The Santa Clara City Library needs pages! If you’ve ever dreamed of working in a library, this is a great way to get your foot in the door. They’re hiring people as young as 16 (who have finished 10th grade) and the pay is $16.10/hour. The link to apply is here. We’re posting this …
Now that our big monthly book sales are back inside the Central Park Library, we are able to give our Friends Members first crack at our books! Become a Friends Member and get early access to our sales. You’ll be able to get the best books before anyone else. This is a great benefit! …
This summer, the library is hosting weekly family events at each library branch. These could be crafts or games or something else! The only requirement is that they’re appropriate for all ages. Each branch has their weekly family activity on a different day. Central Park Library has their weekly family activity at 3pm on Tuesdays …
Summer Reading 2022 is here! It’s time for Summer Reading! Summer Reading is one of the biggest programs The Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends support at the Santa Clara City Library. It helps stop the summer slide in students’ reading skills, and provides fun activities for you and your kids during the summer …
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Meet the author of In Defense of Kindness, Pastor Bruce Reyes-Chow! These days we view kindness as an inert act based on the absence of being a jerk, or we see it as heroic and herculean, beyond the reach and capability of mere mortals. But what if kindness was a practice we could each choose, …
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Our fun and interactive STEAM Lab for March will feature green themed experiments and activities! Download the supplies list and have your items ready before the lab. This program is recommended for ages 7 and up with parental assistance. We love supporting these fun classes! Register today!
Join us for our Music Mends Minds presentation and capture this month’s Silicon Valley Reads’ themes of resilience and hope! Language falls away in degenerative conditions like Parkinson’s Disease, Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias. This diminishes patients’ ability to connect. You’ll hear scientific evidence supporting the many benefits of music, and see the immediate results …
Help your child/student with their literacy skills by joining My First Book Club on Wednesday afternoon. They’ll read a book, work on their reading skills, and then do a fun craft! You can pick up craft supplies at the Central Park Library. Registration is required. The Foundation & Friends is happy to support this program. …
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Join the library for their Resilience story time, part of Silicon Valley Reads! Story time is tomorrow (March 1) at 10:30am, and is geared towards children from 2-5 years old. The Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends is proud to support Silicon Valley Reads and this story time for our youngest readers. We hope …
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The Friends of the Library Bookstore is scheduled to reopen on Monday February 14. The Bookstore at Central Park Library has been closed because the staff and volunteers have been impacted by covid. We initially expected to be able to open at the end of this week; unfortunately, that’s not going to happen. Our current …