donations may also be dropped off North County (Clinton) April 4–6 during normal business hours.  Donations may also be dropped off at the HQ Library April 10-13 during library business hours. Please limit donations at these library branches to 3 bags/boxes as space for drop-offs is limited. The final day to donate items for the book sale is April 15 at the second Book Drive.   After that, we’ll be getting organized for the sale.

The week after the second book drive, the main sale starts: Saturday, April 22, and Sunday, April 23.    As always, we will be offering books on almost any conceivable subject, most for $2 each (for hardcovers), and a special collections boutique with individually priced rarities or unusual volumes.    On Monday, April 24, we will have a bag sale (we’ll provide the bags).   For more details and updates, please check out our web page: https://hclibrary.us/friends/booksale.

Besides books, we need people!   Volunteers are needed and welcomed to help collect books on the two collection Saturdays and also to help sort books in advance of the book sale. In addition, volunteers are needed for the three days of the book sale itself. To participate, download the volunteer form from our website: www.hclibrary.us (click on FOHCL) or email fohclvolunteer@gmail.com. For more information: fohclbooksale@gmail.com. All are welcome, and everyone can make a difference. 

Every year our community has made this sale a great success for our county library system.  In advance we thank everyone for their support this year!