Thank you Mission City Community Fund!
The Mission City Community Fund (MCCF) granted $5,000 to sponsor this year’s Summer Reading Program. Thank you to all those who raise money for the MCCF and for your long-time support of this valuable program.
Category: Summer Reading
Thank you KeyPoint Credit Union!
We are grateful to KeyPoint Credit Union for generously sponsoring this year’s Summer Reading Program!
Summer Reading Makes a Difference
Why do we go to all the trouble of a summer reading program? Because it makes a difference! Studies have shown that kids who don’t read lose two months of literacy over the summer and can eventually fall behind two behind their classmates. Take a look at this recent San Jose Mercury News article which describes the …
Summer Reading in Full Swing
Summer Reading is in full swing here at the Library! You can pick up your award books and prizes here at the Library between July 21 and August 17. Don’t miss the last family concert next Monday, July 28 at 7:00pm. Tempos de Outrora will be performing. The group shares the traditional songs and dances …
Summer Reading Kicks off with great performance from the Alphabet Rockers
It’s officially summer again; and that means Monday night should be spent in Central Park Pavillion at the Summer Reading Family Fun Night! Tonight, at our opening event, Keypoint Credit Union presented a check for $15,000 to the Santa Clara Library Foundation to provide the funding for many of the Summer Reading programs. And, then, …
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Summer Reading is Here!
Summer Reading starts this Sunday, June 1st, and the Kickoff Party is Saturday, June 7 from 1pm -4pm. You can sign up online to receive your reading logs. Reading logs for children, teens and adults will also be given out at the Youth Services & Reference desks. Go to http://library.santaclaraca.gov/index.aspx?page=2819.to sign up for Summer Reading! …
Look What Your Donations Do!
Your donations and purchases make a big difference! This month, they funded: New Spinning Racks for the Paperback Collection (Which Will Soon be Filled with New Paperbacks) 200 New Children’s DVD’s Adult Summer Reading Materials Easy English Times – our ESL Conversation Club Newspaper A Portable Sound System
Summer reading is underway!
The Summer Reading Program at the Santa Clara Library is well under way, and many of the participants have already completed reading enough books to get their awards. Here are two happy children getting their books in the Margie Edinger room at Central Library!
Santa Clara Weekly covers recent Summer Reading and other events
The Santa Clara Weekly recently wrote about several events from Summer Reading, Summer Reading Kicks Off covered the first event of Summer Reading, the kickoff with a bean bag toss and trampoline for kids to play on, heard Steve Cheney’s ventriloquism act, and sampled healthywaters from Kaiser Permanente. Foundation receives large gift in memory of Margie Edinger …
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Many attend first “Family Fun Night!” at Central Park Pavillion
A great many children and adults attended the first “Family Fun Night!” in Santa Clara’s Central Park at the Pavilion, the first of many events this summer of Summer Reading. Before the program began, the Santa Clara Foundation and Friends accepted a check from Keypoint Credit Union for $15,000 …
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