How You Can Help
Join Us!
Become a member of Friends of Ashe Library - a vibrant group that is making a major contribution to the library and the community. Just complete the membership form and return it with your membership fee to the library, or mail it to Friends of the Ashe County Library, 148 Library Drive, West Jefferson, NC 28694.
Click here to download the membership form or ask for it when visiting the library.
Your modest membership fee makes it possible for the Friends to provide a variety of services to the Library. You may join as an individual or you may choose one of the other options available:
- Individual: $10 per year
- Couple: $20 per year
- Business: $50 per year
- Lifetime: $200 per individual
When you join, you are issued a membership card that will entitle you to a 10% discount for all items purchased from the Friends Corner.
And did you know...
...that Friends has set up an Amazon Smile account for the Ashe County Public Library? When you link to the account to make your Amazon purchases, $0.05 is donated to the library for every purchase made from the Amazon Smile inventory. For more information, click on the Amazon Smile icon in the upper right corner of the library’s web page or go to www.smile.amazon.com
Donate
Donations
Monetary donations are always welcome, and they are tax deductible, since the Friends is a 501(c)(3) organization! To make a donation, make your check payable to "Friends of Ashe County Library." Note "Donation" on the memo line of your check and mail it to Friends of the Ashe County Library, 148 Library Drive, West Jefferson, NC 28694.
Material donations are greatly appreciated because they can be used in the Friends Corner fundraising sales throughout the year. See below for a list of acceptable items. Materials that can be used for gift baskets are also welcome, such as baskets, tissue paper, ribbons, coffee mugs, figurines, and small stuffed animals.
Donated items should be in good, clean, salable condition. If you are uncertain about whether the items you wish to donate are acceptable, ask yourself: Would I want to read or purchase items in this condition? If so, bring your donations to the Circulation Desk during normal operating hours; if not, consider recycling them by some other means.
As with monetary donations, material donations to the Friends are tax-deductible. Receipts for donated materials may obtained from the Circulation personnel when your drop off the materials.
Acceptable Items
The Friends accepts the following clean, gently used, salable items:
- Books for adults, teens, and children
- Textbooks less than 5 years old
- Magazines less than 2 years old
- Computer Manuals less than 2 years old
- Audio Books on CD
- Movies on DVD
- Music on CD
- Puzzles and Games (all pieces included)
- Rare or Unique Topic Books
Unacceptable Items
The Friends does not accept:
- Books that are water-damaged, mildewed, warped, dirty, heavily marked/highlighted or that have torn/missing pages/covers
- Magazines more than 2 years old or that are water-damaged, mildewed, warped, or dirty
- Computer Manuals more than 2 years old
- Encyclopedias
- Cassette Tapes
- VHS Tapes
- Vinyl Records
Volunteer
Volunteer
Volunteering with the Friends is an opportunity to be involved with your library and to work with a dedicated group of folks. Volunteer as your schedule permits, a few hours per year on a special project or an hour or two per week on a regular basis, choosing an area that you would enjoy.
Friends Corner
Volunteers evaluate the materials donated to the Friends Corner and store them 'til needed, prep the books and other materials for sale in the Friends Corner, and set up the sale items on the Friends Corner shelves. They also put together the gift baskets that are sold in the Friends Corner.
Meetings
Friends volunteers moderate book club meetings and usher at various literary events during the On the Same Page Literary Festival held in September. They also provide refreshments for the Friends monthly meetings.
Committees
Friends volunteers serve on committees focused on specific issues, such as Publicity, Archives, Fundraising.