To the Editor:

Friends of C.H. Booth Library volunteers held their usual Spring Donation Day event on Sunday, April 17. Once again, it was a pleasure seeing so many generous townspeople bringing boxes, bags, and trunk loads of books, CD's, DVD's, books on CD, records, and puzzles for donation.

Thank you to everyone who dropped off collections to support the Friends' effort. We were extremely pleased with the overwhelming response to our request for donations and appreciative of the variety and quality of the donations. The items collected will be prepared for our Annual Book Sale at the Reed Intermediate School running from July 9-13, 2016. Further details are available at boothbooksale.org.

Your support will hopefully permit the Friends to continue our $120,000 yearly donation to the li-brary, which provides most of the funds required for materials and programs at the library, thus reducing the overall tax burden.

Hope you will continue to drop off your books and media at the library or at our trailer at the town re-cycling center, and we look forward to seeing you at the Annual Book Sale.

Jim Maher

President

Friends of the C.H. Booth Library

25 Main Street, Newtown         April 19, 2016