Donations to the Library

Used Book Donations

We accept donations of gently used books, CDs, and DVDs. We are unable to accept donations of damaged books, musty/moldy/dirty books, textbooks, encyclopedias, newspapers, magazines, puzzles, VHS tapes, or cassette tapes. Donations may be added to the library collection, sold in the Friends’ used book sales, or recycled.

Memorial Gifts and Other Monetary Donations

Monetary gifts are always welcome. Gifts may be given in memory or in honor of a person. Download a gift form or pick one up by the community bulletin board in the library. Turn in your completed form with a check payable to “Wayne Public Library” at the library’s circulation desk, or mail your form and check to: Wayne Public Library, 3737 S. Wayne Rd., Wayne, MI 48184.

Thank you to our recent donors

Spring 2024

Lois and John VanStipdonk, in memory of Phyllis Stein

Wayne Rotary Club, for literacy programs

Lois and John VanStipdonk, in memory of Sue Tschihart

Wayne Rotary Club, in memory of Phyllis Stein

Millie Kliemann, in memory of Lyla Cassel

The Friends of the Wayne Public Library, in memory of Phyllis Stein

The Friends of the Wayne Public Library, in honor of Lois VanStipdonk

Members of the First Congregational Church of Wayne, in memory of Phyllis Stein

Scott and Todd Stein, in memory of Phyllis Stein

Jeff Hawley, in memory of Phyllis Stein

Anonymous, in memory of Phyllis Stein

Margo Horzelski, in memory of Phyllis Stein

Bev Woodard, in memory of Phyllis Stein

Cynthia Gordon, in memory of Phyllis Stein

Tom and Claudia Buckalew, in memory of Phyllis Stein

Mary Ann Ellis, in memory of Phyllis Stein

Mary and Bill Carney, in memory of Phyllis Stein

Kathleen Finneran (Young), in memory of Phyllis Stein

Wayne Garden Club, in memory of Phyllis Stein

Linda Spidell, in memory of Phyllis Stein

Carol Weyand, in memory of Phyllis Stein

Jan and Jim Hartman, in memory of Phyllis Stein

Barbara Galbraith, in memory of Phyllis Stein

Pat Rice, in memory of Janet Stevens

Winter 2023-24

Glenwood Heights Homeowners Association, in memory of Beverly Staley

Lois and John VanStipdonk, in memory of Kerran Ryan

Patricia Rice, in memory of Kay Giuliani

Patricia Rice, in memory of Steve Hawley

Donna Harder, in memory of Donna and Barry McEachern

Joseph Savale, in memory of Miriam Joyce Savale

Lois and John VanStipdonk, in memory of Herlinde Bevard

Patricia Rice, in memory of Herlinde Bevard

Fall 2023

Joseph Savale, in memory of Miriam Joyce Savale

Lois and John VanStipdonk, in memory of Allen Lucas

Lois and John VanStipdonk, in memory of Tom Daily

Rhonda Kotzen and Jim McIntyre, in memory of Tom Daily

Lois and John VanStipdonk, in honor of Vince and Ginny Cesarz

John and Chris Zech, in honor of Vince and Ginny Cesarz

Patricia Rice, in honor of Vince and Ginny Cesarz

Patricia Rice, in memory of Thomas Daily

Glenwood Heights Homeowners Association, in memory of Charles Cross

Lois and John VanStipdonk, in memory of Stephen Hawley

Summer 2023

Friends of the Wayne Public Library, in support of the Summer Reading Program

Patricia Rice, in memory of Terry Sontorovich

Glenwood Heights Homeowners Association, in memory of Terry Sontorovich

John and Lois VanStipdonk, in memory of Bob Boertje

Patricia Rice, in memory of Bob Boertje

Joseph Savale, in memory of Miriam Joyce Savale

The Staff of Wayne Westland Federal Credit Union

John and Lois VanStipdonk, in memory of Steve Becher

Glenwood Heights Homeowners Association, in memory of Steve Becher

Patricia Rice, in memory of Stephen Becher

Patricia Rice, in memory of Mary Chastang

Pat Rice, Rick Rice, Jeff Rice, Krysten Hamel, Kristin Purdon, Leesa Rice, and Bill Hamel, in honor of Lois VanStipdonk

Carol Weyand, in honor of Lois VanStipdonk

Bridget Kelly, in honor of Lois VanStipdonk