Recycle Old Cell Phones

This year alone, over 125 million mobile phones will be discarded, to sit unused on shelves or be buried in landfill. Help the environment, people in other countries, and the Friends by donating your old mobile phones, PDAs, and pagers. Partnering with CollectiveGood, the Friends will see to it that your discarded phones will be recycled to serve useful lives in the developing world, in many cases offering families their first modern communications. The funds raised by the Friends from the donations will be used to benefit the Library.

To donate your old phone, go to any branch library and look for the specially marked recycling tubes. Be sure to deactivate the service for your donated phone. Before the phone is reused, the software is replaced, erasing any trace of your ownership and also erasing the phone book.

This Week at the Library
Sat 5/3	Family Place: Together @ the Library in Boulder Creek. Third of a five-week series. 10:30 am, Boulder Creek Branch. Registration required; call 420-5652.
	Crafts for All Ages. 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm, Branciforte Branch.
Mon 5/5	Young Adult Book Group (grades 8-12). 3:30 pm, Felton Branch. Call 420-5229 for title.
Tue 5/6	Bookmending Workshop: Learn the tricks of repairing books. 8:30 am, Aptos Branch.
	Storytime (3-6 years). 10:15 am, Scotts Valley Branch; 10:30 am, La Selva Beach Branch; 11:15 am Capitola Branch.
	Storytime (up to 13 months). 10:15 am, Branciforte Branch.
	Pajama Storytime for the entire family. 6:30 pm, Scotts Valley Branch.
	Master Storytelling with Richard Gaughan (school ages). 7:00 pm, Boulder Creek Branch.
Wed 5/7	Storytime (3-6 years). 10:15 am, Central Branch; 11:00 am, Boulder Creek Branch.
	Storytime (18 months-3 years). 11:15, Capitola Branch.
	Russian at Lunch: Practice your Russian; bring your own lunch. 11:30 am, Branciforte Branch. Call 420-6330 for info.
Thu 5/8	Storytime (3-6 years). 10:15 am, Aptos Branch; 10:15 am, Live Oak Branch; 11:00 am, Felton Branch.
	Storytime (18 months-3 years). 10:15, Central Branch.
	Storytime (13 months-3 years). 10:15, Scotts Valley Branch.
	La Selva Beach book discussion for adults: The Commoner by John Schwartz. 10:30 am, La Selva Beach Branch.
Fri 5/9	Knit & Stitch Adult Mystery Book Club: Knitting Bones by Monica Ferris. 10:30 am, Capitola Branch.
	Aptos Chess Club: Chess Master Dana MacKenzie welcomes kids ages 6 and up, all levels. 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm, Aptos Branch.
Sat 5/10	Family Place: Together @ the Library in Boulder Creek. Fourth of a five-week series. 10:30 am, Boulder Creek Branch. Registration required; call 420-5652.
	Crafts for All Ages. 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm, Branciforte Branch.
	Anime and Manga Book Club (ages 13-18). 3:00 pm, Garfield Park Branch.

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