Summer Reading (called Summer Adventure this year) is one of the most popular programs the Santa Clara City Library offers. They host a ton of events and classes all summer long designed to bring people into the library and stop the summer slide in students’ reading skills. The Foundation and Friends provides the bulk …
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Another favorite 2022 thing: after two years of low-key summer reading, the summer reading concerts were back! We love it when the Library hosts weekly summer reading concerts and performances. They’re a great draw to the library, and once patrons are in the library they’re more likely to sign up for summer reading. Which …
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The Foundation and Friends supports all kinds of important extras at the Santa Clara City Library, things like the Summer Reading concerts! These are important events that draw people to to the library during the summer months. When more people come to the library, more people sign up for summer reading. When more people …
How far do your donations go? It’s a question any donor wants answered. To that end, we have the finalized summer reading 2022 statistics. And we want to share them with you! “I liked that the program focused more on the days that we read books, more than the amount of books we read.” The …
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Do you ever wonder which programs at the Santa Clara City Library the Foundation & Friends supports? Well, we have some data for you! In fiscal year 2022 (July 2021 – June 2022), the Summer Reading Program once again became the top program we supported at the Library. This had been lower the last …
Don’t forget! You can pick up your summer reading prizes through the end of August at any branch of the Santa Clara City Library. Kids up to 13 get a free book, teens get a free donut, and adults get a coupon for a free item in our Friends of the Library bookstore. So stop …
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It’s time to pick up your summer reading prize! Every adult who participated in the Summer Reading program gets a coupon for a free book from the Friends bookstore at Central Park Library. And you also get entered into a drawing where the winner gets a free National Parks Pass! So stop into …
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It’s time to pick up your summer reading prize! Every teen who participated in the Summer Reading program gets a free donut from Stan’s Donuts, a Santa Clara favorite. And you also get entered into a drawing where the winner gets to pick from an art box, gaming box, ukulele box, or a Nintendo …
It’s time to pick up your summer reading prize! Every child who participated in the Summer Reading program gets a free book. And you also get entered into a drawing where the winner gets a free Santa Clara County Parks Pass! So stop into your local library branch to pick up your prize!
This summer, the library is hosting weekly family events at each library branch. These could be crafts or games or something else! The only requirement is that they’re appropriate for all ages. Each branch has their weekly family activity on a different day. Central Park Library has their weekly family activity at 3pm on Tuesdays …