NEXT BOOK SALE: SEPT 12-13
Sat. September 12
| 9:30AM–4PM | Bargain Room |
| 10AM–4PM | Children’s Room |
| 11AM–4PM | Main Room |
| 10AM–2PM | Music Popup (outside Main Room) |
Sun. September 13
| 1PM–4PM | All Rooms |
Friends of the Palo Alto Library (FOPAL) is located at Cubberley Community Center, 4000 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94303.
We have three sale rooms — our Main Room, Bargain Room, and Children’s Room.
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TEMPORARY HOLD ON DONATIONS UNTIL 8/18
Due to the extraordinary amount of donations that we have recently received we need to put a temporary hold on donations until Tuesday 8/18.
FOPAL is open for drop-off donations of up to 10 bags/boxes, most weeks on Monday-Friday, 3-5pm and Saturday 1-5pm at the Main Room, the portable by the tennis courts, using the Cubberley Community Center north entrance.
We gladly accept books, commercial CDs and DVDs, games, puzzles, and software. View our full list of what we can (and cannot) accept.
Please, no donations:
AUG 14-17, SEPT 6-13 (Week before/during sale)
Donors will be greeted by a volunteer Donation Monitor and asked to place donations in FOPAL’s banker boxes and then move the books/boxes up the ramp to FOPAL’s Sorting Room. Volunteers there will help direct donors as to where to place the boxes and offer a receipt (and thanks).
Shop Books, Media & Music Online
Besides our monthly sales, we also sell select books, movies, and other media online on our eBay store, as well as music (CDs, LPs) on Discogs.
HELP IMPROVE CUBBERLEY
FOPAL resides at the Cubberley Community Center. We intend to stay for a long term along with several other non-profits. Learn about how the City of Palo Alto will help improve Cubberley for the tenants and the community and how you might get involved and have your voice heard!
SPRING 2026 FOREWORD
Read the newest edition of our Friends newsletter, including FOPAL activities, library news, features, and volunteer profiles, plus volunteer opportunities!