If you would prefer to donate stock instead of making a monetary donation, we can accept those! You can contact us to get our brokerage information to make it easy for you. Head over to our donation page (scroll past the online donation form) to get more information. Thanks!
Thank you for your support throughout the past twenty months. They have been difficult for everyone. However, our community of dedicated donors, book buyers, and especially our volunteers have made it possible for the Foundation and Friends to continue and serve the library throughout. Your continuing kindness and generosity assure us that there is an …
Start your Amazon shopping at Amazon Smile this holiday season to support the Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends. When you do, Amazon will give a small percentage of your purchase to us – it’s a simple way to support the Library this holiday shopping season!
Due to our limited storage space and reduced number of book sales, we will not be accepting any book , DVD or other media donations effective November 1, 2021. This pause on donations will remain in effect until further notice. We appreciate the thoughtfulness and generosity of our donors and ask for your understanding. Thank …
Often, corporations want to give back to their communities, but they don’t know which non-profits are most effective or make the biggest difference. But corporations are groups of people. The people who work for a corporation are members of their communities, know which organizations help, and where their donations can make a difference. So many …
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Start your shopping at smile.amazon.com to support the non-profit of your choice! We would, of course, appreciate it if you chose The Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends – it’s a great way to support your favorite library while buying the things you need from Amazon.
If you’ve made a donation to The Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends, make sure that you’ve asked your employer to match it. Most big companies will match their employees’ donations to non-profit institutions, and it’s a great way to double the amount you contribute to strengthening the library and your community. Just reach …
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If you have made a recent donation to us – thank you! If you work for a big company, they may match your donation to us with a donation of their own at the same amount you donated to us. Please reach out to your HR department to see if they match and get the …
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If at all possible, bring your book donations into Central Park library and leave them on the carts outside the Friends Bookstore. We had an incident last week where someone put over 140 donated items into the book return slot, clogging it up; no one could return their actual library books! Please, don’t be that …
If you are shopping at amazon, consider starting your visit at smile.amazon.com instead of the regular URL. Why? If you do that, you can choose the non-profit you want to support (and we hope it will be us!), and that non-profit will get a small percentage of your final purchase as a donation from Amazon. …