Friends of SOPL
The friendly Friends of the
South Orange Public Library
With your help, the Friends fund everyday programs and services in the Library — new books, reading programs, museum passes, and other Library services for the South Orange community!
Join The Friends Join The Friends of SOPL Facebook GroupThe Friends of the South Orange Public Library is a 501(c)3 registered charitable organization. Your contribution is tax deductible as provided by law.
Spring Jewelry Sale May 6 -7, 2023
Find beautiful gifts for mothers and others at the Spring Jewelry Sale! 10am-5pm Saturday May 6 and 1-4pm Sunday May 7, at the South Orange Public Library
Early bird admission 9-10am Saturday for Friends Members:
Join the Friends for early admission to the sale!
A large selection of Fine jewelry… Vintage jewelry… Sterling silver jewelry… Quality costume jewelry! Priced to sell, at a wide range of moderate prices.
Proceeds from jewelry sales fund new Library books for children, teens, and adults, the children’s summer reading program, and free museum passes, among other Library programs and services.
All jewelry is donated by our generous community. Jewelry donations are accepted all year round: donate no-longer-wanted jewelry.
Announcing The Friends Ongoing All The Time Whenever You Want Book Sale in the Library!
Where? On the second floor of the Library, across from the circulation desk
When? Whenever the Library is open
What? Excellent books, gently-used! Hardcovers $2 — Paperbacks $1
Buy books and help fund new Library books for children, teens, and adults, the children’s summer reading program, and free museum passes, among other Library programs and services. Cash accepted. (No book donations needed–we have plenty. We hope to hold a major book sale later in 2023 and will take book donations then.)
Want art? Need art?? Get FREE admission to area museums and gardens, courtesy of the Friends!
South Orange residents can borrow museum passes for free admission from the South Orange Public Library. All passes are funded by your friendly Friends of the Library, and most passes admit a family.
Passes are available for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Cooper Hewitt, Frick/Madison, Guggenheim, Newark Museum of Art, Montclair Art Museum, New York Historical Society, Morris Museum, and Storm King Art Center. The Frick/Madison and Guggenheim passes are new this year! Sign out a pass and visit a wonderful museum for free.
DONATE
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Donate to the Friends
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Thanks to our jewelry sales and the great good generosity of the South Orange community, the Friends raised over $15,000 for new books, Library programs, and Library services in 2022. We are very grateful to you and thank you sincerely for helping the Library–but the Library can always use more funding. Please Donate and thank you!
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Donate jewelry to the Friends Jewelry Sales
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Support SOPL by donating your no-longer-wanted jewelry to the Friends Jewelry Sales!
Learn More
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Donate books
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Donate your gently-used books via the Green Bin in the Library parking lot to Better World Books.
Your donated books turn into money for the Library and help spread literacy around the world. Books are picked up Mon/Wed/Fri; if the bin is full, please come back at another time, as books left out in the weather lose all value.
ABOUT US
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Meetings
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During the pandemic the Friends are meeting online via Zoom on the 1st Tuesday of each month unless otherwise indicated, 5:00-6:30 pm.
All are welcome! To attend online via Zoom, click here.
2023 meetings:
January 3
February 7
March 7
April 11
May 2
June 6
July tbd
August 1
September 5
October 3
November 7
December 5
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Contact
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Friends of SOPL
65 Scotland Road, South Orange, NJ 07079
973-762-0230 (Library)
friends@sopl.orgPresident: Kathie Abrams
Secretary-Treasurer: Pamela Bristah
FRIENDS NEWS
Friends Home Delivery Service
South Orange residents: the Friends will deliver library books and DVDs to your home during the pandemic, and will pick them up three weeks later. Home delivery is provided to residents of South Orange for whom travel to the Library presents a specific hardship.The Friends initiated this service in February 2021, and by popular demand, have extended it through June 2023. We’re very pleased to provide home delivery to the South Orange community!
- Borrowing limit: 10 library items (including adult books, children’s books, and DVDs).
- All deliveries and pick-ups will take place weekly on Thursdays, between 2pm and 6pm.
Jewelry Sales
Support SOPL by donating your no-longer-wanted bling and gems to the Friends Jewelry Sales.
Since summer 2021, the Friends have funded…
- a major donation to the SOPL Foundation, seed money for their capital campaign for our future Library
- summer 2021 and 2022 children’s reading programs, including the purchase of new books on school summer reading lists and related programs for children, and ice cream treats
- two encyclopedias: the World Book and Britannica Online
- bestsellers and literary classics, travel guides, adult and teen books on social justice, equity, and inclusion, manga and graphic novels, test preparation books, and new children’s books, including picture books that support inclusion and nonfiction books on popular topics
- museum passes for free admission to area museums and gardens for South Orange residents
Highlights
Support the Library
Please join us to help the South Orange Public Library continue its services to our community!