Bradford Public Library welcomes many different types of donations. The following are just a few ways you can help us out!
Do you always seem to have a stack of new or gently used books at your home that you’re not sure what to do with? The Bradford Public Library would like to help you! We welcome donations of books of any genre; juvenile or children’s books, how to books and everything in between. If we can use them here we will keep them, if we cannot we will put them in our book sale.
Bradford Public Library offers programs for children of all ages throughout the year. Story Hour, Summer Reading Club, Movie Monday Bingo and Teen Game Days are just a few examples! Story Hour for Preschoolers offers much more than just stories. Art projects are worked on, games are played and songs are sung during this hour long activity that is designed to help get your child ready for school! Our Summer Reading Club offers prizes for all children for various amounts of time spent reading. In past summers we offered prizes including giant balloons, louvered sunglasses, balsa wood airplanes, train whistles, flash drives, earbuds, I-Tune gift cards as well as free field trips to the Cincinnati Museum Center and the United States Air Force Museum! These prizes keep the children reading throughout the summer! We welcome donations for these programs, from art supplies and books to games and puzzles. We welcome monetary donations too to purchase snacks and prizes for some of the activities!
We also offer programming for adults including Summer Reading Club and raffles throughout the year. For adults we have our Book Sale, Just Glue It Craft, Adult Bingo and the Senior Citizens get together and play cards. We accept donations of new items, hand-made items and gift cards of all kinds as well as monetary donations to purchase items for these special events. Our special gift baskets are given away at the end of the month for special holidays and occasions. Patrons may put their name in for a drawing just by checking out items from the library! If you have any items you would like to donate toward these special events please let one of our staff know!
A letter can be written on request as an overview of your donation. Please see our staff if you have any questions or would like to donate!
