Donation Drop Off

Volunteers will be on hand to collect your gently used books (in good, clean condition), DVDs, music CDs, audiobooks on CD and electronic games in the Bowman Library parking lot. 

We wish we could accept every book that is donated, but we simply don't have the space! Many books we receive cannot be sold and it takes time and energy to deal with these donations. The Friends of HRLS is run on volunteer power, so please go through your donations before bringing them to us and discard items from the list below. 

We are no longer able to recycle books through Frederick County-If there are items in your donation boxes that we will not accept, please be aware that we may send you home with them.

We will NOT accept:

• Books that have mold, mildew, pet stains, smoke damage, insect or rodent damage (These can contaminate other books and present health hazards)
• Computer science, self-help, medicine & technology books more than five years old
• Textbooks
• Books that have been written in or on
• Books that have broken spines, missing pages, missing dust jacket or covers
• Magazines and Catalogues
• Yearbooks
• Textbooks
• Dictionaries
• VHS Tapes, Cassette Tapes, or Records

Our space is limited, and we have hard working volunteers-please help us by leaving these items out of your donation boxes!