The Santa Clara City Library – your public library – is dedicated to getting you the information you need when you need it. That can be in the form of the digital library, where you get free access to magazines and newspapers from across the country. Or the librarians will help you research what you’re …
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If you regularly donate to the Foundation and Friends, consider setting up a monthly donation. You can automatically set up a monthly charge on your credit card. Then, instead of making a lump sum donation at the end of the year, it spreads out the expenses for you. And it helps us because we have …
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California is an amazing place. Our state parks cover all kinds of terrain. This photo is of nearby Castle Rock State Park, but there are so many more. You can go all the way north to Pelican State Beach, or to the very south to see Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. But you have to pay …
Teens in Silicon Valley have so much potential, but opportunity isn’t necessarily equally distributed. The Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends and the Library worked together to give two groups of teens internship opportunities at the library. Not only did these internships give teens an opportunity to earn money and have jobs. It …
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You can support everyone working to do their best by supporting immigrants and everyone who is learning English as a Second Language. Learning a second language is hard, as is not speaking the language that everyone around you is using. The Santa Clara City Library has ESL Conversation Clubs and ESL Book Club to help …
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You can show your support for diverse books and diversity by donating to the Foundation and Friends! We help the library include everyone in their cultural celebrations, from Lunar New Year celebrations to Pride month to Native American heritage and more. And we couldn’t do it without your donations. Donate today to support everyone …
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One of the fundamental ways the library helps everyone to be their best is by supporting literacy. Everyone reads as a part of their daily life, be it street signs to get around or making it through your email. Reading is a core skill to modern society. The library has so many ways to …
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The bookmobile was able to go out into Santa Clara this summer because of a grant supporting pop-up library services. This grant kept the bookmobile active in the community, reaching people who maybe couldn’t make it to the library. They visited summer camps and the pool and more. The Foundation and Friends administered the …
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Support exploration! The Foundation and Friends was instrumental in helping the library create the hiking collection. Proceeds from book sales helped fund the hiking backpacks, and we helped administer the California State Library grant that allowed the library to buy the state parks passes that any patron can check out. These are the kinds …
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Creativity is an important skill in today’s world. You need to be able to think in different ways to succeed in your career and in life. And creativity is a muscle you can make stronger by using it. Plus, it’s fun! You can help children learn how to create and train that muscle by …
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