Donate to the Friends
The Friends of Waukesha Public Library welcome gifts and donations from you! Please call us at 262-524-3694 to speak with a representative who will provide you with some options for giving.
If you wish to donate online, follow this link. If you have questions about donating online, please call the number listed above.
Financial Donations & Gifts
Making a monetary donation to the library for the purpose of purchasing new material is also an excellent means of honoring or remembering a loved one, and you can certainly designate a person to be honored or the family member to be notified if the gift is a memorial. It is very helpful if broad subjects of interest are designated, so that an appropriate item may be selected. The item that is purchased will have a bookplate affixed which indicates both the person being honored and the name of the donor. Questions? Call us 262-524-3694 and we'll be happy to help!
Donate Books and Other Material to Waukesha Public Library
The Library will gratefully accept books and media in excellent condition. New or popular items in excellent condition can be sold in our ongoing book sale, all proceeds of which go to the Friends of the Waukesha Public Library to enhance library programs and collections. Donations are accepted at the Public Services Desk. Staff cannot load or unload items from patron cars The Library cannot place a monetary value on gifts for tax purposes, but receipts are provided upon request.
Materials that are most welcome include:
- Anything about Waukesha or Wisconsin history
- Recent fiction/nonfiction books in excellent condition not older than 5 years
- Children's books
- Books on CD
- DVDs and Blu-ray discs in excellent condition
- Newer games in good condition and with all pieces accounted for.
- Puzzles, but with a max of one piece missing.
The Library does not accept the following types of materials:
- Magazines
- Newspapers
- VHS tapes
- Textbooks
- Old encyclopedia sets
- Reader's Digest Condensed Books
- Books that are more than ten years old (unless they focus on local history)
- Books previously discarded from other libraries
- Items that are tattered, yellowed, musty, or stained
- Items that are highlighted or written in
- Computer software and computer manuals