Donate online

You can make a donation of any amount using our secure PayPal portal:

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The Friends EIN number is 114166433.

Donate in person

You can download a membership/donation form here and mail it in or drop it off at the library. Checks should be made out to Friends of Bethlehem Public Library.

Legacy giving

This can be in the form of a bequest, life insurance proceeds, a trust, an annuity, a life estate or even a retirement fund. To discuss legacy giving, please contact Library Director Geoff Kirkpatrick at 518-439-9314, ext. 350, or by email.

Special gift

Remember or celebrate a family member, friend, neighbor or colleague with a donation to mark a holiday, birthday, retirement or other special occasion. Mail a check to Friends of Bethlehem Library, 451 Delaware Avenue, Delmar, NY, 12054, with a note explaining the purpose of the gift.  Please include the name and address of the honoree if you’d like us to send a letter to the recipient acknowledging your generosity.

Establish a recurring gift

This type of donation can take many forms, such as with a lump-sum donation or a pledge to match up to a certain dollar of other donations to the fund each year for a specified number of years. To explore the possibility of a recurring gift, please contact Library Director Geoff Kirkpatrick at 518-439-9314, ext. 350, or by email.

Donate to the Krakower-Storch Family Technology Fund

In 2016, Joe and Naomi Storch founded the Krakower-Storch Family Technology Fund with a lump-sum donation of $1,000 and pledged to match up to $1,000 of other donations to the fund.  The Storch Fund continues to fund public-facing technology and special programs that support families in the community. 

The Fund was created in honor of Naomi’s and Joe’s parents, Judith and Stephen Krakower, Genie and Sam Storch; and their grandparents, the late Nathan and Rita Romm, the late Israel and Betty Tenenbaum, the late Minnie and Eliot Storch, Richard and Eleanor Krakower, and Sonya Rose.

FOBPL thanks Ryan Rockmore, Los Angeles, California, for his generous donation, accompanied by this note: “The [Bethlehem Public Library] was a second home to me growing up. I hope the donation can help make other children experience it, comfort and magic as well.”