Thank you!
Thank you for making these fundraisers a success!
Pizzaria UNO Doughraiser
Spring Booksale
Spring Plant Sale
Textile/Clothing Drive
Check back for more fundraising activities for the Wilbraham Friends of the Library.
Textile & Clothing Drive
Fall 2025
The WFOL is once again holding a fall clothing & textile drive on Saturday, October 4 from 8:30 – 11:30 am.
During back-to-school season, remember the WFOL as you sort through your closets and drawers. And don’t stop there…clean out that linen closet and the old dresser in the guest room. Bag up all the extra clothing and textiles that are clogging up your home. Clothing, shoes, purses, sheets & blankets, curtains– give them a new lease on life!
Millions of pounds of clothing and household textiles used to end up in U.S. landfills each year. Current Massachusetts laws ban disposal of textiles, easing the burden on landfills but leaving some to wonder just what to do with it all. The WFOL Clothing & Household Textile Drive gives you the opportunity to take responsible action through donations and upcycling.
The Friends will receive a per pound payment for these items which will go directly to the library for programs, museum passes, equipment, and other needed items. The donated items will be given a second life with new owners – at an affordable price - instead of adding to the already overwhelming landfill situation.
Join us with your clothing drive donations on October 4, learn more about the Friends, and receive a coupon for a free book at our Annual Book Sale which is scheduled to take place in May 2026.
Pollinator Plant Sale
Fall 2025
The WFOL is holding a pollinator plant sale on Saturday, September 27 from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm, rain or shine. There will be a variety of pollinator friendly biennials, perennials, shrubs and vines available for sale. Early October is an excellent time to plant, the ground is warm enough to support root growth and there is plenty of time for plants to get established before winter sets in.
According to the USDA, “Three-fourths of the world’s flowering plants and about 35 percent of the world’s food crops depend on animal pollinators to reproduce. That’s one out of every three bites of food you eat. More than 3,500 species of native bees help increase crop yields. Some scientists estimate that one out of every three bites of food we eat exists because of animal pollinators like bees, butterflies and moths, birds and bats, and beetles and other insects.”
Help keep these important pollinators fed by planting their favorite food sources in your garden. Proceeds from the sale will benefit both the Wilbraham Public Library and Wistariahurst Museum in Holyoke, Massachusetts.