Category: Inner Workings

A huge congratulations to Nancy Toledo for getting the Austen Warburton Award from the Mission City Community Fund on Friday! We’re proud of her for all she’s done for our community, and our library.

The Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends has gold-level transparency on Candid. What does that mean?   You might know Candid better as Guidestar, their former name. They help people make decisions about where to make donations. Non-profits choose how much share information about themselves, and then Candid ranks them based on how much …

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The Foundation and Friends has a new Friends President!   We want to give a huge thank you to Crystal Scheel for being our Friends President for the last 18 months. She has, as always, been amazing at helping guide our bookselling operation, housed across the branches of the Santa Clara City Library.   Kathy …

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Another of our favorite things this year: bringing on new board members!   It’s always exciting to have new board members join. They have a fresh perspective on ways we can help the library and reach out to our community of donors and supporters. Not to mention, it’s just wonderful to welcome new people into …

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Join us in welcoming Jacob Arber to the SCCLFF Board of Directors! Jacob is a lifelong library supporter and a lawyer in the South Bay. We’re looking forward to working with him!

Our Annual Newsletter has been sent out and is now posted on our website! If you didn’t get the print version, you can either find it on the “About Us” page or grab a copy at the Friends of the Library Bookstore at Central Park Library. This is a great way to learn what the Foundation …

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Keep on top of our book sales and more when you sign up for our monthly email newsletter!   The email newsletter will help you know when our book sales are, which library programs your donations helped fund, calls for volunteers, and more. Get the info you need about the Santa Clara City Library Foundation …

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We would like to extend a warm welcome to Patty Quon, one of our new board members! Welcome Patty!

We would like to extend a warm welcome to Yekaterina Lin, a new member of our Board of Directors! Welcome Yekaterina!

We would like to give a huge thank you to our outgoing executive committee for the Board of Directors – Ram Visvanathan (President), Steve Ricossa (VP), Ken Young (Treasurer), and Nancy Coleman (Secretary). They have helped steer the Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends over the last year. Their experience and advice has been …

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