By SARAH SHMERLING | Editor-in-Chief
After a few months of accepting book donations, Pacific Palisades Library Association is pausing its collection days to focus on its first parking lot book sale in several years, which will take place on Saturday, April 13.
“Due to the overwhelming response received by way of excellent donations,” a representative from PPLA, also known as Friends of the Palisades Library, wrote in an email, “we have decided to stop accepting donations and instead focus on preparing for our next sale … We simply don’t have the space to store the high volume of books received.”
Following the April 13 sale, donations will be resumed. PPLA said it is “deeply grateful” for the donations received so far, which were originally going to be accepted on Wednesdays through the end of March.
“Please do not leave donations outside of the library at any time or in the book slot,” the email continued. “Our wonderful library staff cannot accept book donations.”
More details about the upcoming sale, which will take place in the Palisades Branch Library parking lot, will be available soon. The sale will feature a “fabulous selection” of gently read books.
Parking lot sales, which have been taking place in the Palisades for more than three decades, provide funds for library books, educational materials, community programs and other improvements of the library, as well as assistance to “underserved libraries in other parts of Los Angeles.”
“Our work in the community would not be possible without members and volunteers,” the email concluded. “To join us or for more information on how to volunteer, please email us at friends@friendsofpalilibrary.org.”
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