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.
How can you help the Foundation and Friends without donating? 1. Visit the Santa Clara City Library! Visiting the library, using the space, and checking out materials helps the library, which helps us. 2. Shop at our bookstores. You support us when you buy books from our bookstore, the nook, or online. 3. Like …
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Your support for the Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends as the Library has reopened has been wonderful! We appreciate everyone who came to the Summer Reading concerts at all three library branches, and the nearly 6,000 fans and families who came to Comic Con. Thank you! Looking ahead to 2023, the Foundation and …
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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 …
These organizations were our top sponsors during the 2022 fiscal year. Their donations helped expand the Summer Reading Program in 2022, supported Librarypalooza, and are making the upcoming Comic Con possible. The Santa Clara City Library and the Foundation and Friends are better with their support. Thank you to: Mission City Community Fund, AMD, Intel, …
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The Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends wants your gently used books, textbooks, CDs, and DVDs. The library will take what they want and we will sell the rest to support the Santa Clara City Library. Read our donation guidelines, and thank you for your support!
If you’re finishing up school shopping, or helping a teacher fill their wishlist, don’t forget to start your shopping at smile.amazon.com! If you do, a small percentage of your purchase goes to the nonprofit of your choice – hopefully the Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends. It’s a great way to get what you …
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If you have donated to the Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends or another nonprofit, don’t forget to contact your corporate HR department. They often match your donation! That means that if you donate $100 to us and then you let HR know, they’ll also donate $100 to us, making $200. You double the …
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If you’re shopping at Amazon, start at Amazon Smile (smile.amazon.com). Why? Because Amazon Smile is an easy way for you to support your favorite nonprofits, like the Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends. Amazon will donate a small percentage of your purchase to the nonprofit you choose. It’s an easy way to raise …
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You can donate stock to the Foundation and Friends – tax free! Did you know that when you donate stock to the Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends, that it’s tax free? It’s true! You pay taxes on the stock if you sell it and donate the proceeds. But you don’t pay any taxes …
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