Southern Tier Library System
Public libraries of Allegany, Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, and Yates Counties
Below are the libraries from the Southern Tier Library System that participated in The Great Give Back 2025! Please contact libraries directly for questions regarding offered programming.
Click here to view past GGB events from Southern Tier Library System
Almond 20th Century Club Library
Halloween Costume Drive
September 15th – October 30th
Ages 0 – 15
Halloween Costume Drive to provide gently used costumes to kids in the community!
Registration is not required but donations are accepted in person.
Donation collection will happen from Sep. 15 through Oct. 18 and “shopping” will be available from Oct. 21 through Oct. 30.
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause
October 1st – 31st
All Ages
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause is a month-long donation drive supporting our counties local animal shelter. Throughout October, community members are invited to visit the library to see a list of needed items and drop off donations during regular open hours.
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause
October 1st – 31st
All Ages
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause is a month-long donation drive supporting our counties local animal shelter. Throughout October, community members are invited to visit the library to see a list of needed items and drop off donations during regular open hours.
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause
October 1st – 31st
All Ages
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause is a month-long donation drive supporting our counties local animal shelter. Throughout October, community members are invited to visit the library to see a list of needed items and drop off donations during regular open hours.
Belmont Literacy and Historical Library
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause
October 1st – 31st
All Ages
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause is a month-long donation drive supporting our counties local animal shelter. Throughout October, community members are invited to visit the library to see a list of needed items and drop off donations during regular open hours.
Give Back to Our Veterans
October 1st – 24th
We will be collecting and accepting the following items for the Bath VA Medial Center:
• Checks made payable to Bath VA Medical Center
• NEW t-shirts & sweatpants (M to XL)
• K –cups (regular & decaf.)
• Canisters of coffee (regular & decaf.)
• Gift cards to Amazon, TOPS, Walmart, Wegmans or VISA gift cards
• Cash donations
Thank you for participating in the Great Give Back!
Donations can be dropped off at the Benedek Memorial Library, Savona
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause
October 1st – 31st
All Ages
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause is a month-long donation drive supporting our counties local animal shelter. Throughout October, community members are invited to visit the library to see a list of needed items and drop off donations during regular open hours.
Personal and Hygiene Items Drive
September 29th – October 24th
The Big Flats Library will be collecting unopened personal and hygiene items like soap, shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, razors, shaving cream, lotion, to support various community organizations such as homeless shelters, women’s shelters, food banks. Donations can be dropped off at the Big Flats Library, 78 Canal St. Big Flats NY 14814.
Thank you for your support.
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause
October 1st – 31st
All Ages
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause is a month-long donation drive supporting our counties local animal shelter. Throughout October, community members are invited to visit the library to see a list of needed items and drop off donations during regular open hours.
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause
October 1st – 31st
All Ages
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause is a month-long donation drive supporting our counties local animal shelter. Throughout October, community members are invited to visit the library to see a list of needed items and drop off donations during regular open hours.
Cuba Circulating Library Association
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause
October 1st – 31st
All Ages
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause is a month-long donation drive supporting our counties local animal shelter. Throughout October, community members are invited to visit the library to see a list of needed items and drop off donations during regular open hours.
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause
October 1st – 31st
All Ages
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause is a month-long donation drive supporting our counties local animal shelter. Throughout October, community members are invited to visit the library to see a list of needed items and drop off donations during regular open hours.
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause
October 1st – 31st
All Ages
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause is a month-long donation drive supporting our counties local animal shelter. Throughout October, community members are invited to visit the library to see a list of needed items and drop off donations during regular open hours.
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause
October 1st – 31st
All Ages
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause is a month-long donation drive supporting our counties local animal shelter. Throughout October, community members are invited to visit the library to see a list of needed items and drop off donations during regular open hours.
Fred & Harriett Taylor Memorial Library
The Great Giveback Festival
October 18th from 11:00 – 1:00
On the Lawn at the Library.
All Ages; Family Friendly
The Great Giveback Festival is a day to celebrate Community. Bring a donation for our local Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry, enjoy Live Music from Detroit’s contemporary folk ensemble, the Kate Hinote Trio & let the Kiddos loose on some Pumpkin Painting. Bring a chair, enjoy our Bake Sale & visit our Book Sale too. Family friendly event; open to all; free; no registration; rain/cold: we move inside. The library will collect for Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry from Oct 1st thru 31st.
