![]() ![]() Wayside United Methodist Church is located at 1229 West Park Avenue in Ocean Township. “And if a family doesn’t have diapers, they can’t send their kids to daycare and they can’t go to work themselves.” “One thing that a lot of people don’t realize, that if a family is on public assistance, they can’t use that money for diapers,” Jackson explained. The church works with three local organizations to gather and distribute diapers to local parents. Jackson also highlighted the church’s work in providing basic necessities like diapers for those in need. “One of the big features that we are trying to do is to make people aware that stuff shouldn’t just be thrown away,” he said. It is not just the need to add funds for church ventures, Jackson said. Jackson said of the partnership, “We are actually their furthest south book bins in New Jersey.” New Legacy Books is based in New Jersey and was founded by two graduates of Monmouth University. “The church always adopts at least one family and makes a very special Christmas for them,” Jackson said. In addition to supporting local police, fire departments, and first aid squads, the church helps those in the community in need. of the Mount Laurel Library to 100 Walt Whitman Avenue, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054. Exceptions are encyclopedias, dictionaries, library reference books, or magazines. Tax-deductible donations can be made to The Friends of the Mount Laurel. Donations from generous individuals and institutions allow the Library to update and increase collections, provide special. All books that have a barcode are sought including hardcover, paperback, and textbooks. In a post on the church’s Facebook, New Legacy is requesting “books in a good, readable condition that have an ISBN barcode label on the cover.” These books, in turn, will be sold and the church will receive 15 percent of the revenue to put towards its missions, according to Jackson. Please click on the artists name for details and registration. Pastor Wade Jackson of the church said that recently the church has set up the bins in coordination with New Legacy Books. Funds are generated by memberships, book sales, and donations. Rarely though do donation bins request anything else.īut now, outside of Wayside United Methodist Church in Ocean Township, there are two bins looking for something quite different: books. Mostly, they ask for donations of clothing or shoes for those in need. Books or other materials which are physically in poor condition (e.g., musty, stained, water damaged, broken bindings, torn pages or covers, marked by pens, pencils, crayons or highlighters, broken or missing parts, damaged cover, art etc.Donation bins are a common sight.The Library Staff cannot legally appraise or assign valuations to any gift, but will provide the donor with a Donation and Acknowledgment Form acknowledging the contribution, if requested. Current children’s & young adult books.Current editions of standard works – where no later edition exists. The Friends of the Howell Library accept monetary donations and gently used books, CDs, DVDs, and tapes for their used book / media sale. ![]() ![]() Up-to-date non-fiction books published in the current year.Best sellers and new novels published in the current year.The condition, suitability, conformity with selection criteria in the Collection Development Policy, cost of processing or maintaining the contribution, and the availability of space are all factors that may be taken into account prior to the Library’s acceptance of gifts.īooks donated must be in good condition and should fall within the following categories: When appropriate, the Summit Free Public Library is pleased to accept gifts in honor or in memory of a person or event with the explicit understanding that the Library, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to display, store, sell, or otherwise dispose of all gifts and contributions of tangible property. The Summit Free Public Library may accept gifts of cash, tangible property, including books, manuscripts, audio-visual materials, works of art, musical scores, jewelry, antiques, and coin, stamp or other collections and intangible property. You can donate to the library by joining the Friends of the Summit Free Public Library, donating to the Summit Free Public Library Foundation, or by donating according to our Gifts Policy, outlined below. ![]()
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