Donating items to Friends of the Library
![Friends donation box outside](/uploads/imports/153208/Image-300x225.jpeg)
Items Friends accept
Thank you for only donating items that are clean and in good condition. Please take your items to the library dock (first driveway south of 10th Ave & Garfield) and place them in the donation box at the bottom left of the drive or call 785-580-4400 and we'll be happy to retrieve them from your vehicle. Please note: the Friends do not currently have a recycler.
We'd love to have you donate any of the following:
Nonfiction books – Examples: textbooks, repair & owner’s manuals, art books, biographies, craft books, cookbooks and history books
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We request that books in the following categories be less than 10 years old:
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- Business
- Diet
- Medical
- Parenting
- Technology
- Travel
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- Fiction books – Examples: mystery, science fiction, fantasy, horror, children’s books, romance
- All classics
- CDs – music and audiobooks (no or minimal scratches)
- Magazines released after 2020 (nothing older)
- DVDs (no or minimal scratches)
- Blu-rays (no damage)
- Puzzles and games
- Video games (no computer games)
- Vinyl records
Items Friends do not accept
Please don't donate the following:
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Encyclopedia sets
- Books or other items that are excessively dirty, moldy, water damaged, torn or otherwise in poor condition
- VHS tapes
- Cassette tapes
- 8-track tapes