Last Day for Drop-off: Spring Sports Swap

Youth Sports Equipment

The Spring Sports Swap is a chance for families to donate and shop for gently used youth sports equipment for spring-season sports.

Spring sports season is just around the corner and it’s time to dust off your gently-used youth equipment from seasons past so it can be passed on! From March 21st to March 27th the library is accepting donations of youth sports equipment for the following spring-season sports: baseball, softball, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, volleyball, golf, and track & field (please hold on to your equipment for sports from other seasons as we hope to host future fall and winter equipment swaps).

Items should be gently used, clean, in good condition, and should comply with current sports equipment standards.

Examples of items the library will accept:

baseball and softball bats, gloves, cleats (please label with sport and size), helmets, and balls;

lacrosse sticks, chest and arm pads, gloves, helmets, cleats and turf shoes (please label with sport and size), goggles;

soccer balls, cleats and turf shoes (please label with sport and size), bungee ball net kickers, small practice cones, goalie gloves, pop-up goals (must be collapsed and secured);

tennis racquets, racquet bags, racquet string, balls, shoes (please label with sport and size);

volleyballs, spike challengers, volleyball blocking pads, shoes (please label with sport and size)

golf clubs, bags, gloves, footwear (please label with sport and size), balls;

track spikes (please label with sport and size), discuses, shotputs, relay batons, turbojavs.

We cannot accept: jockstraps, cups, mouth-guards, soft and absorbent knee-pads or shin-guards, full-size javelins, anything visibly dirty, anything stained with mold or mildew, anything damp, clothing including jerseys, socks, pants, shorts, any equipment for sports not listed above (check back this summer for a date for a fall equipment swap), large or non-collapsible goals or rebounders.

Saturday, March 28th, parents and guardians of youth athletes are invited to shop the donations. Equipment will be set up in the Brooks Room organized by sport from 10am until 12pm or until all items are gone. Equipment remaining at the end of the event will be donated or otherwise disposed of by library staff.

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