Support Your Library

Welcome to the site of The Friends of the Bethel Public Library, a non-profit organization devoted to supporting and aiding our community's wonderful library. We hope this site will be useful to you.

The Friends raises money primarily through the sale of books, audio books, CDs, videos, and other materials that have been generously donated to us by members of the community. We hold one major book sale in July each year. This year the sale takes place on July 8 and 9 in the gymnasium at the Municipal Center.

In addition we hold several small sales during the year - a romance book sale on the Saturday before Valentine's Day, a mystery book sale in the autumn, and so on. And we have an on-going sale of books from a cart near the library's Circulation Desk. Check the cart whenever you're in the library. We continually add new stock, including books and videos suitable for folks of all ages.

Have materials to donate? Great! We accept donations on Wednesday evenings between 6 and 8 pm at the front entrance of the Teen Center (Old Town Hall) next door to the Bethel Library. Please do not leave anything at other times. And please no magazines, no condensed books, no old textbooks nor encyclopedias, and no computer software more than 5 years old. If you need to arrange another time or need to have items picked up, please telephone Rick (744-6641) or Jenny (792-8237).

If you are not already a Friend, please join us. Come to our open meetings (see the meeting schedule elsewhere on this site,) give us your ideas, and volunteer your time. Help us support the library and its outstanding staff.