If you have not yet donated and are planning to donate to the Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends in 2022, today is the day! When you support the Foundation and Friends, you’re helping us: run our booksales, support Comic Con and Summer Reading, celebrate the Library at Librarypalooza, welcome volunteers and board …
Another favorite thing of 2022: we are super-excited to help the Teens Learn and Lead Grant! This program is giving students a paid opportunity to help at the library with the Summer Reading Program and to run a homework help center at local high schools. This is a great way for teens in our …
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Another favorite 2022 thing: after two years of low-key summer reading, the summer reading concerts were back! We love it when the Library hosts weekly summer reading concerts and performances. They’re a great draw to the library, and once patrons are in the library they’re more likely to sign up for summer reading. Which …
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Our next favorite thing of 2022: sponsoring an in-person Comic Con again! Comic Con is a super-fun event that everyone loves. We held it online in 2020, but it’s so much fun to gather everyone together. We were so happy to help the library be able to hold this in person again! If …
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Storytimes are a staple of any library. They’re popular, they spread literacy, and they’re a great way to meet other families. So how can we make storytimes even better? The Santa Clara City Library wants to buy interactive toys to help children learn to read. These toys would make the storytimes more interactive, thus …
Help us create a fun and inviting space for teens! The Santa Clara City Library wants to hold more after-school programs for teens at the Library. But they need more funding from us, the Foundation and Friends, to make that happen. Luckily, you can help! We need your support to help the library …
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The Santa Clara City Library Comic Con is one of the many fun things that the library does that wouldn’t happen without the support of the Foundation and Friends. We raise some money via corporate sponsorships – thanks AMD! – but a big chunk of it still comes from individual donations. We all enjoy …
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The Foundation and Friends supports all kinds of important extras at the Santa Clara City Library, things like the Summer Reading concerts! These are important events that draw people to to the library during the summer months. When more people come to the library, more people sign up for summer reading. When more people …
The Santa Clara City Library is great at highlighting themed reading. They pull together collections like books by Native Americans during November, Black authors during February, Women’s History books during March, and Pride books during June. The Library is also great at hosting talks and events that highlight these collections. But this is work …
The Santa Clara City Library is a place where anyone in the community can work towards their goals. The Library provides space to study. There are books and online resources for anyone with a library card to use. They put on seminars to help people with communication skills or to give resume help. The …
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