Donations & Support
Your generous gift helps enhance our vital library services!
While tax-supported government funding supports the Library’s core operating costs, we appreciate the support from generous individuals, like you, to help fund our efforts to keep pace with growing demands for new and innovative collections, digital resources, and so much more. Your gift helps to provide vital services and vibrant community spaces and to keep these vital services FREE for all.
Give a Gift to the Library
- Tax receipts will be issued for donations of $20 or more. Donate now.
Book Dedications
- Celebrate, honor and remember the people in your life who make a difference, and the occasions that matter, with a book dedication. Visit our catalogue for a peek at our current book dedications.
Sponsorships
- Partner with us through sponsorship to support programs and spaces that bring learning, creativity, and community together. Consider becoming a sponsor.
Remember the Library in Your Will
- Donors considering a bequest are advised to seek independent legal and financial advice.
- Bequests of any value are most gratefully received by the Library and can result in tax advantages for the donor’s estate.
Memorial Donations
- Donations may be made in memory of a loved one, individuals or an organization. Donate now.
- The concerned family or organization will be notified and the donors will receive a tax receipt for donations of $25 or more.
Donations of Books or Other Materials
All such gifts are accepted on the understanding that the Library may use, sell or dispose of them. Donated materials are added to the Library’s collections when appropriate.
We will gladly accept the following items in good condition:
- Paperbacks and hardcovers no more than 5 years old
- DVDs, audiobooks
- Board games and puzzles in good condition, no missing pieces
- Fully-dried, harvested seeds
We do not accept:
- Damaged items (stained, water-damaged, defaced, mildewed, a refuge for creatures of any kind or otherwise unsuitable)
- Textbooks, magazines
- VHS tapes, cassettes
- Video games
Kindly complete the attached form and submit it with your donation.
Tax receipts are not issued for donated materials. Please ensure large donations are boxed.
Materials not added to the collections can be given to Friends of Caledon Public Library to sell, with generated revenue returning to the Library for future purchases.
For more information on donating materials, contact the Manager of Collections & Access Services, Megan Renkema, 905-857-1400 ext. 232.
Please note that we reserve the right to refuse donations which it deems unsuitable to Caledon Public Library’s missions, goals, policies and best interests.