Month: September 2013

The Second Annual Holiday Craft Faire

  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.

Thanks again to all our corporate givers for the past year!

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, …

The latest news about the Northside Library

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 …

Please join us for the dedication of the Margie Edinger Community Room

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 …

Updates from the SaveOurNorthsideLibrary.com website

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 …

Upcoming Rally for the Northside Library / Please sign our online petition to get this library opened

Many thanks to all of you for helping in the fight to save the Northside Library – your calls and emails have been attracting the attention of politicians, who are beginning to sound more willing to cooperate and open the library. Please continue the fight – we have a new online petition with over 400 …