Thank you to all the people and businesses who made monetary and or prize donations towards the Region of Waterloo Library 2017 summer reading club programs and events! We appreciate your support and love for libraries!

Below is an alphabetical list of donors; bolded names indicate a donation of $200 or more. 

Donors A-L

91.5 The Beat Adventure Guide Airborne Trampoline Cambridge AirU Trampoline Park Guelph Art Gallery of Ontario Artistic Landscaping Inc. Ayr Animal Hospital Baden Coffee Company Baden Community Association Baden Outlook - Barry & Pat Fischer Bill and Yvonne Bisch Bingemans Bird Kingdom Brantford Twin Valley Zoo Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory Canadian National Exhibition  CIBC New Hamburg Cook's Pharmacy Crabtree Publishing Company Dolman Eyecare Centre Doon Valley Golf Dr. Heather MacMillan Dr. Rick and Nancy Pereira: Baden Dental Clinic Drayton Entertainment Herrles Country Farm Market Home Hardware Stores Ltd. K&K Liquidation and Auction Ltd. Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex Kitchener Rangers Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Kiwanis Club of Elmira Living Waters Christian Bookstore Louise Kool & Galt

Donors M-Z

MacNeil & Dodd Pharmacy Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment  Marineland MeMe's Café Menchies: King St. Waterloo National Gallery of Canada Nature Conservancy Canada New Hamburg Home Hardware New Hamburg Lioness Club New Hamburg Office Pro Ontario Science Centre Optimist Club of Baden Optimist Club of New Dundee Optimist Club of New Hamburg Optimist Club of St. Jacobs Paradise & District Lions Club Pizza Arca  Pym's Village Market Ripley's Aquarium of Canada Royal Ontario Museum Scholastics Canada Sky Zone Trampoline Park Snyder's Family Farm Staples: The Boardwalk Storybook Gardens table 32 food bar  The Sugarplum Castle TheMuseum There, They're, Their - Theresa Brown The Township of North Dumfries TLC Pet Food Tom Edge Toronto Zoo Town Square Pharmacy Towne Bowl Toy Building Zone Waterloo Golf Academy Waterloo Region Museum Wellesley Lions Club

Book Donations

The resources of Region of Waterloo Library (RWL) have been carefully developed by librarians who strive for a balanced, useful collection which reflects community needs. The Region of Waterloo Library does not accept unsolicited donations of books, magazines, or audiovisual due to limited storage space and increased demands on library staff.

Books donated by local authors or of local historical significance, may be considered and must be accompanied by a signed RWL Temporary Receipt Form. The form needs to be completed in person at a branch at the time of donation. Whenever possible, the RWL will offer to purchase books by local authors, in lieu of accepting a donation. Information on registering with local book vendors will be provided to the author.

Cash donations are accepted and are the easiest way for RWL to transform your gift into a useable item for the library. Income tax receipts will be issued for donations of $10 or more. Cheques should be made payable to Region of Waterloo Library.

In the case of cash donations, every effort will be made to purchase the items specified, or to discuss an alternative selection with the donor.

Alternate Donation Locations:

Woolwich Community Centre Thrift Store, 48 Arthur St. South, Elmira, Phone: 519-669-1129

The Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Thrift Shop, 59 Church St., Elmira, Phone: 519-669-8475

The New Hamburg Thrift Centre, 41 Heritage Dr., New Hamburg

Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) Annual Book Sale - A sale is held late April at the First United Church in Waterloo. If you live or work close to Kitchener-Waterloo, check out Kitchener Public Library's list of local charities, used book stores, and hospitals and nursing homes. Phone: 519-740-5249

Better World Books

The Region of Waterloo Library has partnered with Better World Books who sell withdrawn materials on behalf of libraries. Proceeds from the sale of RWL's withdrawn materials support the improvement of RWL collections. A portion of each sale is also donated to a literacy-based charity.

Online purchases can be made directly at www.betterworldbooks.com.