Category: Donations

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The Santa Clara City Library loves to celebrate our diverse community!

The Santa Clara City Library loves to celebrate our diverse community!   The Library is a place where everyone is welcome. That means hosting celebrations like Lunar New Year, Cinco de Mayo, and more! The Foundation and Friends loves sponsoring these activities. Not only because they’re fun. They also help everyone in our community learn …

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Santa Clara loves Comic Con!

Santa Clara loves Comic Con!   The Santa Clara City Library Comic Con is one of the biggest events of the Library’s year, with thousands of people participating. It celebrates the graphic novel and fandoms of all kinds. Best of all, this is a family-friendly Comic Con. So you can bring your kids and introduce …

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Support Adult Literacy!

According to a recent Gallup Poll, 17% of adults didn’t read a book in 2021. That same poll found that a drop in people who read more than 10 books a year from 35% in 2016 to 27% in 2021.   To combat that, The Santa Clara City Library has been working to bring authors …

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Keep storytimes fun!

Everyone loves a good storytime at the Library. They’re super-popular and a great way to help children’s literacy skills. But you know what would make them even better? Interactive toys. The Foundation and Friends would love to help the library by buying toys for the kids to use during storytimes. These toys will keep the …

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Donate to support after-school programs that help teens develop social-emotional skills!

Donate to support after-school programs that help teens develop social-emotional skills!   Your donation to the Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends could support after-school programs for teens and tweens at the Santa Clara City Library. After-school classes and events would help teens develop important social-emotional skills.   So make your donation to the …

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Donate to keep important literacy programs going!

Donate to keep important literacy programs going!   Your support at any level keeps important literacy programs happening at the Santa Clara City Library. Your donations keep programs like 1000 Books before Kindergarten, Read Santa Clara, ESL, and Summer Reading strong! Donate today to support literacy skills in Santa Clara and Silicon Valley.  

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Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday!

Support a pillar of your community tomorrow on Giving Tuesday – the Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends. Your support of us makes the Summer Reading concerts happen. You make Comic Con happen. You improve literacy in our community. You make the library a warm place that welcomes our local community. So please join …

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