The Bee Returns!

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The Spelling Bee Is Back! 🐝

Friday, February 27, 2026 at the Irvington Theater

The Friends of the Irvington Library are thrilled to once again present one of our buzziest fundraisers of the year — the Irvington Community Spelling Bee!

The theater will hum with excitement as friends and neighbors go head-to-head for the coveted title of Best Spellers in Irvington.

All of the honey raised supports the programs and services of the Irvington Public Library.
Bee there — or bee square!

Event Details

📅 Friday, February 27, 2026
🕡 Doors open / check-in at 6:30 PM
📍 Irvington Theater
85 Main Street, Irvington, NY 10533

Purchase tickets from the Irvington Theater:
https://events.liveit.io/irvington-theater/spelling-bee-2/

(Snow date to be announced)

Compete in the Bee

Interested in joining the hive?

Teams consist of three teens or adults (ages 16+) who compete together on stage in a fun, high-energy spelling competition.

How to participate

  • Form a team of 3

  • Choose a clever (or pun-filled) team name

  • $150 entry fee per team

  • Register and pay by February 12

    Pay for your team registration on our donation page.
    Important: Please include your team name in the “Special Instructions” field on the final PayPal checkout screen so we can track your registration!
  • Don’t have a full team? No problem — email us and we’ll try to help match you.

Support the Bee

The Spelling Bee is a great way to support library programs and showcase your business or organization to hundreds of engaged community members.

Advertise in the Bee Program

Program ads are available in the following sizes:

  • Full page: $350

  • Inside cover: $275

  • Half page: $200

  • Quarter page: $125

  • Business card: $75

  • Artwork deadline: February 12

  • Files should be high-resolution (300 DPI), black & white

  • Accepted formats: PDF, JPEG, or PNG

Sponsor the Bee or Donate a Raffle Prize

We are also seeking:

  • Event sponsors

  • Donations of goods or services for our raffle

Raffle items are very popular, and all sponsors and raffle donors will be recognized in the Bee program.

Questions or Interested in Participating?

📧 Email friends.irvington.library@gmail.com
(Please do not call the library.)

Visit www.friendsoftheirvingtonlibrary.org for updates.

 

 
 
 

Fall Book Sale: Thank you!

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THANK YOU FOR MAKING OUR FALL BOOKSALE A SUCCESS

To everyone who volunteered, donated books, and shopped the sale — thank you for helping ensure our library can continue offering the classes, programs, and museum passes our community loves! The sale will return in the spring. In the meantime, stay tuned for updates on the Spelling Bee, and more!
 
If you would like to volunteer or have questions about our book sales, please contact us at
friends.irvington.library@gmail.com

Used book donations have resumed, please see below for guidelines

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Irvington Public Library, 12 South Astor Street, Irvington, NY 10533.

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Donate!

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Money raised by the Friends of the Irvington Library is the main source of funding for children’s, teen, and adult programming, including story hours, book groups, lectures, movies, live theater, poetry readings, and art classes. The Friends also purchase the library’s free museum passes, DVDs and audio books. Check out all of the library’s upcoming programming here!

To be a friend of your library, you may use the Donate button below or mail your donation to Friends of the Irvington Library, 12 S. Astor Street, Irvington, NY 10533.

Individual: $30
Family: $50
Supporting: $100
Patron: $250
Benefactor: $500+


Please enter your donation amount:
(Example – 30.00)    $


Book Donation Guidelines

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The Irvington Library and the Friends of the Irvington Library greatly appreciate your book donations!

Only items that meet the Library’s acquisitions policy may be added to the Library’s permanent collection. Materials not selected for the collection may be sold by the Friends, with all proceeds benefiting the Library. Items that are not sold may be donated to other nonprofit organizations or responsibly discarded.

How to Donate

  • You may bring one or two cartons or shopping bags of books to the library front desk during regular library hours.

  • Please do not use plastic garbage bags.

  • Books must never be left outside the library, in the vestibule, or in the book drop.

If you wish to donate more than two cartons, please contact the Friends in advance so we can arrange for someone to receive them.

Questions? Email us at friends.irvington.library@gmail.com
Please do not call the library regarding donations — thank you!

Items We Welcome

We are happy to accept:

  • Hardcover fiction and nonfiction

  • Trade paperback fiction and nonfiction (not mass-market/pocket editions)

  • Reference books and textbooks only if recently published

  • Specialized periodicals and academic journals (no popular magazines)

  • Children’s books

  • Foreign-language books

  • Blank books, journals, diaries, notebooks, notecards, postcards, and stationery

Items We Cannot Accept

Unfortunately, we are no longer able to accept:

  • Mass-market (“pocketbook”) paperbacks
    (approx. 4.25 × 6.87 inches), unless like new

  • DVDs, CDs, audiobooks, or vinyl records unless new and unopened

  • Software or video games

Please also do not donate:

  • Water-damaged, mildewed, or heavily soiled books

  • Books with missing covers or split spines

  • Out-of-date computer science books

  • Instruction manuals

  • Encyclopedias

Tax Receipts

To obtain a receipt for tax purposes, please ask the library clerk or a Friends volunteer when you drop off your donation.

THANK YOU for supporting the Irvington Library!