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Trustees debate collection-bin and book-donation rules, propose tighter criteria
Summary
Trustees reviewed a draft charitable-collections policy after problems with frequent and bulk donations; they proposed limiting donations to two boxes/bags at a time, requiring staff inspection for large drops, clearer signage about monetary donations, and placing the policy in a separate manual section. The Friends' fall book sale was set for Nov. 2.
At their Aug. 12, 2024 meeting, the Blackstone Board of Library Trustees spent substantial time revising a draft charitable-collections (collection bins) and book-donation policy after staff reported repeated large, unusable donations.
Trustees discussed specific edits: remove board naming from policy language, make the library director or designee the…
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