Donate
Donors are the major funding source for the BPLS Foundation. We receive contributions from area businesses and private individuals in support of summer reading, as memorials to loved ones, and just because!
If you would like to submit a donation for a specific person or project, please call the Foundation’s executive director at 540-586-8911 x 1140.
Donation Options
With Cash
Staff can accept cash donations at each of the library branches.
By Check
To donate by check, make payable to Bedford Public Library System Foundation and mail to: Bedford Public Library System 321 N Bridge Street Bedford VA 24523.
Give Online
To donate through our Paypal account now, click here.
Other Ways to Give
Memorials
Memorials are donations made in honor of a friend or relative who has passed. It’s an easy way for loved ones to designate donations that are then used to purchased books, dvds, or audiobooks for the library system. Family members can request general subjects related to special interests or preferred reading of their loved one. A bookplate is created for each item so that anyone borrowing it will know in whose honor it was donated; this information is also included in the catalog entry.
Bequests
With your planned gift, the BPLSF can foster opportunities to maintain and grow your library system. All donations or bequests over $1000 will be memorialized on our donor tree for future generations to admire.
Why support the BPLSF?
- Champion the development of library programs and activities for all age groups.
- Enhance your community’s quality of life through a family-friendly organization.
- Leave a lasting legacy to the library without giving up assets now.
Sales
Our Stewartsville Library runs a year-round book sale to raise funds for the Foundation, featuring books and other items in excellent condition for gifts or adding to your own collection. All libraries have tote bags for sale. The bags are perfect for carrying library books, but can also be used for grocery trips or an extra bag on vacation. Shop knowing that your purchase supports your library.
Donor Recognition
Past Donors Made the Library System Possible
During construction of the new library buildings in the 1990s, hundreds of companies and individual contributors came together to help fund the six libraries throughout the county. Without these dedicated and generous individuals, we would not be the bright, comfortable, technologically advanced library system we are today. You can see a list of those donors here; those who donated $1000 or more were given a leaf on our wall of honor tree.
You can still get a leaf on the donor tree today by making a donation of $1000 or more to the Foundation.
Friends of the Library Groups
Our Friends Groups at Big Island, Forest, Moneta, and Bedford are an invaluable source of funds for library projects, and are consistently our largest donors each year. Through bake sales, membership dues, book sales, concerts, and more, our Friends say yes when we ask for project support. Please help the Friends help us by attending a concert presented by the Friends of the Bedford Library, buying some delicious baked goods at the Moneta Friends annual bake sale, buying a chance to win an beautiful basket created by the Big Island Friends, or purchasing gently used books to give as gifts from the Forest Friends. And they are always looking for new members to join and help out with projects as well!