Filling a Friend's Ipod without deletions

I have gone back to look at other posts and realize that programs like Yamipod successfully export tunes from ipod into itunes.
I told my friend I would add a significant amount of music from my itunes onto her ipod. However, I am of course petrified of deleting the existing songs on her ipod. I simply want to add my library without deleting what already exists on her ipod.
Would it make more sense to use a program to get her songs into my itunes? Or can I manually put songs from my itunes into her ipod without deleting what already is on there?
This is urgent, so I really appreciate any guidance!! Thanks!

You should be able to "manually manage songs" under preferences.

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