Donations

• A Donation - A cheque made out to the Cobourg Public Library.  A tax receipt will be issued for any donation of $20 and above.
• Honour with Books - You can honour a friend or family member by making a gift in their name to the Library.  We will notify them of your generosity, and you will receive a tax receipt. 
• A Bequest - Make a provision in your will bequeathing a portion of your estate to the Planned Giving Program.  Contact our CEO for more details by phone 905-372-9271 ext. 6200 or by email
• Gifts of Life Insurance - Contribute by means of life insurance, naming the Cobourg Public Library as beneficiary.   A substantial gift may be made in return for modest payments throughout your lifetime.
• Check out our Create Your Own Fundraiser page for details on how you can help support the Library, or read our Idea Kit.

Thank you for thinking about donating your items to our Library.

**Book Donations on Hold until 2024**

• We would like to thank our community who have supported our Library by donating their gently used books.
• We have simply been overwhelmed with books, and we cannot possibly accept any more donations until next year.
• Please check back with us in January 2024 for updates of when we will resume accepting book donations.

When we begin accepting donations you can bring them to:

• You can bring them into Cobourg Library at 200 Ontario Street, Cobourg.
  • We accept gently used books, talking books, movies, music and games. 
  • We ask that your donations be clean and in nearly-new condition
  • Please limit your donations to 3 boxes at a time
• You can head to Just Brew It, located at 1040 Division Street, Unit 4, Cobourg.
  • They are our secondary donation location, and will accept gently used books on behalf of the Cobourg Public Library!

Items we are unable to accept:

• Encyclopedias, Magazines, Text Books, Video tapes or Audio tapes

Your donations may be:

• Added our collection

• Used to replace items already in our collection

• Sold in a book sale to raise funds for the Library

• Used for prizes

• Placed in one of our many Pop-up Library locations around town

 Thank you to all the people, businesses and organizations
for supporting the Cobourg Library this past year!

 Thank you to all the Anonymous Donors who contributed funds.