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Donate to the Park Forest Public Library today!

Thank you for supporting the Park Forest Public Library!  Donating through Givelify is a donation to the Friends of the Park Forest Public Library, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.  You may choose which amount to donate by clicking Other.  If you would like to donate money in honor or in memory of someone, click Add Memo.  You can also set your donation to be recurring.  

The Library encourages gifts not earmarked for specific items in order to permit the most flexible use of the donation for the enrichment of the collection.

Resources purchased with gift funds are subject to the following limitations:

• The Library retains unconditional ownership of the resource.
• The Library makes the final decision on its own use or other disposition of the gift.
• The Library reserves the right to decide the conditions of display, housing, and access to resources.
• No resources will be sequestered or assigned to separate "special" collections except for administrative purposes.

The Park Forest Public Library's principal source of income is property taxes paid by residents and businesses in Park Forest and Olympia Fields. We also receive support from grants and community fundraising efforts such as the book sales conducted by the wonderful Friends of the Park Forest Library, selling thousands of books donated by generous library patrons. In the past decade, the Library has been actively seeking additional support as the demand for and cost of library technology, books, and services escalate.

Book donations to the library can be dropped off at the back door during regular library hours.  Please ring the doorbell to speak to a staff member.  Do not leave books outside, as they might become damaged.

Items the library accepts:

• Books for adults and children in good condition
• CDs
• DVDs
• Blu-rays
• Video Games

Items the library does not accept:

• Newspapers
• Magazines
• Dictionaries
• Encyclopedias
• Textbooks
• Coloring books/workbooks
• VHS tapes
• Vinyl records
• Cassette tapes
• Discarded library books

Please do not donate damaged items.  These will have to be discarded.

The Park Forest Public Library’s Honor With Books program offers a truly distinctive way to pay tribute to someone you love - a family member, colleague, or friend - on the occasion of a birthday or anniversary or as a memorial. Donations enable the Library to purchase special books and items that will provide hours of enrichment and enjoyment for everyone in our community.

A distinctive bookplate commemorating the individual, group, or occasion you have chosen to honor will be placed in each item purchased. We will send a card acknowledging your gift. If you would like to honor someone through this program, please print out the Honor with Books Donor Form and mail it along with your check to the Park Forest Public Library.

The Friends of the Park Forest Public Library contribute to the Library’s programs, services and materials through membership and community events. In recent years, the Friends have funded programs, special projects, and new technologies. Support from the Friends has provided annual giveaway books for children, sponsorship for the Potpourri Lecture Series, staff recognition, and new display shelving. We invite you to join the Friends of the Library. Individual memberships are $10, family memberships are $15, and senior or student memberships are $5.

You can become a member by going to the Friends of the Library's Givelify page.  Select your donation amount.  Select Membership.  Under Add a Message, you can enter your contact information.  

Thank you for your interest in joining the Park Forest Public Library Friends of the Library!