Category: Donations

December 17, 2018

Support Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math at the Library

The Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends is honored to support STEM classes and events at the Santa Clara City Library! What does STEM stand for? Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. The library hosts large, ongoing classes like Girls Who Code, as well as smaller, one-off classes like LED Fun with Arduino or a Block Kids Competition, where kids build structures out …

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December 14, 2018

How to donate your books

Do you have some books, movies, and/or music that you’d like to donate to us? Great! We love donations! Book and DVD donations to the Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends benefit the community: $38,000 worth of donated materials were added to the collection last year, and over $100,000 was raised through the sale of books. …

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October 24, 2018

Recognizing our donors at City Council

One of our favorite activities every year is recognizing our major donors in front of the Santa Clara City Council. It’s great to give them the recognition they deserve for all the good they’ve done for their community. The companies and organizations thanked this year include: Irvine Corporation Keypoint Credit Union Kaiser Permanente AMD Santa …

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July 10, 2018

Bringing in large donations on the weekends

Are you donating books, music, or movies to us? Are you planning to drop off a large number of boxes and bags? (We tend to consider 8 bags/boxes or more to be a large donation.) Please call 408-615-2987 to make an appointment, especially if you’re planning to stop by on the weekend. The fact of …

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February 21, 2018

What happens to all the books?

I’m going to let you all in on a little secret. We sell a lot of books, but it’s often hard to sell the YA books. I’m not sure why – but it means that if you’re looking for good YA books, our store and monthly book sale is a great place to find them. …

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December 28, 2017

Support SCCLFF with your year-end donation

One of the programs we are able to help support along with Santa Clara Rotary is the Steps 4 Success program. This event happens near the beginning of the school year, and it gives children shoes, socks, goodie bags, and their favorite books! We usually give the kids a choice of one book. This time I …

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December 21, 2017

Support ESL and more when you donate to the Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends

The Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends is honored to support the library’s ESL (English as a Second Language) Conversation Club. What is the ESL Conversation Club? It’s a place where adults who are not comfortable speaking English can come and practice. This program is the heart of the community. At least that’s what …

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August 10, 2017

Putting a donation of Korean books to work

Last month,we had a HUGE donation of Korean books, all in excellent condition. The library was able to replenish its Korean collection from this donation. Unfortunately, we didn’t get the name of this generous individual. So, if you’re reading this: THANK YOU! Check out the Korean collection and books in all foreign languages on the …

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August 9, 2017

A small piece of local history

Look at what came in through our donations! This particular proclamation is to honor the Eagle Scouts of Troop 14 here in Santa Clara. It’s always awesome when a small piece of local history comes through our hands.

July 20, 2017

We updated the donor wall!

A huge thanks to everyone who’s ever donated to the Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends! We recently updated our donor wall with all our donors who’ve donated $300 or more dollars to us over time (and wish to be recognized, of course). Come down to Central Park Library and take a look to …

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