Current & Upcoming Events
The Fall 2026 Book Sale is October 9 – 11
- Members Night: Friday, October 9, 4-7pm
(join or renew now or at the sale, if your membership has lapsed) - Community Day: Saturday, October 10, 10am – 4pm
- Half-Price Day: Sunday, October 11, 11am-3pm
Questions? Contact us
Volunteers and Sponsors – We Couldn’t Do It Without You!
This wonderful event is only possible because of the labors and generous donations of many individuals and organizations in the community. The book sale takes five days to assemble, host, and disassemble, but it is truly a labor of love.
More than 70 FACL volunteers make this huge undertaking possible, and it is so wonderful to work with all of the enthusiastic, competent volunteers. The sale’s success is largely due to the many volunteers who help sort, set up, “fluff” (keep the displayed books neat and accessible), tally, and cashier.
Contact us if you’d like to be a Book Sale volunteer, or your organization or business would like to become a sponsor.
FACL Board Meetings
FACL members and their guests are invited to attend FACL board meetings. These are held at 4:00 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month except December, at 12200B Airport Road, Jackson CA. Meetings are also streamed live on Zoom.
You don’t need a reservation, but since changes can occur we recommend you contact us or call 209-217-1911 to confirm the date and time or to receive a Zoom invitation.
Make Your Gift Go Further This GivingTuesday!
On Tuesday, December 1, 2026, support the Friends of the Amador County Library through Amador Giving Tuesday!
Your donation helps FACL provide books, digital resources, literacy programs, community initiatives, and welcoming spaces for library users throughout Amador County. Every gift, large or small, helps strengthen our local libraries and make a lasting difference in our community.
Donate online: GiveAmador.org
You may also donate in person on December 1 at St. Katharine Drexel Catholic Parish in Jackson.
When you give through the Amador Giving Tuesday campaign on December 1, your donation may help FACL qualify for matching funds provided by local business and community sponsors. That means your generosity could go even further!
Give where you live. Support your library. Make an impact that lasts.
Recent Events
Summer 2026 Donation Day
Thank you for your generous donations of books, puzzles, CDs, and DVDs during our Summer Donation Day on July 25. Your contributions support FACL’s book sales, with proceeds funding library programs, services, and special projects that benefit our community.
Thank you for supporting your local library!
Spring 2026 Book Sale, April 10-12
Another grand success! Thank you to everyone who volunteered, shopped, and to our new and renewing members. On a chilly, rainy weekend we still raised nearly $4,000.
Learn more about donating to FACL.
Spring 2026 Donation Day, February 28
A huge thank you to everyone who came out today for the semi-annual Friends of the Amador County Library Donation Day! As ever, your donations on Spring Donation Day, February 28, and throughout the year made a huge positive difference.
Giving Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Since 2019, FACL has participated in Giving Tuesday – the Tuesday after each Thanksgiving Day when your donations to local nonprofits receive partial matching funds through the Amador Community Foundation. This year, we raised over $8,800 – our most successful Giving Tuesday ever. Your generosity will help us support the library by paying for even more books, materials, programs, and services, which will go a long way toward maintaining and growing the community benefits of our Amador County Library system.
You don’t need to wait until Giving Tuesday to donate! Learn more about you can help FACL help the library on our Donation page, or reach out via email or a phone call.
Fall 2025 Book Sale, November 14-16
Another grand success! Thank you to everyone who volunteered and shopped. We raised more than $4,500.
As ever, your donations on Fall Donation Day, October 18, and throughout the year made a huge positive difference. Learn more about donating to FACL.
2019: Library Centennial Celebration
The Amador County Library celebrated 100 years of service with a free Community Party at the Jackson Main Library on June 15, 2019, sponsored by the Friends of the Amador County Library. Families enjoyed complimentary snacks and beverages, fun entertainment for kids, and an opportunity to discover all that the library has to offer. Outside in the parking lot: face painting, balloon animals, free books for kids and adults, a performance by the Amador County Folklorico Dancers, and birthday cake cutting with local celebrities, followed by a program featuring Kat Everitt, 2019 Amador County Poet Laureate.
2016-17: Save Our History: Digitizing 150+ Years of Amador County Newspapers
A joint project of Friends of the Amador County Library and the Amador Ledger Dispatch newspaper, this first phase comprised a searchable, online archive of the Ledger Dispatch and its predecessor newspapers through 2008. The archives include most Amador County newspapers from 1855 to 2008 and are keyword searchable. It is a great resource for historians, local history buffs, and genealogists.
In order to digitize this 153-year history, nearly $40,000 was required. Friends of the Amador County Library received generous donations from businesses, clubs, and organizations, long-time Amador County families, the Ledger Dispatch, and many others who agreed that protecting this history for future generations is an important cause. We are extremely grateful to all who donated. The Save Our History project is now being operated and maintained by the Ledger Dispatch newspaper. Access the archive at amadorgov.org/departments/library.
2015-18: Library Shelving
Friends of the Amador County Library completed a multi-year campaign to raise funds to replace antiquated shelving in the main library in Jackson. FACL raised nearly $40,000 through grants and private donations. As a result, modern, versatile shelving was installed in the children, teen, and adult nonfiction areas of the Jackson library, making books and audio-visual materials much more accessible and inviting.
