Give once
A single gift, any size, spent on this year's books.
Give onceEvery town deserves a library that stays open. Help keep Fernhollow reading.
Your gift buys books, keeps the reading room warm on winter evenings, and puts a delivery bike on the lanes for readers who cannot come to us.
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8ways to help keep Fernhollow reading
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Give monthly
The steadiest support there is: it lets us plan the winter hours.
Start monthlyLeave a bequest
A gift in your will, named or anonymous, for readers you will never meet.
Read about bequestsDonate books
Children's books in good condition, any language.
- Box them up.
- Bring them to the front desk on a Saturday.
Donate a laptop
Wiped, working and under eight years old, for the homework tables.
How to donate oneRide the book bike
Two hours on a Tuesday, delivering to readers who cannot come in.
Join a routeRead aloud
Story hour needs voices: an hour a month, no experience needed.
Sign upMatch a gift at work
Many employers double what staff give. Ask yours; it takes a form.
Find out howWhere a gift goes
Most of it goes on books and the heating bill. The rest keeps the book bike on the road and the homework tables stocked with laptops that work.
- New books for the children's room, every month
- The reading room open until eight on winter evenings
- Deliveries to readers who cannot come to us
Why people give to Fernhollow
“The bike brings my mother a new mystery every week. She waits at the window.”
“I give monthly because the library never takes a month off.”
“Story hour is the best hour of my week, and I'm the one reading.”
“I donated my old laptop. Someone did their homework on it that night.”
Thank you for keeping Fernhollow reading.
“A library is a room with the door always open.”