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause
October 1st – 31st
All Ages
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause is a month-long donation drive supporting our counties local animal shelter. Throughout October, community members are invited to visit the library to see a list of needed items and drop off donations during regular open hours.
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause
October 1st – 31st
All Ages
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause is a month-long donation drive supporting our counties local animal shelter. Throughout October, community members are invited to visit the library to see a list of needed items and drop off donations during regular open hours.
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause
October 1st – 31st
All Ages
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause is a month-long donation drive supporting our counties local animal shelter. Throughout October, community members are invited to visit the library to see a list of needed items and drop off donations during regular open hours.
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause
October 1st – 31st
All Ages
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause is a month-long donation drive supporting our counties local animal shelter. Throughout October, community members are invited to visit the library to see a list of needed items and drop off donations during regular open hours.
Mabel D. Blodgett Memorial Library
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause
October 1st – 31st
All Ages
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause is a month-long donation drive supporting our counties local animal shelter. Throughout October, community members are invited to visit the library to see a list of needed items and drop off donations during regular open hours.
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause
October 1st – 31st
All Ages
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause is a month-long donation drive supporting our counties local animal shelter. Throughout October, community members are invited to visit the library to see a list of needed items and drop off donations during regular open hours.
Modeste Bedient Memorial Library
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause
October 1st – 31st
All Ages
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause is a month-long donation drive supporting our counties local animal shelter. Throughout October, community members are invited to visit the library to see a list of needed items and drop off donations during regular open hours.
Paws for a Cause
October 1st – 31st
For the month of October, we will be collecting supplies for the Yates County Shelter of Hope. The list of requested items can be found on our website www.branchportlibrary.org. Please place your donations in the donation box in the library.
Montour Falls Memorial Library
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause
October 1st – 31st
All Ages
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause is a month-long donation drive supporting our counties local animal shelter. Throughout October, community members are invited to visit the library to see a list of needed items and drop off donations during regular open hours.
Humane Society Food and Supply Drive / Boop Snoot Bracket
October 1st – 31st
All Ages
The Montour Falls Memorial Library is running a pet food and supply drive for the Humane Society of Schuyler County in addition to a social media campaign called “Welcome to the Booperdome.” We’ve created a bracket for patrons to vote for which of the Humane Society’s adoptable cats has the best nose for “booping!” Make sure you follow us on social media to get in on the action and raise awareness for Schuyler County’s adoptable felines so they can find their forever home.
No registration required.
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause
October 1st – 31st
All Ages
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause is a month-long donation drive supporting our counties local animal shelter. Throughout October, community members are invited to visit the library to see a list of needed items and drop off donations during regular open hours.
Collecting for the Prattsburgh Food Pantry
The Library is a collection site for the Prattsburgh Food Pantry. This is a continuing program that the Library has been doing for several years. Lists are available in the Library each month of the current food pantry needs. There is no registration and all can participate.
Southeast Steuben County Library
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause
October 1st – 31st
All Ages
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause is a month-long donation drive supporting our counties local animal shelter. Throughout October, community members are invited to visit the library to see a list of needed items and drop off donations during regular open hours.
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause
October 1st – 31st
All Ages
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause is a month-long donation drive supporting our counties local animal shelter. Throughout October, community members are invited to visit the library to see a list of needed items and drop off donations during regular open hours.
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause
October 1st – 31st
All Ages
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause is a month-long donation drive supporting our counties local animal shelter. Throughout October, community members are invited to visit the library to see a list of needed items and drop off donations during regular open hours.
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause
October 1st – 31st
All Ages
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause is a month-long donation drive supporting our counties local animal shelter. Throughout October, community members are invited to visit the library to see a list of needed items and drop off donations during regular open hours.
Allegany TNR
October 18th from 8:00 – 5:00
Collecting cans and auction donations for the TNR
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause
October 1st – 31st
All Ages
STARCat Cares: Paws for a Cause is a month-long donation drive supporting our counties local animal shelter. Throughout October, community members are invited to visit the library to see a list of needed items and drop off donations during regular open hours.