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.
Category: Donations
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 …
Planning a legacy for the library
[She] frequently used the Santa Clara Libraries for over 35 years and believed in the freedom to read, educate, and inspire. She felt those to be human rights and knew the public libraries were a vital key in providing those resources and more. This [bequest] is her way of saying thank you for all your …
Donate your books!
We need your books! Our book selling operation depends on getting book donations from you, our supporters. So if you’re in the Santa Clara area and you’re looking to get rid of a few, we’ll take your books. We’ll even take your textbooks. Visit this page to see the ins and outs of bringing your …
Support Santa Clara City Library by making your tax-deductible year-end donation
As 2016 winds to a close, you can still make a difference with your tax-deductible donation to Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends. Santa Clara City Library has done some amazing things this year. Things like: Hosted our first-ever Comic Con Installed Bike Fix-it Stations Run a fabulous Summer Reading Program Celebrated cultural events …
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Support Santa Clara City Library by making your year-end donation
Libraries are awesome! They are places where you can: access enormous amounts of information meet other people who like the same things you do broaden your horizons entertain yourself Thank you for all of your support throughout the year. You donate books and movies and music, you shop at our book sales, you come to …
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Support the Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends
I know the library is important to you, and I want to thank you for your support. Our three libraries mean so much to so many in our city. They’re not only places of learning and discovery, but also of acceptance and community. I want to share a story with you from one of our …
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Whole Foods is coming!
You may have heard that there’s a new Whole Foods coming to Santa Clara. This is exciting for the city and all the people who work and live near the new location. They’re going to be able to get delicious lunches and groceries before the summer is out. We are excited because this store has chosen …
We want your textbooks!
One of the most common donation questions we get is: do you accept textbooks? And the answer is: yes! We especially like newer textbooks, like the ones pictured above, but we’ll take any and all of your textbooks. Just drop them in our donation bin by the bookstore in the Central Park Library (if you have …
Help expand our community of life-long learners
You’ve helped make 2015 an amazing year at the Santa Clara City Library. We celebrated Northside Library’s first year and Mission Library’s 60th! The library hosted over 300 programs and circulated almost 2.5 million items. None of that would have happened without you. Your donation to the Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends will continue to make …
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