Silent Auction
Take part in one of our Silent Auctions by bidding on items place in the glass display case just outside the Library Friends bookstore. Items change regularly so check often to see what is being offered. Proceeds from sales benefit the library.
Antioch Library Friends’
10 Ideas to Help Your Library Through Our Programs!
- Foreign Coins!
Do you have foreign coins taking up space in your junk drawers? Donate them. Just put them in the marked box in our Used Book Shop. -
Donate Old Books!
Clean out your bookshelves and donate your used books for our Used Book Shop. Nonfiction and Hardbacks sell very well! -
Donate Your Coffee Table Books or Collections!
Donate your very nice coffee table books or collections to our monthly Silent Auction. -
Buy Books!
After you clean off those shelves buy some new-to-you books in our Used Book Shop. -
Bid On Our Monthly Silent Auction!
Each month take a look in the Used Book Shop’s display and bid on an item. -
Buy a Chain of Lakes Maps!
Do you need an interesting Holiday present? Buy a Chain of Lakes map. Samples are located in the 1st floor Adult Section. Go to the Circulation Desk to arrange your purchase. -
Become a Member!
Take a membership application form from the Used Books Shop and send in your donation. -
Become a Very Active Member!
Join us for our monthly meetings and help us decide upcoming events and library programs to fund. Bring lots of ideas. Check the Circulation Desk for more info. -
Clean Out Those Textbooks!
The Antioch Library Friends works with Better World Books to send textbooks to those in need in South America and Africa. Do you really need those textbooks taking up space (we take college level books too!). -
Help at Our Sales!
See a sign for an upcoming Book Sale or Friends’ event? Find out how you can help and pitch in. We never have enough workers!
Be a Friend
Share the excitement of supporting the Antioch Public Library District through the Antioch Library Friends!
Antioch Library Friends were founded in 1984. This nonprofit organization provides volunteer services and fund raising activities in order to dontae funds for additional library services that cannot be supported through tax dollars alone. Since 1996, Antioch Library Friends have:
- Donated $14,000 cash
- Purchased an illuminated outdoor sign
- Managed the Friends Room, which sells used books donated by library patrons and publishers
- Sponsored Adult and Children’s summer reading programs
- Produced a community cookbook “Treasured Recipes from Antioch and Friends”
- Sponsored local students for “A Day for the Youth Writer” conferences and Artrageous (June 2005 day camp offering creative writing, theatre/drama and more) through College of Lake County
- Purchased computer equipment and shelving
- Purchased a large screen TV for viewing displays behind the Circulation Desk
- Over $30,000 donated to support your Library to date!
For More Information, please Email the Friends
