Support The Library

We appreciate donations to support our book collections, outreach, programs and public services. All of the many services the Library offers to the community are free of charge! We always accept and appreciate monetary donations. 

Every child in McCracken County (from birth to five years old) can now get a free, monthly, age-appropriate book from Dolly Parton's Imagination Library through the mail. Imagination Library is supported by various community members, including foundations, corporations, grants, and even individual donors. If you're interested, we would love for you to donate and help us foster the next generation of readers in McCracken County.

The Friends of the Library:

• Have a common concern for the Library’s active expansion and participation in community life. 
• Share a common conviction that good library service is important to everyone. 
• Create public support of the Library. 
• Work to intensify community awareness and use of the Library. 
• Encourage gifts, memorials and endowments for the Library. 
• Sponsor programs designed to add to the cultural life of the community. 

Show your support of excellent library service by joining today. 

Book donations to The Library are welcome! We are grateful for your donations, however we cannot accept magazines, textbooks, CD audiobooks, dictionaries, or encyclopedias. We can only accept materials that are in good, clean condition. 

Due to storage space and transportation issues we can only accept 3 boxes per person, per day at the Library.

For updates on Friends of the Library activities, visit this page. Updates will also be posted on the Library’s Facebook page. 

Cindy Crivello, President
Paula Franklin, Vice President
Beth Schmidt, Secretary
Marsha McWhirter, Treasurer

Contact the Friends via Facebook

Over 15,000 books and audiovisual materials will be available for purchase at the Friends of the McCracken County Public Library Summer and Winter sales. Hardback and trade paperback books will be offered for $2.00 and regular paperback books for 50 cents. DVDs and audiobooks will be offered for $1.00 each. Special edition books will be priced individually. 

Sale proceeds benefit the McCracken County Public Library collection development and services. Library administration has used some of the thousands of dollars donated by the Friends to improve information access as well as enhancing the library’s summer reading programs. The Friends of the McCracken County Public Library have been holding Book Sales to benefit the Library for over 30 years.

Sale attendees will have the opportunity to join the Friends of McCracken County Public Library at the book sale. Membership forms are also available at the library’s service desks and here on this website.

Friends of the McCracken County Public Library accept cash, check, and major credit cards (minimum charge of $10) for purchases. 

Volunteers are always needed. Join the Friends of the McCracken County Public Library to find out how you can help today!