The Library is losing a dear friend and champion of literacy when Julie Passalacqua retires as Santa Clara City Librarian at the end of this month. In honor of Julie’s 38 years of service and her passion for children’s literacy, the Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends board is purchasing six sets of Julie’s …
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While we are able to confirm that the City, County, State and other taxing entities are still in negotiations about the Northside Library, the parties have not yet reached an agreement. It will take five months to fill the library with furniture, books and computers: if the parties donít settle by the end of the …
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The Santa Clara City Library has often been one of the Santa Clara non-profits that benefits from the annual Santa Clara Historic Home Tour proceeds. Tickets for this year’s Home Tour, to be held Friday Dec. 6 , 6-10 p.m. and Saturday Dec. 7, Noon-5 p.m., are now on sale. For those that purchase Early …
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The second annual Holiday Craft Faire is coming up, so write the date on your calendars so you don’t forget about it or double book it. If you’re interested in getting a table, contact the Foundation by email at holidaycraftfaire@yahoo.com or stop by the office in the Central Park library on the second floor.
The Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends presented awards to five of our corporate givers for the past year: Cisco Systems, for support for the Northside branch library Keypoint Credit Union, for sponsoring Summer Reading Kaiser Permanente, for sponsoring the Wellness Library Mission City Community Fund, for the support of Adult Literacy Texas Instruments, …
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The Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends is continuing our efforts to get the Northside Branch library issues before the public and resolved by all the appropriate decision-makers. Recently, we’ve Set up meetings with Assemblymember Bob Weickowski, Supervisor Ken Yeager, Supervisor Cindy Chavez, and others where we and other public members talked about the …
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Earlier this year the Santa Clara City Library Foundation and Friends received a large donation from Ray Edinger, in honor of his wife, Margie Edignger, who passed away this past April. Both Ray and Margie were 57-year residents of Santa Clara, and have contributed much to help their community. Mr. Edinger was a trustee of the Jefferson …
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Over on the SaveOurNorthsideLibrary.com website, we’ve been posting the latest news about our and the community’s efforts to get the Northside Branch library opened. Several hundred community members, children, and citizens attended the most recent rally, and heard the latest news about what has been happened and what can and still must be done. Over …
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On Saturday, December 8th, 2012, the second annual Holiday Craft Faire will be held in the Central Library, from 10am until 4pm. Many vendors will be there, selling items like hand-made jewelry, candles, soaps, clothing, and other items. If you’re a vendor and would like to get a table, well, they’re filling up fast, so …