Your Gifts Make a Difference!
Tax deductible donations to the Peter White Public Library provide the extra help that the library needs to open the world of reading for our community’s children, connect people with information and inspire a lifetime of learning for all. Our programs and services enrich the local community and touch individual lives. And all of these opportunities are made possible with generous support from people like you.
The PWPL PayPal platform has been updated (1/25/24).
You can now specify the purpose of your donation and include notes for memorials.
Ways to support PWPL
- Click the button on this page to donate instantly and securely through Paypal
- Donating books and other materials to the Library (see below)
- PWPL Friends Bookstore supports Library programming and services. The Bookstore is open during regular operating hours and is located on the main floor of PWPL.
- Want to be more involved in the Friends of PWPL? Learn more about this wonderful organization!
- For more information on planned giving and Endowment Funds, please contact Development Director, Heather Steltenpohl, 906-226-4305, heather@pwpl.info.
Your donations make direct impact
Your gift helps support:
- Children’s services and programs that entertain, inform and arouse curiosity
- Music and special exhibits that inspire and educate our community
- Enhanced collections of books, films, music and audio books for all ages
The Library does not share donor information.
Book Donations
Donated items that will enhance our collection may be added for circulation. (See our Collection Development Policy.)
We sell items we don’t immediately need in one of our bi-annual sales or in our ongoing Friends Book Store on the Main Floor of the library.
Book donations may be dropped off at the PWPL Circulation Desk during library hours. Please do not put book donations in the book drops.
Donation guidelines
Here’s what we can use:
- Books (hardcover or paperback) in good condition
- Commercially published music on CD, or video on DVD and Blu Ray
- Audiobooks
- Framed art prints
- Rare or local books
Items we can not use:
- Non-commercially produced media
- Magazines or encyclopedia sets more than 3 years old
- Reader’s Digest condensed books
- Travel guides, textbooks, health, or technical books older than 5 years
- Computer software or equipment
- Damaged, defaced, stained, moldy, or smelly materials
- Outdated materials, including VHS and cassette tapes
Items that are too dated or damaged to sell may get recycled. Books can be recycled in Marquette County in your weekly pickup. For more information, call Heather Steltenpohl at (906) 226-4305.
Peter White Public Library has the right to refuse any donation.