The Library’s Adopt-a-Book program is a distinctive way to honor someone while simultaneously supporting the Library. Whether it is in memoriam or a tribute to a birthday, anniversary, or other special day, your donation enables us to buy books that enrich lives. In return, the Library will send a letter acknowledging your gift to the family or individual of your choice and a personalized bookplate will be attached to the purchased materials.  For additional information on Adopt-a-Book, please call 817-459-6903 or Click here to e-mail for more information.  

Arlington Public Library Donation Form

The Arlington Public Library System welcomes and encourages volunteers who may donate their time at any library location or on system-wide special projects and events. Volunteer service is performed with guidance and support from the library staff and may include:

• Shelving returned items
• Shelf-reading (keeping the shelves in order)
• Tutoring a child or an adult through Arlington Reads
• Getting new books ready for the shelves
• Assisting with children’s programs

For more detailed information:

• How to volunteer at the library
• City of Arlington's Municipal Volunteer program
• Visit or call any library location

Donations of books and audiovisual materials are gratefully accepted at all library locations. All donations are assessed by library staff to determine if they are needed for the Library’s collection. Materials not kept for the Library are given to the Friends of the Arlington Public Library. 

Tips on items you can donate

For additional information on Volunteering or Donating Materials, please call your local branch library.

As a nonprofit organization, the Arlington Public Library Foundation provides a source of financial assistance to the Arlington Public Library through the solicitation of tax-deductible contributions from private sources that enable the System to achieve library offerings beyond those normally provided by tax dollars. For example the Foundation has funded Children’s Learning Centers at four of our library locations. 

A Foundation donation is quick and easy! Click on Donate Now to get started.

The Arlington Public Library Foundation Board of Directors has identified the following funding priorities:

		The Studio This is a center for teens located on the lower level of the Central Library (as well as virtually, on the Library's website) that integrates information, technology, and creativity to help teens excel in their everyday school work, as well as supporting the development of their creative skills.
		Arlington Reads Through this literacy initiative, the Library  is working to increase the quantity and improve the quality of literacy programs serving Arlington residents. Arlington Reads is based at the East Arlington Branch Library and provides tutoring for children and adults, as well as a Family Learning Lab.  For more information, call 817-275-3321.
		Youth Technology Centers The Arlington Public Library System, in partnership with the Parks and Recreation Department, the Police Department, and Mission Arlington, plan to establish YTCs in four locations in East, Central, and Northeast Arlington where at-risk youth live and where convenient access to technology may be limited.  These Centers are not just computer labs but interactive gathering places where teens can form strong peer relationships, receive mentoring from adults, participate in competitive and creative endeavors, as well as build leadership skills that will lead to success later in life.
		George W. Hawkes Endowment Because of Mr. Hawkes' influence on our city and because of his love of the written word, it is his name that will guide our efforts to ensure that there are quality library materials available for generations to come.  To contribute to the George W. Hawkes Endowment, you may make a current donation or you may include the Foundation as a beneficiary in your will.  Funds raised through the Endowment are added to an account and the interest on that account is used to support the collections of the Central Library.

For additional information, please call 817-459-6924 or visit the Foundation web site.

The Friends of the Arlington Public Library is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to supporting the Arlington Public Library System. Funds are raised for special library purposes and programs through semi-annual book sales and Book and Author luncheons.

The Friends encourage and accept donations of books, compact discs, phonograph records, audio and video cassette tapes, computer hardware and software. Donations can be delivered to any Arlington Public Library location or to the FAPL warehouse located at 2205 W. Division, Suite G-4 on Monday mornings from 9:00 am to noon or on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays from 9:00 am to noon.  Volunteers are invited to help staff the semiannual book sales.  Many hands are needed to assist in setting up and taking down the sale site.  Over 100,000 donated items are sorted and priced each year by volunteers.
 

For additional information, please call 817-548-9768 or visit their web site at www.fapl.org.