All posts by Friends of the Brunswick Library

Railroad Days 2024 – 2nd Call for volunteers

Hello Friend!

Brunswick Railroad Days 2024 is only a few weeks away on October 5th and 6th!

Our used book sale at Railroad Days is our major fundraiser of the year. The money we raise is used exclusively to support our Brunswick Branch Library.

We can’t do it without you. Steadman-Keenan American Legion Post 96 is once again generously donating space in their parking lot. While we need people to sell books, we’re especially in need of folks for set up and breakdown. (The books need to be transported 2 blocks from storage.)

Have a student looking for service hours? We are a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization, and are happy to sign forms to certify service for our younger volunteers.

Did we mention? Volunteers can get 50% off of any of their purchases at our Railroad Days book sale.

Sign-ups are open. Please go to https://signup.com/go/DJMhaUh to sign up for one or more spots. Invite a friend to work with you! Please forward this message to anyone who might be interested.

Here’s how it works in 3 easy steps:

  1. Click this link to see our SignUp on SignUp: https://signup.com/go/DJMhaUh
  2. Review the options listed and choose the spot(s) you like.
  3. Sign up! It’s Easy – you will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on SignUp.

Note: SignUp does not share your email address with anyone. If you prefer not to use your email address, please contact us and we can sign you up manually.

Thank you! Whether you’re able to volunteer or not, we’re looking forward to seeing you at Railroad Days!

Railroad Days 2024 – Call for volunteers

Hello Friend!

Brunswick Railroad Days 2024 is only a few weeks away!

Our used book sale at Railroad Days is our major fundraiser of the year. The money we raise is used to support our Brunswick Branch Library.

We can’t do it without you. Steadman-Keenan American Legion Post 96 is once again generously donating space in their parking lot. While we need people to sell books, we’re especially in need of folks for set up and breakdown. (The books need to be transported 2 blocks from storage.) Do you have a pickup truck we could use to move books?

Have a student looking for service hours? We are a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization, and are happy to sign forms to certify service for our younger volunteers.

Sign-ups are open. Please go to https://signup.com/go/DJMhaUh to sign up for one or more spots. Invite a friend to work with you! Please forward this message to anyone who might be interested.

Here’s how it works in 3 easy steps:

  1. Click this link to see our SignUp on SignUp: https://signup.com/go/DJMhaUh
  2. Review the options listed and choose the spot(s) you like.
  3. Sign up! It’s Easy – you will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on SignUp.

Note: SignUp does not share your email address with anyone. If you prefer not to use your email address, please contact us and we can sign you up manually.

Thank you! Whether you’re able to volunteer or not, we’re looking forward to seeing you at Railroad Days!

Railroad Days 2024 – Call for donations!

Hello, Friend!

As you know, our annual used book sale at Railroad Days (October 5&6 this year) is our biggest event of the year. However, we can’t be successful without your generous donation.

If you have books, CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray discs, in sellable condition that you would like to donate to our sale, please bring them to the Brunswick Library and let the staff there know that you’re dropping items off for the Friends of the Library. We can accept donations until October 3.

In circumstances where you have a lot of items to donate, please get in touch with us (contact details are below) and we’ll make arrangements for a pickup.

Please note: VHS tapes, cassettes, magazines, and moldy and/or damaged books are not “sellable”; we can’t take those.

Thank you for your support and generosity. We hope to see you at Railroad Days!

Volunteer to sort books on September 30

Hello Friend!
Railroad Days is fast approaching, and with it our used book sale. If you’ve already signed up to help us at the book sale, thank you! If not, we still have plenty of spots open. You can sign up here: https://signup.com/go/WiQHBcq

We’re contacting you today for another volunteer opportunity. In the past, we’ve spent several hours the day of the book sale setup trying to organize the books into genres. This year, we’re going to do it before the sale.

If you have some time between 1PM and 4PM on Saturday, September 30, to help us get these books sorted, we’d really appreciate it. If you can stay the whole time, that’s great, but we’ll be happy if you can only spend some of that time with us.

Here’s where you can sign up: https://signup.com/go/fjjcvzL

We’ll send more details, including the address, a couple of days prior. If you have a folding table we can use and you can bring that with you, that’d be awesome.
As always, reach out if you have any questions.

Calling all Volunteers! Railroad Days 2023 Used Book Sale – Oct 7&8

Hello Friend of the Library!

It’s September, and that can only mean one thing: It’s almost time for Brunswick Railroad Days!

Our used book sale at Railroad Days is our major fundraiser of the year. The money we raise is used to support our Brunswick Branch Library.

But we can’t do it without you. For one thing, these books won’t sell themselves. For another, books are heavy. Steadman-Keenan American Legion Post 96 is once again generously donating space in their parking lot. While we need people to sell books, we’re especially in need of folks for set up and breakdown. (The books need to be transported 2 blocks from storage.) Do you have a pickup truck we could use to move books?

Sign-ups are open. Please go to https://signup.com/go/WiQHBcq to sign up for one or more spots. Invite a friend to work with you! Please forward this message to anyone who might be interested.

Here’s how it works in 3 easy steps:

1) Click this link to see our SignUp on SignUp: https://signup.com/go/WiQHBcq
2) Review the options listed and choose the spot(s) you like.
3) Sign up! It’s Easy – you will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on SignUp.

Note: SignUp does not share your email address with anyone. If you prefer not to use your email address, please contact us and we can sign you up manually.

Thank you, and we’re looking forward to seeing you at Railroad Days!

Book sale tomorrow!

Calling all book lovers! Our used book sale is tomorrow, April 8, and we’ve got a great selection of books for all ages and interests. You’ll find fiction, non-fiction, children’s books, and more. All books are priced to sell, so you’re sure to find some great deals.

The sale will be held at the Brunswick library from 11am to 4pm. We hope to see you there!

Remembering Jane Weisemann

We are saddened to hear of the recent passing of Jane Weisemann.

Jane was one of our longest serving members of the Friends of the Library, and her membership reply was one of the first we received each year. Jane was also one of our most reliable volunteers and we could always count on her to help out at our annual used book sale.

Jane (left) with Friends Directors Lauren Tankut and Naomi Everett at Railroad Days 2019

Our thoughts are with Jane’s loved ones. She will be missed.

Jane Weisemann obituary