A special thank you to Las Madres neighborhood playgroups of the Peninsula and Santa Clara County for their gift of $3000 for the new “Family Place” area in the children’s department of the Central Park Library. The gift will pay for a play kitchen for imaginative play, nonfiction books on parents, and educational toys and …
Foundation & Friends volunteers, donors and members gather to grant out $25,000 to the Library On March 28th, our volunteers, donors and members gathered to decide how to spend $25,000 raised in support of the library. They voted to support the following: Summer reading! Teens ($5,500), children ($9,200), and adults ($1,500) Early literacy education for …
Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends’ Chocolate Party 2011 When: Monday, March 28, 2011 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM Where: Central Park Library Meeting Rooms 2635 Homestead Road, Santa Clara Please join us for our Fourth Annual Chocolate Party and Community Grant Event Monday, March 28, 2011 5:30 PM Chocolate Reception 6:00 PM Grant …
Volunteers of the Beautiful Foundation and the teen group “In Our Unity” (IOU) raised $6,000 to invest in resources for Korean-American children, adults, and families at the Santa Clara City Library. The funds will go to purchase materials for children, many of whom were born in the U.S., who want to learn more about the …
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A donor has granted funding for e-readers for library users and staff. A donor approached the Library with a question: were more resources needed for e-readers during this time of transition between traditional books and e-books? After conversations with library staff, the donor provided funding for the purchase of 11 e-readers. Three will be given …
On Monday September 27, 2010, Foundation and Friends members and volunteers met. The meeting was a semi-annual social event which included viewing movies made by Library staff and young patrons, enjoying popcorn and hot dogs, and deciding which programs requested by the Library staff received $27,000 in grants. The grant money was accumulated over approximately …
BIG READ Grant Received—$6,000! The Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends has received a $6,000 grant from the National Endowment of the Arts to help fund a project known as the Big Read, and an additional $6,000 is being matched by local contributions. Santa Clara is one of 75 recipients to receive funding to …