Year: 2012

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Library Foundation Grant Party awards over $20,000 to library programs

At the semi-annual Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends Grant Party, over 50 volunteers gathered in the Cedar room at Central Library. There, they heard presentations from the library staff about different programs that could be funded with monies raised in the Friends bookstore and Saturday sales.  After the votes were tallied, thirteen different …

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Judging A Book By Its Cover

The following was written by Kim Wulfhorst, a Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends volunteer.  I was sitting in the Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends’ (SCCLFF) Bookstore where I volunteer by selling used books. I began to wonder about the phrase “You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover.” I said to …

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Teen Moms Gain New Understanding of the Power of the Written Word

Through a grant from the Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust, teen moms at the Young Parents Center in Santa Clara were introduced to a world of books geared specifically to their interests. Classroom teachers read aloud The Circuit, an autobiography by Dr. Francisco Jimenez of his early life as a farm worker’s child and illegal immigrant …

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Thank you from the Santa Clara Library Summer Reading 2012 participants!

[youtube_sc url=”2WrFprUeB8w” autohide=”1″ fs=”1″ hd=”1″] Santa Clara City Library’s Summer Reading program involves over 3000 kids and teens who read over 50,000 books. Hear from them and their parents about why they like summer reading.  The Foundation, all the children, young adults, staff, and community would like to extend thanks to the funders of Summer …

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Northside Library Ground-breaking Event

Everyone is excited to finally break ground for the new northside library. Pictured, left to right, with shovels: Ken Young, Mohammed Nadeem, Barbara Hounslow, Jim Lyons, Will Kennedy, Marty Hull, Rajeev Batra, Kathy Wanatabe, Patricia Mahan, Kevin Moore, Jamie Matthews, Joy Hansen, Maria Danae, Jamie McLeod, Peter Yoon, Keith Stattenfield, Ashish Mangla , Sabiha Chunawala, …

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KEYPOINT CREDIT UNION DONATES $10,000 TO SUMMER READING Supporting Literacy in the Santa Clara Community

  Keypoint Credit Union presented a $10,000 check to the Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends (SCCLFF) to support the Summer Reading Program.  CEO Brad Canfield and Vice President of Branch Sales and Service Helen Grays Jones spoke of their dedication to their community and to literacy and Joy Hansen, Foundation Board President, was …

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