“I truly believe you must give back to excel in life,” said Beth DeBlasis, a new volunteer at The Maui Friends of the Library’s Lahaina Bookstore.

LAHAINA — The Maui Friends of the Library Lahaina Bookstore added two new volunteers last month to its roster of 16 local residents who spend at least four hours a week serving customers at its now bigger store at the Outlets of Maui on Front Street.

The new volunteers are Annie Wilson, an accountant and regular shopper at the store over many years, and Beth DeBlasis, a Clean Energy Ambassador for Sunrun Solar and Off-Premise Concierge. Both enjoy being active in the community.

Sales at the store provide extra help to the eight public libraries in Maui County and the Holololo Bookmobile, funding everything from new books, to furniture, to special programming.

“Our volunteers are the backbone of our organization,” stressed Maui Friends of the Library President Flo Wiger, who also volunteers in the Lahaina store.

“We always need people to step up and help,” she added, noting “it’s also a lot of fun.”

Maui Friends of the Library has three used bookstores on Maui: Puunene near the Sugar Mill; Queen Ka’ahumanu Center in Kahului; and the Lahaina Bookstore across from Kate Spade in the Outlets of Maui Shopping Center on Papalaua and Front streets.

Those interested in volunteering can apply at any of the stores. The Maui Friends of the Library Bookstore is open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Donations of used books are welcome and accepted at each of the stores.

Learn more by visiting the Maui Friends of the Library website at mfol.org.