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Great libraries shape great cities. At EPL, we provide essential services that foster literacy, learning, and community connection. However, many families face barriers that limit their ability to fully access everything the library has to offer.
Your support helps remove these barriers, allowing families to build strong foundations of literacy and learning, deepen their relationship with reading, and explore new opportunities. Give today!
This summer, we're excited to launch Cook Up a Story Summer Camps, our brand-new summer camp designed to nourish both minds and bodies! This exciting camp for children aged 9 to 11 that come from socially vulnerable families combines the magic of storytelling with hands-on learning experiences that go beyond books. Campers will explore culinary literacy, digital literacy, creative writing, gaming, and more, all while building friendships and developing new skills in a fun inclusive environment.
Each camp week will welcome 25 campers for a full week of learning adventures, complete with healthy lunches and snacks. From cooking challenges to reading, writing, crafting, and play, Cook Up a Story Summer Camps is all about learning through play and exploration.
By supporting Cook Up a Story Summer Camps, you’re helping us provide an enriching experience for kids from socially vulnerable families, giving them access to the kinds of educational opportunities that can shape their futures. Every gift helps us open the doors for more children to join us in this unique summer experience. Your donation will fuel their curiosity, creativity, and love of learning—both inside the kitchen and beyond.
Why Give? Supporting EPL’s Cook Up a Story Summer Camp is a powerful way to invest in the future of Edmonton's youth. Here’s why your gift matters:
- Expanding Literacy Horizons: Cook Up a Story Summer Camp goes beyond traditional literacy by incorporating food literacy, digital storytelling, and creative expression, helping kids develop a broad range of skills that will serve them for life.
- Access to Enrichment: Many families in our community cannot afford summer camps or specialized learning programs. By donating, you're ensuring children that come from socially vulnerable families can participate in this unique camp at no cost.
- Healthy Bodies, Creative Minds: Each day, campers will not only fuel their minds with reading and storytelling but also fuel their bodies with nutritious meals, helping them stay energized and engaged.
- Nurturing Lifelong Learners: The camp experience fosters curiosity, teamwork, problem-solving, and creativity—all essential ingredients in creating lifelong learners. Your donation helps unlock these transformative moments for our campers.
With your support, Cook Up a Story Summer Camps will inspire Edmonton’s young minds, providing them with the tools and experiences they need to thrive. Donate today to make a lasting impact on a child’s life and to help EPL deliver a summer of learning, discovery, and fun.
The Edmonton Public Library is happy to accept donations of books and other library materials. Although we are unable to add donated material to our collection, the funds generated from the sale of these materials at our Book2Buy Sales are used to enhance EPL collections and services.Find out more about Books2Buy and the next sale dates.
What to Donate
We are happy to accept the following items:
- Gently used books (paperbacks and hardcovers)
- Comic books and graphic novels
- CDs, DVDs and Audiobooks in their original packaging
- Recent Playstation, Xbox and Wii games in their original packaging
- Textbooks and study guides published within the last four years
- RECENTLY ADDED - Vinyl Records (must be in their original sleeves and sleeves must be in decent condition - no major rips or stains, records must have little to no scratches/damages. We will not accept badly scratched or records with water damage of any kind)
We do not accept the following items:
- Books in poor condition (i.e. yellowed, worn, dusty, damp, mouldy, torn or smelly)
- CDs, DVDs, Audiobooks or videogames without their original packaging
- Vinyl records without their original sleeve or in their original sleeve that has major rips or stains
- Vinyl records that are badly scratched or damaged. No water damage of any kind.
- Encyclopedias
- Textbooks or study guides older than four years
- Specialized journals
- Magazines
- Cassettes, VHS
- Computer software
- Burned or sample CDs or DVDs
- eBooks
Please check over each item to ensure it meets our donation requirements. When in doubt, give only what you would consider good quality for your own use. Handling and disposing of unwanted materials costs EPL money.
Where to Donate
Most branches of the Edmonton Public Library can accept donations of books and library materials, with the exception of our eplGO locations: Heritage Valley, McConachie and West Henday Promenade. Sprucewood is not accepting donations at this time due to renovations.
If you have a large amount to donate, we recommend calling ahead to ensure that the branch you'd like to donate at has space for new material.
EPL is unable to do home pick ups of materials. Charitable tax receipts will not be issued for donated library materials.
Please contact us at give@epl.ca if you have any questions about donating materials to EPL.
Online
By Mail
Fund Development
Edmonton Public Library
7 Sir Winston Churchill Square NW
Edmonton AB T5J 2V4
Printable Donation Form
By Phone
587-588-9034
Visit a Branch
FAQs
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Yes, tax receipts are issued for gifts over $20 once the donation has been processed.
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Yes, you can donate in memory or honour of a loved one on our online form here. All donations in memory or in honour will be included in our annual report.
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