Month: April 2012

Foundation & Friends grants over $25,000 to library programs

At our March, 2012 Chocolate Party, over $25,000 earned from book sales in the store in the lobby of Central library and from the monthly  Saturday book sales was granted out for Library projects.  Patrons will benefit from an expanded Large Print and Non-Fiction collections, portable scanners at the Tech Center and Heritage Pavilion, the …

State Cuts All Public Library Funding for Literacy Programs

As of January, 2012, the state has completely eliminated all state-sponsored funding for public libraries, including funds for literacy programs. Unless the California State Legislature acts to change this, literacy programs throughout the state will be in serious jeopardy, including our own Read Santa Clara. Imagine if you couldn’t read and write. How would you …