The Charleston Friends of the Library are a nonprofit organization that supports the Charleston County Public Library system. We raise money to fund more than 4,000 programs sponsored annually by the library, including Summer Reading. To accomplish our goal of advocating for and enhancing the library system, we provide opportunities for the community to invest in their public library through donations of time, money, and books.

This year, tens of thousands were helped with through supporting the Charleston Friends of the Library. Those helped included young children learning to read; teens needing a positive after-school environment; the unemployed building job skills; workers seeking tax assistance; and others reaching across language and cultural barriers, fulfilling personal passions. (Yes, a lot more than borrowing books goes on at our library). There is one place in Charleston, a village square, where everyone congregates equally - the public library.

Our Charleston County Public Library was named one of the best in the country in 2009.

• We have 16 branches stretching from Edisto to McClellanville;
• Annually, the library's circulation exceeds 3 million;
• Patron visits are above two million;
• Nearly 1.93 million reference questions are answered;
• More than 4,700 programs draw audiences of 147,500.

We connect people to each other, to ideas, and to the larger world.

For more information, visit charlestonlibraryfriends.org.

To make sure your CD, DVD and book trade is donated to this cause, please write "Friends of the Library " in the I AM TRADING FOR box on your Shipping Form.