Fraser Valley Library

"Other Ways to Donate"

There are other ways to donate, besides membership, Used Book Sales, and Special Events These are:

Amazon Smiles

City Market Rewards Program

IRA Required Mimimum Distribution


Amazon Smiles

If you shop at Amazon you can now give a small donation to The Friends of the Grand County Library every time you shop. You first need to sign up for AmazonSmile.

  1. Go to https://smile.amazon.com/

  2. Logon on with your amazon userid (email) and password, if you are not already logged on.

  3. Select "Friends of the Grand County Library Inc"
    DO NOT SELECT "Grand County Public Library Friends" This is in UTAH

  4. In order for Friends to get a donation when you shop Amazon, you must use http://smile.amazon.com instead of www.amazon.com. It works the same except the Friends will get a donation. The best way to do this is to change your bookmark.
Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases to the Friends at no additional cost to you.
Grand Lake Library

City Market Community Rewards Program

Each time you shop at City Market and use your rewards card, City Market will contribute a small percentage of your purchase amount to the Friends. Your personal information is secure and there is no change to your fuel point accumulation.

Follow these instructions to add Friends of the Library to your City Market Value Card:

  1. Go to www.citymarket.com

  2. If you already have a sign-on, sign on and go to step 4. Otherwise, click on "Create An Account".

  3. Enter your information, including your City Market Value Card number, and click on "Create Account".

  4. Click on "Savings & Rewards.

  5. Select "City Market Community Rewards" from the dropdown menu.

  6. Click "Enroll Now".

  7. Enter "CA638" under "Enter your organization's number", and click "Search".

  8. Select "The Friends of the Grand County Library" and click on "Enroll".

  9. You are done.

IRA Required Minimum Distribution

Your required minimum distribution is the minimum amount you must withdraw from your retirement account each year. You generally have to start taking withdrawals from your IRA, SEP IRA, SIMPLE IRA, or retirement plan account when you reach age 70½.

Some people donate their Required Minimum Distribution to a 501 (c) (3) charity like the Friends of the Grand County Library. If the money is donated directly to the charity you avoid paying taxes on that part of the distribution.

The check from your financial institution must be made out to "Friends of the Grand County Library, Inc." It can either be mailed to you or directly to the friends.

The address is:
Friends of The Grand County Library
PO Box 1050
Granby, CO 80446

If, instead, you would like to make a cash dontation, click here:"