Supporting the Library
The money we raise at book sales goes towards the library and their classes, events, resources, and more. When you shop, you support! So where did the money go this fall? Well….
Category: Thanks
Honoring our major corporate donors
We were happy to honor our major corporate donors at the October 8, 2019 Santa Clara City Council meeting. They do so much for the Santa Clara City Library! In the photo above: Marguerite Lee, A Slice of New York Denny Chui, Bandai Namco Jim Cuneen, Irvine Company Chris Boyd, Kaiser Permanente Doron Noyman, KeyPoint …
Thanks to Shalini Vijay Designs
You may have noticed that the quality of our graphic design has taken a step up recently, with our Librarypalooza graphics and other posters. We’ve been working with a recent design graduate, Shalini Vijay Designs. If you have a design project coming up, we would recommend reaching out to her. We’re very happy both with …
National NonProfit Day
Saturday is National NonProfit Day. This is a great opportunity to support you favorite nonprofits, both local and national. You can choose to support us by shopping at our August monthly book sale on Saturday at Central Park Library from 10am – 2pm or by making a small donation. Thank you for your support!
Northside’s 5th Anniversary
A huge thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate Northside Library’s Fifth Anniversary last weekend. The day was filled with fun and games, and so many folks from the city came out to celebrate with us. I’d like to thank our board members and bookselling volunteers who helped out at both the party on …
Thank you!!
A HUGE thank you and shout out to everyone at Westfield Valley Fair, both who work at the mall and who shop at the mall for making our pop-up book fair such a success! We raised over $5500 for the library and got more than 3000 used books to new homes. We could not have …
It’s National Book Lovers Day!
August 9th is National Book Lovers Day! We’ll be posting book recommendations over on our twitter account throughout the day. We’d love it if you chimed in with your favorite book or what you’re reading this weekend.
A thank you to the library
A local family recently gave this letter to the librarians up at the Northside Library to say thank you for all they have done for them. This is the kind of impact libraries can have on people. The librarians at all three branches (Central, Mission, and Northside) work hard to make the libraries the best …
Storytelling with puppets
A huge thanks to the Rotary Club of Santa Clara for donating money to provide a marionette program to two different preschools as part of Read Santa Clara’s family literacy project. The students and their families were entranced by the stories! From one family: “The puppet show was really nice. After the puppet show my …
Thank you for donating!!
A HUGE thank you to everyone who donated yesterday! You all donated over $2000 yesterday to support Santa Clara City Library and all of the wonderful classes, events, and resources that they have for our community. Thank you for supporting your community.