Friends of the Healdsburg Library
The Friends of the Healdsburg Library supports the library through book donations, proceeds from book sales, and membership dues. Over the past five years, the Friends group has given over $100,000 in grants to the library.
The FoHL Board of Directors coordinates the Friends' activities, including all book sales, organization and handling of book donations, and membership outreach. Our goal is to sell donated books to raise money to support the Healdsburg branch of the Sonoma County Library. With your assistance we purchased the BiblioBike, renovated and maintain the library's Demeter Frog Fountain, and all sorts of other enrichments. Thank you for your support!
The Friends' board meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 4:00 pm in-person in the Healdsburg Library meeting room and hybrid via Zoom. To attend the meeting, please email: friendsofhbglibrary@gmail.com.
Book Sales
Library Lobby Bookshelf Sales
FoHL Lobby Bookshelves: fabulous categories with new offerings all the time. Come browse and purchase; open whenever the library is open. In the lobby; what a deal!
Questions? Concerns? Comments?
Email for more information: friendsofhbglibrary@gmail.com
(707) 481-6428
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Book Donation Guidelines
Book and Media Donations will be accepted by a FoHL volunteer team inside the Library Lobby, every Friday from 11:30am–2pm. Please do not drop off donations outside the library at other times or dates; these drop-offs will be discarded.
Due to storage and volunteer constraints, we can accept no more than three bags/boxes of book/media donations at one time.
We accept (in LIKE-NEW or good condition):
- Recently released titles of all categories-scholarly, and fine arts titles are especially appreciated.
- Books (general paperback and hardcover); fiction published within the last 10 years.
- Classic fiction (Austen, Dickens, Hemingway, Bronte, etc.)
- Health/Diet books published within the last three years.
- Business/Computer Books published within the last three years.
- CDs, DVDs (commercially prepared).
Textbooks (published in the last 5 years) may be considered.
New: We now accept jigsaw puzzles that have all their pieces. Please secure the box to prevent spilling.
We do not accept:
- Items that are damaged, soiled, stained, torn, musty, or smoky.
- Books that are excessively underlined or highlighted. Inscription on the title page is OK.
- Encyclopedias, dictionaries, spiral bound books.
- Reader's Digest Condensed Versions, Time/Life, Great Books
- VHS, cassettes, and 8-track tapes
- Magazines: we sell magazines in our lobby kiosk year-round, but we are not currently in need of donations.
Please recycle non-saleable paperback books in your home personal blue (Recology) bins. Most hardcover books can only be recycled if their covers have been removed. Recology will answer any questions you may have about specifically what can be recycled: 800-243-0291.
Updated 07/25
Board Members
- President: Tracy Logan
- Vice-President: Theresa Cabral
- Secretary: Lyn Murray
- Treasurer: Julie Hanamura
- Earl Gwynne, Dave Henderson, Ginni Lomax, Charlene Luks (President Emeritus), Shaun McCaffrey, Donna Rothkopf, Ellen Tyler
Contact the Friends
Email: friendsofhbglibrary@gmail.com
Phone: 707-481-6428
Mailing address: PO Box 1514, Healdsburg, CA 95448
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