Support the Library

Donate Money

Monetary donations to the library are always appreciated and go toward the purchase of new materials for the collection. All donations can be made out to and sent to the following address:

Washoe County Library System
Attn: Development
PO Box 2151
Reno, NV 89505

If you would like to make an online donation, you may donate to the Friends of Washoe County Library securely with a credit card, electronic check, or PayPal.

If you have questions about donating, please contact Andrea Tavener, Development Officer, at 775.327.8360 or atavener@washoecounty.us.

Become a Friend of the Library

Your membership in the Friends of Washoe County Library helps fund programs, equipment, technology, and materials for the library. You can also make any Amazon purchase matter for local libraries with Amazon Smile. Visit smile.amazon.com and select "Friends of Washoe County Library." Shopping at Amazon Smile works just like the regular Amazon website, only a portion of your purchase price will be donated to the Friends of Washoe County Library, and everybody wins!

Donate Materials

While we usually love to get your donated items, we are unabe to accept them at this time. Please use book drops only to return library materials.

The Friends of Washoe County Library are also unable to accept donations at this time. Please visit their website at www.washoelibraryfriends.org for updates.

We couldn't do it without you. 

Washoe County Library System relies on volunteers to provide many of our services. Due to the current situation with COVID-19, the library is currently unable to accept volunteer applications.

Founded in 1981, Friends of Washoe County Library is a member supported 501(c)(3) non profit organization that advocates, raises funds, and provides support for Washoe County Library System. We provide the community with a chance to invest in the success of the Library by donating funds or time through volunteering. We raise money and our voices to ensure a first-class public library for Washoe County.

From our Board of Directors, our enthusiastic members, our generous donors, to our extraordinary volunteers, to the thousands of people who benefit from the free programs and art galleries we support, we are what the name implies: a collection of committed, caring FRIENDS who share a vision of a free public library accessible to all, currently and into the future.

Find more information about the Friends of Washoe County Library at www.washoelibraryfriends.org.