JPSealGoldColor150x144.jpg

NEWS RELEASE

JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA

January 26, 2024
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FRIENDS OF JEFFERSON PARISH LIBRARY TO HOST BOOKS-BY-THE-BOX SALE

JEFFERSON, LA – The Friends of the Jefferson Public Library are hosting their first ever warehouse sale. 

The sale will occur from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, February 24, 2024 in the hallway outside the meeting rooms at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie, LA 70002.

This event is free of charge and is open to the public. There is no registration. 

Patrons will be able to purchase pre-packaged boxes — children’s literature, romance or fiction (combination of hardback and paperback) — for $5 per box. Only cash will be accepted. The boxes will be sold sight unseen. Proceeds benefit the Jefferson Parish Library.

For more information regarding the sale, contact the Friends of the Jefferson Public Library at 504-445-2665, or FriendsJPL@yahoo.com, or Chris Smith, Manager of Adult Programming for the library, at 504-889-8143 or wcsmith@jefferson.lib.la.us.

The Jefferson Parish Library system consists of 16 locations that stretch from the Lakeshore Branch on the edge of Lake Pontchartrain to the Grand Isle Branch just steps away from the Gulf of Mexico. The library system consists of two large regional libraries and seven branches on each side of the Mississippi River. The East Bank Regional Library (4747 West Napoleon Ave., Metairie, LA 70002) serves as library headquarters. More than 200 employees work for the Jefferson Parish Library including librarians, administration and support staff. For more information, contact the library at (504) 838-1100 or www.jefferson.lib.la.us.

For more information about Jefferson Parish, visit www.JeffParish.net Residents can also receive regular updates by following the Parish on social media (@JeffParishGov) or by texting JPALERT or JPNOTICIAS to 888-777.

###

    Jefferson Parish Public Information Office

    1221 Elmwood Park Boulevard, Suite 1002

    Jefferson, LA 70123

    jptv logo     Twitter Blue Logo   Instagram   Facebook logo

    JPALERT – SIGN UP TO RECEIVE EMERGENCY ALERTS

    Gretchen Hirt Gendron, PIO