Friendly Used Bookstore & Friends of Santee Library in Santee has served the East County reading community since 1993 from Suite 8 at 9225 Carlton Hills Boulevard, adjacent to the Santee Branch Library. The 501(c)(3) nonprofit operates under EIN 33-0197229, with 100 percent of inventory sourced from community donations and all proceeds funding Santee Library programs, events, and the New Library Building Fund — a literacy-support model complemented by the reading-friendly atmosphere at neighboring Kaffee Meister - Santee Coffeehouse in Unit 30 of the same Carlton Hills Boulevard complex. Stock rotates across fiction and nonfiction hardcovers and paperbacks, children's and young-adult titles, large-print editions, vintage volumes, cookbooks, DVDs, CDs, audiobooks, videogames, and puzzles, with most items priced between $0.50 and $5.00. Monthly member sales on the last Friday and Saturday of each month offer additional savings for Friends of Santee Library cardholders. Children's literacy outreach extends the bookstore's mission to early-education providers such as Giggles & Smiles Child Care on Woodside Avenue, where donated picture books and story-time resources support pre-kindergarten reading readiness across the 92071 ZIP code. Donation intake accepts all books in good condition, DVDs, CDs, audio and video tapes, and videogames, excluding encyclopedias, textbooks older than five years, and magazines.