Growing up in 1950s Lexington, N.C., I watched my girlfriends drooling over dolls and mudpies, playing mama and homemaker, and I thought, “Yuck.”

Me, I yearned for paper and books. When I discovered the Davidson County Public Library at age 6, it was heaven.

I hung out there every day after school. The world was sitting in musty, bound volumes on those shelves! The gray-bunned librarians maintained a tight ship; you could hear a pin drop in there. It was a welcome bonus that this wonder-filled place would let me borrow as many as I wanted. If I had been a bee, those books were my nectar.

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After budget cuts resulting in fewer books and materials, our libraries need more help than ever. Friends of the Library are hosting the Annual Spring Book Sale to benefit the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library. Look for lots of signage to lead you to us! We’ve got tons of fiction, nonfiction, children, and teen books. There’s also a wide variety of music and movies in all forms (yes, we’ve even got vinyl!).

SouthPark Towers: 6100 Fairview Road (corner of Fairview & Barclay Downs)

Prices: Approximately $4 and less.

Saturday, May 5 is Bag Day! $5 per bag of books.

May 1-4 open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

May 5 open 9 a.m. to 12 noon.

Lee Keesler brings decades of experience in corporate and nonprofit sectors.

We’d like to thank Chick-Fil-A at Cotswold for its recent support of the Friends of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library. During the week of April 2-7, 2012, this Chick-Fil-A location collected hundreds of books for the Friends’ Annual Book Sale.  

“I’d like to highlight how wonderful Leigh (the Chick-Fil-A marketing liason) was during our time there Wednesday night, board member, Barrett Mallos said. ”She had everything organized and ready to go, was proactively helpful the entire night, and overall was just genuinely excited to be helping out the library.”

The Friends will continue to collect books from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Saturday from now until April 24, 2012 at the book sale site 6100 Fairview Road, Suite 100.

The book sale starts April 27 and will end May 5, 2012. There will be a First Night event April 26 from 6-9 p.m. for Friends and Library donors who have given $25 or more since July 1, 2012. You can give that evening to enjoy the first picks of the sale!

South Charlotte Weekly: Posted by CW Editor on April 5, 2012 in News

Donations are needed for a book sale to help the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library.

People can donate their old books, DVDs, CDs and other media at the Cotswold Chick-fil-A, at 4431 Randolph Road, until Saturday, April 7. Donors will get a free sandwich when they drop off four or more books.

The books will be sold at a Friends of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library sale to raise money for the library system and offset recent budget cuts.

Last year’s event raised $20,000.

People can buy books April 26 to May 5 at SouthPark Towers, 6100 Fairview Road.

Find more information about the event at the group’s website, www.­cmlibraryfriends.org.

Published Wednesday, April 4, 2012 5:03 pm

Charlotte Post article by Sommer Brokaw

Friends of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the library, recently launched the third annual book donation drive and sale.

The book drive kicked off on March 31 at South Park Towers at 6100 Fairview Road from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Costwold Chick-Fil-A, 4431 Randolph Road through April 7 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The book sale will take place through May 5 at South Park Towers.

“Our sole purpose of Friends of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library is to raise funds for the library so this book drive has been our biggest fundraiser for that over the last three years,” said Marion McMahon, marketing committee co-chair. “Last year we raised $20,000 through the book sale.”

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The Friends of the Library will be hosting its annual book sale in April 2012. Prior to the HUGE sale your help is needed to get the store ready! We need your books and we need your hands. Check out these ways to get involved!

BOOK DRIVES
CBRE South Park Towers @6100 Fairview Road, Suite 100 (book sale location)
March 31 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Cotswald Chick-Fil-A, 4431 Randolph Rd
April 2-7, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
FREE Chick-Fil-A Sandwich when you donate 4 or more books
One sandwich per person

BOOK SALE PREPARATION
CBRE South Park Towers @6100 Fairview Road, Suite 100 (book sale location)
April 2-25, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Daily except for Sundays
bit.ly/booksalevol