FAADL is accepting donations at our new location* at 265 Parkland Plaza during the following times:

 

 

Wednesdays-Saturdays: 10 am to 4pm

Sundays: 1 pm to 4 pm

  

 

*We are no longer accepting donations at the Downtown AADL

 

 

 

Ring the bell for assistance if the loading dock door is closed.

 

 

Donation Guidelines

 

If items you are donating do not follow the below guidelines, please be prepared that part or all of your donation will be rejected. Donations of more than two boxes of CDs at a time will be rejected (see below for box six limits).

 

We are temporarily suspending the acceptance of mass market science fiction/fantasy books. We are still accepting hardcover and trade paperback science fiction/fantasy. Please check back for updates.

 

FAADL accepts donations of gently used books and other materials in order to sell them and raise money for library programming. Therefore, please keep in mind that all donated materials must be in saleable condition. Review the below guidelines for more information on what we accept.

 

  

ALL DONATIONS MUST BE BAGGED OR BOXED IN CLEAN BAGS AND CARDBOARD BOXES ONLY (BAGS & BOXES WITH WATER DAMAGE, DEAD SPIDERS, MOUSE DROPPINGS, ETC. WILL BE IMMEDIATELY REJECTED)

 

 

WE DO NOT ACCEPT ITEMS IN PLASTIC BINS, BAGS, OR OTHER NON-RECYCLABLE MATERIALS. 

 

WE DO NOT ACCEPT BOXES LARGER THAN 16 1/2" X 12 1/2" X 12 1/2" (ie: small moving box or banker box maximum)

 

BAGS MUST BE NO LARGER THAN STANDARD GROCERY SIZED BAGS

 

LIMIT DONATIONS TO TEN BAGS OR BOXES

 

 

 

***Please be sure to leaf through all books and other materials to remove valuable items such as photos, checks, cash, and important documents before donating your materials. FAADL is not responsible for lost valuables or books donated in error.***  

 

 

Accepted Items (all items must be in good condition)

 

Complete board games

 

Complete puzzles

Recent fiction (published in last 15 years), history, political and social sciences, biography, memoir, cookbooks, psychology, self-help, nature, humor, sciences, performing arts

Children's books

Classics and collectibles

Books on gardening, crafts, home repair and improvement, art, architecture, animals, pets, poetry, philosophy

 

Travel books published in the past five years

 

Textbooks published in the past five years

 

Like-new greeting card envelopes and cellophane (NOT greeting cards)

DVDs in excellent condition in original, unbroken cases

 

CDs in excellent condition in original, unbroken cases (two-box maximum per donation)

 

Rejected Items:

Water damaged or moldy books

 

Books that smell of smoke, mildew, or other unpleasant odors

Books with ripped or missing pages or covers

Books with broken spines or loose pages

Books with outdated information

 

Book collections with more than five volumes (ie: George Eliot's Works, etc.)

 

Travel books published more than five years ago

 

Textbooks published more than five years ago

 

Binders and office supplies

Incomplete puzzles and board games

Scratched or missing DVDs and CDs

 

Empty CD cases

 

Loose CDs

 

CD organizers with or without CDs

VHS and cassette tapes

 

Audiobooks on cassette tape

Records

Magazines

 

Catalogs

 

Encyclopedias

 

 

Donation Drop-Off Location

 

Donation drop-off is located at the first loading dock at 265 Parkland Plaza, off of Jackson Rd. We are the first driveway on the left past Little Lake Rd., across from SPC & Sigma. We are accessible from the Parkland Plaza stop on bus route 30.

 

When the loading dock door is closed, please ring bell next to the door for assistance. We are no longer accepting donations at the Downtown Library.