Do you have some books, movies, and/or music that you’d like to donate to us? Great! We love donations! Book and DVD donations to the Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends benefit the community: $38,000 worth of donated materials were added to the collection last year, and over $100,000 was raised through the sale of books. …
We would love to see you at Librarypalooza this year! Our theme is Bollywood Nights, and we’re going to have a lot of fun, food, and a fabulous live auction! The fundraising and friend-raising event is on Saturday February 2, 2019 – plenty of time for you to recover after the holidays. Register today!
In addition to raising money from our amazing community for the Mission Library, the Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends also made a major donation to the Mission Library. We were recognized in front of City Council on Tuesday November 27, and we are so proud to have contributed to this amazing project. Use …
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Sunday December 9 is our last patio sale of the year! Join us on the patio out front of the Central Park Library from 1pm – 3:30pm as we sell books off our red carts. We’ll have lots of children’s books – this could be a great place to get a present for the kid …
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Don’t miss the selection of holiday books in our store. We’ve got books for children, cookbooks, craft books, and more. Stop by the Friends Bookstore in the lobby of the Central Park Library today! Learn more about the Friends Bookstore at Central Park Library.
This post is part of our occasional series on planned giving. We always ask for donations in November and December – it’s a great time of the year for you to make your annual donation to support the library you love so much. But what if you’d like to donate more – what if …
The Silicon Valley Voice had a nice overview of the California Library Association’s annual conference, which was in Santa Clara this year! Our librarians did a great job hosting a wealth of panels and workshops. Congratulations to all of them for doing an amazing job.
The Santa Clara Holiday Historic Home Tour, celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, is scheduled for Friday, December 7 and Saturday, December 8. Four private homes plus two of the oldest historic buildings in Santa Clara — the Santa Clara Woman’s Club Adobe and the False Front Italianate-style 1860s-era Larder House on the Santa Clara University campus will be on this …
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A huge thanks to everyone who donated to us last week! Our annual fundraising campaign continues through the end of 2018. Please help us reach our fundraising goal by making your donation today. Your donation helps us continue to create and support life-long learners, through programs like Girls Who Code, Summer Reading, Comic Con, ESL …
Our fabulous volunteers will be hosting a book sale on Sunday at Central Park Library on the patio. Please join us to find just the right book for your favorite person. We’ll also have a selection of Christmas books for sale!