Support Us
Annual Membership Levels
Click the PDF to download and print our donation form:
Bibliomaniac: $250
Bibliophile: $100
Bookworm: $50
Book Lover: $25
Click on the donate link below to join:
Thank you for being a Friend of the Chester Library!
The Friends of the Chester Library advocate and raise funds for the Chester Library.
Members
- Jim Martin, President
- Mike Barish, Vice-President
- Hellen Vallejo-Cifuentes, Treasurer
- Michele Glawe, Secretary
- Hillary Launey, Board Member
Did you know the Friends of the Chester Library raise funds to pay for over 500 adult and youth programs each year?
- Adult Programs, including Yoga, computer classes, Friday afternoon movies, lectures, Senior Lunch n Learns, craft programs and more.
- Youth Programs, including story times for babies and preschoolers, Summer Reading Club, family programs, PAWS Reading, teen programs and more.
The Friends also pay for museum passes every year:
- American Museum of Natural History
- Thomas Edison Center at Menlo Park
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden
- Fosterfields Living Historical Farm
- The Intrepid
- Morris Museum
The Friends of the Chester Library are committed to:
- Promoting and improving library services, materials and facilities to the community.
- Raising funds for immediate and long-range projects.
Our funds have been raised from:
- Membership dues
- On-going Pop-Up Book sales (Click here for information about donating books for the Friends book sales.)
- Wine with Friends fundraiser
- Annual shredding event
- Tote Bags
The Chester Library needs friends… it’s as simple as that! There’s still time to get involved! Please contact us and sign up for one of the following committees:
Pop-ups: Introducing pop-up sales have proven to be a revenue booster and we want to continue offering this successful and fun option to our patrons. Working with established co-chairs, this committee would create and manage the themed display for the books and maintain the incoming donations and stored inventory.
Wine With Friends: This is our signature event! Working with established co-chairs, volunteers will help manage wine, food, music, auction items, and publicity.
Membership and Outreach: The friends need friends! This committee will work with established co-chairs to create and implement ongoing and sustaining membership campaigns, as well as manage our online social media profile.
On-call volunteers: Not sure which committee to sign up for? No problem! Just sign up here to let us know you’d love to help us out and we will keep you in the loop.
You can reach us at Friends@chs.mainlib.org
The Friends of the Chester Library hosts book sales from time to time for which we collect donations. Please call the library to confirm that donations are currently being accepted.
We accept the following in gently used condition:
- Children’s books (paperback and hardcover)
- Adult books (paperback and hardcover)
We do not accept:
- VHS tapes
- Books or music on cassette
- Textbooks
- Condensed books
- Discards from other libraries
- Encyclopedias
- Dictionaries
- Magazines or inserts
- Computer books more than a year old
- Financial and travel books more than 2 years old
- Musty, stained, marked-up or water damaged books
The IRS will not let us set a monetary value on your donation, but you may request a signed receipt for the number of items donated.
Thank you for the interest in volunteering at the Chester Library.
Ways to volunteer:
Friends of the Library: The Friends of the Chester Library is a non-profit organization made up of volunteers dedicated to supporting and promoting the Library. They are always looking for talented volunteers to help provide the library with an even greater level of support. Contact them at Friends@chs.mainlib.org to learn more.
Youth Volunteers
We have limited community service volunteer opportunities at the Library. High school and middle school students may contact MaryAnn Burden (maryann.burden@chs.mainlib.org) for information on any available opportunities.