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Donate to the Friends of the Park Forest Public Library today!

Thank you for supporting the Friends of 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.  

Donate to the Park Forest Public Library

If you would like to donate money directly to the library, make checks payable to "Park Forest Public Library."  You may mail checks to 400 Lakewood Blvd., Park Forest, IL 60466.  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.

The library is temporarily not accepting book donations.  You can still share your used books in good condition with the community by placing them in a Little Free Library or on the Free Book Shelf in the library’s Commons.

Our Little Free Libraries are located at:

• Lakewood Boulevard outside the Library (Park Forest)
• Forest Blvd. & Lakewood Blvd. - PACE Bus Stop (Park Forest)
• Main & Cunningham - Pace Bus Stop (Park Forest)
• Olympia Fields Post Office/Metra Station (Olympia Fields)
• Sergeant Means Park (Olympia Fields)

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!