Category: Donations

Where does the money go?

Where did we spend the money we raised last fiscal year? Of the money that we spent on the library, the breakdown is as below: If you would like to support the library, head over to our donation page to contribute today!

Today’s the day! Support lifelong learning this #GivingTuesday

Support lifelong learning at the Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends today, #GivingTuesday! Your donation could support: Thousands of people having fun at Comic Con; Everyone who joins and ESL class to learn English better; The Summer Reading Program, which keeps students’ literacy levels up over the summer; Cultural Celebrations like Cinco de Mayo, …

Giving Tuesday is tomorrow

Tomorrow is #GivingTuesday, kicking off the holiday giving season! This is a great opportunity for you to give back to your community, and join others, by donating to the Library. We hope to see your donation tomorrow!

Make your year-end donation today!

Thank you for your support of Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends. The Library is important to you, your family, your friends, and your neighbors. Libraries are places of learning, community, acceptance, and discovery. All branches – Mission Library, Northside Library, Central Park Library, and the Bookmobile – are vital parts of Santa Clara. …

Using Smilematic to make using smile.amazon.com easier

One of our supporters recently alerted us to a browser extension called Smilematic. It will redirect your browser from amazon.com to smile.amazon.com if you forget to type in the first part of the URL. It’s an easy and helpful way to ensure that shopping at Amazon will continue to help you help us!

Announcing our partnership with Target Circle

We’re participating in the Target Circle program! You can vote for us and help direct Target’s giving to benefit our nonprofit. For full program details and restrictions visit Target Circle.

How to donate books

So you’re cleaning off your bookshelves and you want to donate some books to the Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends. Great! How do you do that? If you only have a few books – I would say 10 or less – we invite you to drop them in the book donation bin outside …