Monthly Used Book Sales

Exciting November 2024 Book Sale !

The Main Library is open and the The Friends of the Wareham Free Library are entering their Holiday season with exciting sales.The Annual Jewelry and Accessary Sale is coming up in November and there will be a one day Book Sale on December 6th. We have a wide range of books for all ages, on all topics, with many appropriate for Holiday giving. Here are the next dates and times:

Jewelry and Accessary Sale

Thursday, November 14, from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm
Friday, November 15, from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm
Saturday, November 16, from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm

One Day Book Sale

Friday, December 6, from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm

Book donations have been completed for the year. Please do not leave any donations at either library as they cannot be accepted at this time!

All proceeds from our book sales are used to support the Wareham Free LIbrary and the Spinney Branch Library. Thank you for your continued support of our efforts.

Remaining 2024 BOOK SALES

November 14-16 - Jewelry and Purse/Accessories Sale

December 6 - One Day Book Sale
December 7 - Holiday Fair

The 2025 Friends Important Dates

February 26 thru March 1 – fabric, yarn, notions sale
February 24 <><><> El Mariachi night <><><>
May 18 duck race

Book Sales Dates

March 1st Book Donation cart opens
March 19 thru 22
April 23 thru 26
May 28 thru 31
June 25 thru 28
July 23 thru 26
August 20 thru 23
September 17 thru 20
October 22 thru 25
December 4 thru 6 book sale & holiday fair

Donate

Help keep our library funded and accredited. Your donation will help “Bridge the Gap” between the town’s funding and what is required to operate the library at full capacity. The gap is roughly 20% of the library’s operating budget each year. Make your donation today by visiting our website www.supportwarehamlibrary.org or mailing a check to:
Wareham Library Foundation PO Box 485 East Wareham, MA 02538
Please make your donation today!

WFL Friends Duck Race Winners

Congratulations To 2024 Duck Race Winners

1st prize Margaret Ishihara
2nd prize Martha Maguire
3rd prize Nova Lomp

‘Bridge the Gap’ fundraiser reaches $10,000 goal

Leighah Beausoleil editor@warehamweek.com
Jun 27, 2023
The Wareham Free Library’s annual spring fundraising campaign, “Bridge the Gap,” met its goal of raising $10,000, with A.D. Makepeace matching the donation.
Eileen Scully, president of the Wareham Library Foundation, said the majority of the donations collected by the foundation came from residents.
She said the foundation met with Makepeace board members on the morning of Tuesday, June 27 to collect their check.
Scully said this is the third year Makepeace has pledged a matching donation.
“The foundation is grateful for the community’s support and the support from A.D. Makepeace,” she said.
She added the matched donation is a “huge boost” for the library’s operating budget.
Though the town owns and operates the library, only 80% of its budget is covered through municipal funds. The remaining 20% is collected by the library foundation and the Friends of the Wareham Free Library through fundraisers like “Bridge the Gap.”
The campaign began Monday, May 1 and will end Friday, June 30. The library is still open to additional donations.
Donations can be made at supportwarehamlibrary.org, or can be mailed to the Wareham Library Foundation, P.O. Box 485, East Wareham, MA 02538.

(Left) Makepeace Board members Kevin Phelan and Abigail Gilmore Anderson, Makepeace Board Chair Robert Karam, Makepeace Cranberry Operations team member Jessica Fluegel, Wareham Library Foundation President Eileen Scully, Makepeace Board member Chris Makepeace, Library Foundation Treasurer Eliese Catarius, Library Foundation Board members Elissa Heard and James Mendes, Makepeace Executive Assistant Andrea Fessenden, Makepeace Board member Eric Strand, Makepeace President and CEO Jim Kane, Makepeace Board member Jeff Crowley and Wareham Library Director Patrick Marshall pose with the matched donation check. Photo Courtesy: Eileen Scully