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!

The 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.

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.

Learn More

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