Month: April 2015

Read Santa Clara Honors the Foundation & Friends

Read Santa Clara recognized long time supporters the Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends and the Mission City Community Fund at their 20th anniversary.  The Foundation & Friends sponsors the publication of “In Our Own Words:  A Book of Learner Writings” each year.  Congratulations to Read Santa Clara on their anniversary!

Chocolate Party Celebrates Volunteers

Each year, the volunteers and Friends of the Foundation & Friends gather to celebrate the results of their hard work.  The Foundation & Friends is more than 100 volunteers strong who give more than 6,000 each year.  The money they raise by selling donated books funds innovative Library programs and collections.   Library staff joined the volunteers at the …

Foundation & Friends Grants more than $100,000 to Library

At the Chocolate Party, we celebrate money granted for Library projects.  We are very excited to share some of them: Large Print Collection Enhancement Language Learning Collection Enhancement World Languages Enhancement Easy Readers/Juvenile Paperbacks Enhancement ESL Newspapers & Supplies Summer Reading Program Seed Share Library iPad Minis for Teen Read Awards iPad Minis for Library …

Mission: Mars Author Headlines Emma Kaliterna Author Event During Children’s Book Week

D. Pascal Lee will discuss progress being made around the world, from the Arctic to Antarctica, from basement labs to the International Space Station, to achieve the first human voyage to Mars. He will examine in turn the what, why, how, when, and who of the first human mission to Mars. Copies of Mission:  Mars will …

Surfing Magician Comes to Northside

Surfing Magician Doug Hofkins will perform at the Northside Library on Saturday, April 11 at 2pm.  Join us!   This performance sponsored by the Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends.