Kelowna Friends of the Library

09/06/2026

Books needed for Kelowna Friends of Library annual fundraiser, Great Okanagan Book Sale!
Are you, or do you know someone, decluttering? Looking to re-home good reads, or books no longer needed?
Donate your gently used books (puzzles & games too!) towards Kelowna Friends Fall 36th annual Great Okanagan Book Sale and help enable vital programs & facilities at your Okanagan Regional Library (ORL) branches.

Three Donation Locations:
Drop-bins in Kelowna for small amounts, anytime: Parkinson Recreation Centre carpark turning circle & ORL Admin Centre (1430 K.L.O. Rd).
Large amounts are accepted at Friends sorting base - Unit #114, 2476 Westlake Rd, West Kelowna (next to Rose Valley Veterinary Hospital) Fridays only 9am – 11:30am.
Please don’t leave bags or boxes of items outside these designated locations.
Before dropping items, please check our donation criteria (See poster attached)

Donations accepted up to early October for this GO sale & year-round for future sales.
With your help, Friends hope to make this GO sale, a book-buyers bonanza for all ages & interests.
36th Annual Great Okanagan Book Sale runs Wednesday 14 to Saturday 17 October, at usual venue, Immaculate Conception Parish Hall, 839 Sutherland Ave, Kelowna.

For enquiries: email [email protected]

06/20/2026

Hope you are loving all those beach-side lake-side on-a-shady-deck cool reads (and bargains) picked up at Kelowna Friends of the Library summer book sale. The results in takings were fantastic. THANK YOU!
*It should be a fantastic year when combined with proceeds we'd love to make at our Fall 36th Annual Great Okanagan Book Sale. Mark your calendars for Wednesday 14 to Saturday 17 October (week after Thanksgiving). Venue: Immaculate Conception Parish Hall, 839 Sutherland Ave, Kelowna.
* To fill the Hall with a great bounty of good Fall reads, volunteers would love your donations of gently used books, puzzles & games.
Donations can be dropped to Friends sorting base #114–2476 Westlake Road, West Kelowna, (next to Rose Valley Veterinary Hospital), opened by volunteers year-round on Fridays between 9:00 am and 11:30 am.Two drop-bins in Kelowna, for donations 24×7: Okanagan Regional Library Admin Centre (1430 K.L.O. Road, Kelowna) & Parkinson Recreation Centre Carpark (Harvey Avenue/1800 Parkinson Way, Kelowna).
Please do not leave items/boxes next to these bins. Bins are cleared several times within each week. Large amounts / boxes must be taken to Friends sorting base on Friday mornings.
Please make sure to read the criteria at Friends website before bringing items to donate. http://kelownafol.ca/donate-now/

*Enquiries about donations or volunteering with Friends are welcome to email: [email protected]

*Kelowna Friends fundraising supports all branches of Okanagan Regional Library including Downtown Kelowna, Rutland, Mission Libraries for Summer Reading Club plus children, teens and adult programming, maker spaces and other special facilities.

06/14/2026

Wow! What a sizzling summer sale we’re having! Shoppers scooped up more bargains in just one day than the entire two days of last summer’s sale. And the bargain bonanza continues today Sunday, 10am-3pm. (Friends sorting unit next to Rose Valley Veterinary Hospital, #114- 2476 Westlake Rd, West Kelowna. V1Z 2V2)
Volunteers have hundreds of fresh items ready to replenish the tables & shelves throughout the day.

Success like this inspires our hardworking volunteers even more. After a few days rest, they will be excited to re-build stock towards our Fall 36th Annual Great Okanagan Book Sale (October 14-17, in week after Thanksgiving. In Kelowna, at Immaculate Conception Parish Hall)
For donations of gently used books & puzzles, volunteers open this Westlake Road unit, year-round each Friday 9am-11:30am. Donations can be made anytime into drop-off bins in Kelowna at: Parkinson Recreation Centre carpark and ORL Headquarters on KLO Road. From Friends website, here is more information on donating and criteria for what we cannot accept. http://kelownafol.ca/donate-now/

Why wait for Fall though!
Beat the heat today, find cool reads (pick-up those gifts for Fathers Day) Sale doors will close promptly at 3pm.

Friends and our libraries love all your support 😎☀️💥☀️📚😎
[email protected] Okanagan Regional Library Downtown Kelowna, Rutland, Mission Libraries

06/12/2026

Feelin’ the Good Vibes of a Summer… Book sale: new good reads – new subjects on the book stack - new bedtime stories – a new puzzle challenge AND feelin’ good about supporting library services. 🌞🕶️😎🥰📚☕️🌞

Kelowna Friends of the Library know you have your bags ready for our first 2026 book sale, this weekend.
Saturday 13 & Sunday 14 June, 10am to 3pm

#114- 2476 Westlake Rd, West Kelowna. V1Z 2V2
(Friends sorting-storage unit next to Rose Valley Veterinary Hospital). Weather permitting, extra boxes will be opened onto tables outside.
Unbeatable bargains, unchanged prices: most adult books $2 - children's books $1
Card & cash payments accepted
Fresh stock will be continuously added. Volunteers have prepped thousands of books. So no need to rush to sale opening on Saturday morning. There will still be plenty of awesome bargains & treasures to be discovered, Saturday afternoon and on Sunday!
(And those books are whispering - Remember Dad & Grandad - Fathers Day is only a week away!)
Spread the vibes!
Friends, all those books and our libraries across the region love your support. [email protected] | https://www.kelownafol.ca | Okanagan Regional Library | Downtown Kelowna, Rutland, Mission Libraries

06/01/2026

June = summer = holidays = reading. Gotta have books!
Yes it's book sale time! Kelowna Friends of the Library are hosting first of two fundraising book sales in our 2026 schedule:
Summer Book Sale, Saturday 13 & Sunday 14 June, 10am - 3pm.
Kelowna Friends of Library sorting base: Unit #114 -2476 Westlake Rd, West Kelowna V1Z 2V2 (next to Rose Valley Veterinary Hospital)
Good range of books for all ages & interests - fiction & many subjects - Children's books - Puzzles & games. Ready for summer holiday enjoyment!
Weather permitting, extra boxes will be opened onto tables outside.
Unbeatable bargains, usual prices: most adult books $2 & kids books most $1.
Card & cash payment accepted now at all Friends sales.
Fundraiser in support of all branches of Okanagan Regional Library (ORL) including Downtown Kelowna, Rutland, Mission Libraries
Summer Reading Club (SRC) events held by ORL libraries are a particular focus of our fundraising efforts. Proceeds also benefit year-round programming for children & families, youth, adults and seniors plus special author & guest presenter events and the enabling of special facilities such as maker spaces & STEAM technologies.More about Friends can be found at our website @ www.kelownafol.ca including how to donate gently used books year-roundEnquiries are welcome to email: [email protected]

05/10/2026

Kelowna Friends of Library are thrilled to have been nominated and have advanced to the Voting Round for Best of Kelowna Book Store!
Our spring/summer and Fall book sales make us a very unique “book store”. Friends volunteers love what we do in collecting and re-homing gently used books, at bargain prices, to new readers, of all ages and interests … and keeping hundreds of thousands of books and library withdrawals out of recycling. Friends have been running sales every year since we were founded in 1988 and proceeds are donated to enhance programming, services and facilities at Okanagan Regional Library branches across the Okanagan.
Throughout the year and beyond sales, volunteers pass on donated books to other groups and facilities to support their readers and communities e.g. teachers, seniors residential homes, university students, childcare centres and Niteo Africa.
Whether you buy books at our sales, donate books or volunteer your time to collect, sort or help at book sales, you’ve made this happen! We love your support. So please show us some extra love & Vote for Us

Voting open until Tuesday May 12th, at 3pm

Click on Bestof.Kelownanow/votes
https://bestof.kelownanow.com/votes/ #

If you have not already at BestofKelowna, create an account using your email address and a password. Or use your Facebook login
Scroll down to view the categories and select: RETAIL & SHOPPING. Select Book Store
Click: VOTE. Remember to scroll to bottom and click “SAVE VOTES”
Thank you so much!

04/11/2026

Thanks to all who have shown your Facebook love for Kelowna Friends of Library nomination for Best of Kelowna awards in the Best Book Store category.
To move forward into the official voting round, the FOL needs your nomination.
Nominees with the most nominations will advance (A maximum of 10 nominees ie "businesses" for each category). Voting round begins at 10:00 a.m. on 1 May.Responses to our Facebook posts for this competition and emails as much as we love them, do not count for competition purposes

Nominations are open until 3:00 p.m. next Monday 13 April.

How to nominate
Visit the Best of Kelowna website and submit your nomination for the Kelowna Friends of the Library in the Best Book Store category: https://bestof.kelownanow.com/
1.At Getting Started:
You need to do a simple account set-up to nominate and vote.
Log-in / Register and enter your email address OR use your Facebook login

2.Click a big green button
Nominate your Favourites or Nominate Now
Scroll down to : Retail & Shopping
At box: Bookstore - click Add new Nominee
At next screen, Add our competition name> Kelowna Friends of the Library Book Sales
& email is required [email protected]
So judges can learn more about what we do, enter our website! www.kelownafol.ca
A second category for which Kelowna Friends would be eligible:
Category Local Services, at box Non-Profit organisationfollow same steps: Add new Nominee [Kelowna Friends of the Library] with required email: [email protected]
PLEASE NOTE: Limit of one nomination form per person.Once you have set-up you login to nominate, it will be straightforward to vote.

Why it matters
The Friends of the Library play an important role in supporting the Okanagan Regional Library (ORL) through their fundraising book sales, helping fund programs, services, and enhancements in communities throughout the region. That impact was felt in a recent donation benefiting all 28 branches throughout the ORL. The Kelowna Downtown, Rutland, and Mission branches each received $5,000, while all other branches received $700. Friends have been running book sales every year since we were founded in 1988. Hundreds of thousands of gently used books at bargain prices and great reads for all ages and interests have found new readers and been kept out of recycling!
Thanks for showing your support of Kelowna Friends of Library.

04/11/2026

Thanks to all for showing your Facebook love of Kelowna Friends of Library nomination for Best of Kelowna awards in the Best Book Store category.
To move forward into the official voting round, the FOL needs your nomination. We have to foster as many nominations as we can amongst our supporters! Nominees with the most nominations will advance to the voting round (A maximum of 10 nominees for each category)Responses to our posts for this competition and emails as much as we love them, do not count for competition purposes

Nominations are open until 3:00 p.m. next Monday 13 April.
If enough nominations come through, the Kelowna Friends of the Library will advance to the voting round, which begins at 10:00 a.m. on 1 May.
How to nominate
Visit the Best of Kelowna website https://bestof.kelownanow.com/
1.At Getting Started:
You need to do a simple account set-up to nominate and vote.
Log-in / Register and enter your email address OR use your Facebook login

2.Click a big green button
Nominate your Favourites or Nominate Now
Scroll down to : Retail & Shopping
At box: Bookstore - click Add new Nominee
At next screen, Add our competition name> Kelowna Friends of the Library Book Sales
& email is required [email protected]
So judges can learn more about what we do, enter our website! www.kelownafol.ca
A second category for which Kelowna Friends would be eligible:
Category Local Services, at box Non-Profit organisationfollow same steps: Add new Nominee [Kelowna Friends of the Library] with required email: [email protected]

PLEASE NOTE: Limit of one nomination form per person.

Why it matters
The Friends of the Library play an important role in supporting the Okanagan Regional Library (ORL) through their fundraising book sales, helping fund programs, services, and enhancements in communities throughout the region. That impact was felt in a recent donation benefiting all 28 branches throughout the ORL. The Kelowna Downtown, Rutland, and Mission branches each received $5,000, while all other branches received $700. Friends have been running book sales every year since we were founded in 1988. Hundreds of thousands of gently used books at bargain prices and great reads for all ages and interests have found new readers and been kept out of recycling!
Thanks for showing your support of Kelowna Friends of Library.

04/08/2026

Kelowna Friends of the Library are thrilled that loyal fans appreciate our book sales so much that we have been nominated for a Best of Kelowna award in the category of Bookstores!
Our volunteers love what we do in getting gently used books at bargain prices out to new readers, of all ages and interests ... and at same time supporting programming and facilities at the ORL Downtown Kelowna, Rutland, Mission Libraries and libraries across the Okanagan Regional Library network.
So give us some more love and nominate us!

We hope you will also love news of our 2026 schedule of fundraising book sales:Summer Book Sale,
Saturday 13 & Sunday 14 June, 10am - 3pm
Friends sorting-storage unit, #114- 2476 Westlake Rd, West Kelowna (Next to Rose Valley Veterinary Hospital)
Fall 36th Annual Great Okanagan Book Sale,
Wednesday 14 to Saturday 17 October (week after Thanksgiving). Times tbd.
Immaculate Conception Parish Hall, Sutherland Ave, Kelowna. Yes Friends have been running book sales every year since we were founded in 1988!

Cheering on Kelowna Friends of the Library for their Best of Kelowna 2026 nomination for Best Book Store! 📚💛