From CADL Stockbridge

Too many books? Donate them to a good cause

by Head Librarian Sherri McConnell

It’s spring-cleaning and yard sale season and those full boxes of books need somewhere to go. The Stockbridge Branch has been getting a lot of calls recently about whether it takes book donations. The Friends of the Stockbridge Library run an ongoing used book sale within the library and it’s always in need of fresh stock. They take books in good condition, DVDs and CDs.

They cannot take magazines, encyclopedias, textbooks, manuals, video and cassette tapes or vinyl records.

The library has a plastic bin the size of a large laundry basket beside the service desk for donations. Because we don’t have storage space, we ask that people limit their donations to what will fit inside the bin. People often drop off books several times so they can donate all they have to the book sale.

However, if you need to get rid of several boxes of books at once, the Holt-Delhi, Haslett and Okemos branches can handle larger donations. You can find their addresses at cadl.org/locations. You also can check with the Henrietta Branch of Jackson District Library and the libraries in Chelsea, Pinckney and Dexter. Goodwill takes book donations, and you can find the closest drop-off locations at goodwill.org/locator. If you have books that are out-of-date or in poor condition, you can go to cadl.org/booksales and find recommendations for recycling centers at the bottom of the page.

Good luck with your spring cleaning and yard sales and we hope to see you at the library.

Capital Area District Libraries’ Stockbridge Branch is located at 200 Wood St. For more information, call 517-851-7810 or visit cadl.org.