Learn more about Justin Wasterlain, the Mission Library Program Coordinator
Thanks to Silicon Valley Voice for profiling Justin Wasterlain and the Mission Library! Head over to their site to read more about him and his plans for Mission Library.
Year: 2018
Donate today to support us on #GivingTuesday
Enriching lives through life-long learning The mission of the Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends is to strengthen the Library as a pillar of our diverse community through fundraising, partnership, and advocacy. One way we fulfill our mission is via the Read Santa Clara program – a program that connects volunteer tutors with adult …
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Happy Cyber Monday!
If you would like to support the Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends this Cyber Monday, consider buying a book from our Amazon bookstore! We have a great selection right now – I see at least two books I personally loved – so if a used book is on your personal buying list, consider …
Join us for Jan Lieberman’s concert on Sunday!
Don’t forget that the Jan Lieberman concert series featuring “Some Friends of Mine”, a local barbershop quartet is happening Sunday at 3pm. We hope to see you there!
Book Sale Saturday
Please join us on Saturday for our last monthly book sale of 2018! We’ll have all kinds of books for sale, including lots of fiction. This could be a great time to get a jump start on your Christmas shopping! Join us from 10am – 2pm in the Margie Ediginer Room (open at 9am if …
Libraries help civil society
I love reading articles talking about how the library makes a difference in people’s lives. This one, though, To Restart Civil Society, Start With the Library, is about how libraries affect whole societies. It’s quite heartwarming, honestly. It is a New York Times article, which, given that they have non-subscriber article limits may be hard …
Sponsoring Librarypalooza
You know by now that Librarypalooza is our fun and fabulous February fundraiser. But it would never take place without our amazing sponsors. Are you a local business interested in sponsoring this great event? Take a look at our event page and see if a sponsorship makes sense for your business. We would love …
A basket of books
We were happy to donate a basket of books to the Don Calljon bingo night a couple of weeks back. We hear that the student who won it was very excited, and we were happy to help make their event successful.
Want to say thanks to the library?
This is part of our occasional series on Planned Giving. First of all, if you’ve already made arrangements for a bequest or legacy gift to the library, thank you very much. We really appreciate it! If you want to say thank you to the library, please consider making a larger gift to the library through …
Thanks to Bandai Namco
A huge thanks to Bandai Namco for sponsoring our Comic Con raffle prizes this year! The raffle is always huge, and everyone loved their prizes. We couldn’t have done it without them!