Category Archives: Volunteering

Volunteers Needed – October 7 & 8

Events, Volunteering

Our community’s generous contributions continue to help us help the Brunswick Branch Library’s missions.

As you may or may not know, the annual used book sale at Brunswick Railroad Days is our biggest event of the year, not to mention our primary fundraiser. Believe it or not, October 7 is only a little more than a month away. We need your help to make it successful.

We would appreciate a donation of a couple of hours of your time on October 7 and/or October 8 during Railroad Days. We need help with book sales, organizing the books, and especially with setup (on Saturday) and breakdown (on Sunday). No previous experience necessary!

Not sure if volunteering is for you? Bring a friend! “Many hands make light work” as the saying goes.
Got teenagers? Got teenagers who need volunteer hours? This is a perfect opportunity, and we always need young, strong backs during setup and breakdown.

Have a truck that we can use to transport the books the two blocks from our storage to our location for the sale? Please let us know!

There are three ways you can sign up:

  • Go to SignUpGenius (This is the best way)
  • Email us (folbrunswick@gmail.com) with your preferred shifts (see below)
  • Call us (240-285-9583) with your preferred shifts (see below)

We need people for these time slots:
Saturday, October 7

7:30-10:00 Setup
10:00-12:00 Sales
12:00-2:30 Sales
2:30-5:00 Sales (and cover-up)

Sunday, October 8

10:00-12:00 Sales
12:00-2:00 Sales
2:00-4:00 Sales
4:00-6:00 Sales/Breakdown/Cleanup

A note about signups: The past couple of years have seen some mercurial weather. We’re asking everyone to provide a contact telephone number so that we can get in touch with you in case last-minute decisions need to be made. As always, your information is safe with us. We will never sell, give away, or otherwise reveal your contact information.

Railroad Days Volunteers Needed: Oct 3 & 4

Fundraising, Volunteering

The Railroad Days book sale is the Friends’ biggest fundraising event of the year, and we need your help with set-up and sales. There are 3 ways for you to sign up:

Bring a friend! The more the merrier, many hands make light work, and other aphorisms.
As in past years, the book sale will be in the parking lot of the American Legion Post building right next to the railroad tracks in downtown Brunswick, Maryland.
In addition… we are still in need donations of books to sell.  If you have books you can donate, please drop them off at the Brunswick Library.  Any questions please email us at FOLBrunswick@gmail.com or call at 240-285-9583.

Railroad Days 2014 – Thank you!

Fundraising, Volunteering

It’s been a long couple of days, but it’s finally over. All indications are that we had another successful book sale.

Many thanks to those who came out to see us today and, hopefully, buy a book or three. All of the money earned will go directly to supporting our local library.

Special thanks go to all of our volunteers who withstood bright sun, biting wind, and carried lots and lots (and lots!) of books. We couldn’t have done it without you.

Volunteers needed for Railroad Days, October 4 & 5

Volunteering

Our best fundraising event of the year is approaching!

Our annual book sale during Railroad Days is Saturday, October 4, and Sunday, October 5.

We need volunteers to help sell books. We have sign up times for working available on both days from 10 to 12, 12 to 2:30, and 2:30 to 5.  We can also use help setting up on Saturday and breaking down the site on Sunday. Please sign up and help us make this a profitable event for the library!

Can you help by taking one (or more!) shift? If so, please contact us at this e-mail address (folbrunswick@gmail.com) or call at (240)285-9583.

2013 Railroad Days book sale redux

Fundraising, Volunteering

By all indications, our book sale at this year’s Railroad Days was a resounding success. We had a good, steady stream of customers on both days (the weather helped) and may have had our most successful book sale ever.

If you donated books to the sale…

If you purchased books at our sale…

And especially if you volunteered to work at our sale…

Thank you for supporting the Friends of the Brunswick Library and, by extension, the Brunswick Library itself.

See you next year!

(p.s., We now have some long-term storage and can now take book donations all year long.)

Volunteers needed for two April events

Volunteering

920520_644857108873891_361401837_oCalling all Friends of the Brunswick Library,

April is a busy month at our library.  Not only is National Library Week April 14-20, but also the second anniversary of the opening of our new library building.

The Friends are asking for help on two different dates:

Monday, April 1st, starting at 10 am, The Friends of the Library are asking for help with weeding the planting beds in front of the library and around the parking area.  (Rain date: Thursday, April 4th at 10 am.)  Please bring gloves and a small garden trowel if you have one.

Tuesday, April 16th, from 4 pm to 6 pm, Robin Goetz would like help with a children’s program.  Robin has planned an outdoor planting activity for the children and needs a couple extra hands to ensure everything runs smoothly.

Please go to our SignUp Genius page to let us know when you would be able to volunteer.