Year: 2012

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Margaret Edwards Foundation Grant helps teen parents at the Young Parents Center

The Read Santa Clara Family Literacy staff are very excited about the programs being planned for the teen parents at the Young Parents Center using the funding from the Margaret Edwards Foundation grant that the Library Foundation procured for us. There are several foci for our programs under the umbrella of reading for pleasure: In …

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Project Best at Work

by Susan Baier I have to say – I’ve always thought Project BEST was a great idea but I have a new appreciation for it after seeing it in action. It was kind of thrilling to watch people actually complete the food handler’s test and get the certification. You could tell they were relieved and …

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Black History Month Book Talk: Ralph Richard Banks: Is Marriage for White People?

Date: Monday, February 6, 2012, 7:00 p.m. Location: Central Park Library Redwood Room 2635 Homestead Road Santa Clara, California 95051 In celebration of Black History Month, Adult Services has invited Ralph Richard Banks, the Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, to discuss his new book, Is Marriage for White People? How …

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Finding Job Leads, February 7th, 1-2:30pm

The world of work has changed.  Find out where and how employers are looking for candidates, how to identify the hidden job market, where you should be spending your job search time and energy, and how to maximize your job search results. 1:00 – 2:30 Cedar Room Thursday, February 7, 2013

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Mark it! Young Artists Create Library Bookmarks

Congratulations to the winners of the Library’s bookmark contest! The Foundation & Friends’-sponsored contest encouraged students to design an original bookmark to promote National Library Card Sign Up Month. Winning designs were printed as bookmarks and distributed to the public. For more information, see http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2011/12/engage-young-artists-with-a-bookmark-contest/.