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KEYPOINT CREDIT UNION DONATES $10,000 TO SUMMER READING Supporting Literacy in the Santa Clara Community
Keypoint Credit Union presented a $10,000 check to the Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends (SCCLFF) to support the Summer Reading Program. CEO Brad Canfield and Vice President of Branch Sales and Service Helen Grays Jones spoke of their dedication to their community and to literacy and Joy Hansen, Foundation Board President, was [...]
Are You a Comics Fan?
Illusive Comics & Games has generously offered to donate 10% of the day’s sales on Monday, June 18th to support Teen Summer Reading at the Library. They are the largest comic book and gaming store in Silicon Valley with a huge selection of new and current comics. Please visit their store June 18th at 2725 El Camino Real [...]
Library Cardholders Qualify for Free, Discounted Passes
Just in time for summer, the Santa Clara City Library Foundation has funded a new exciting feature for Library users that provides free or discounted passes to fun places to visit in the Bay Area such as the Tech Museum, Asian Art Museum and the California Academy of Sciences. The “Discover and Go” page on [...]
Silicon Valley Reads Closing Event: Sumbul Ali-Karamali & Willow Wilson with Sal Pizarro
Date: 4/29/2012 2:00 p.m. Location: Central Park Library Redwood Room 2635 Homestead Road Santa Clara, California 95051 The Library is holding the closing event for the Silicon Valley Reads 2012 program: “Muslim and American: Two Perspectives.” For the third time, Sumbul and Willow will continue the conversation about their respective books, The Muslim Next Door [...]
Silicon Valley Reads Film: Allah Made Me Funny – Live in Concert
Date: 3/18/2012 2:00 p.m. Location: Central Park Library Redwood Room 2635 Homestead Road Santa Clara, California 95051 The Silicon Valley Reads program is offering the award-winning film, Allah Made Me Funny – Live in Concert, produced by Unity Productions Foundation, a nonprofit organization focused on increasing understanding between people of different faiths and cultures. “This [...]
Project Best at Work
by Susan Baier I have to say – I’ve always thought Project BEST was a great idea but I have a new appreciation for it after seeing it in action. It was kind of thrilling to watch people actually complete the food handler’s test and get the certification. You could tell they were relieved and [...]
Black History Month Book Talk: Ralph Richard Banks: Is Marriage for White People?
Date: Monday, February 6, 2012, 7:00 p.m. Location: Central Park Library Redwood Room 2635 Homestead Road Santa Clara, California 95051 In celebration of Black History Month, Adult Services has invited Ralph Richard Banks, the Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, to discuss his new book, Is Marriage for White People? How [...]
Mark it! Young Artists Create Library Bookmarks
Congratulations to the winners of the Library’s bookmark contest! The Foundation & Friends’-sponsored contest encouraged students to design an original bookmark to promote National Library Card Sign Up Month. Winning designs were printed as bookmarks and distributed to the public. For more information, see http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2011/12/engage-young-artists-with-a-bookmark-contest/.
Library Awarded Project BEST Grant
Congratulations to the Library on its receipt of a Project BEST (Basic Employment Skills Training) grant! The Library plans to use the funds to help job seekers improve their basic computer literacy skills and assist food handlers who need to take the mandatory training and assessment on food handling. Librarian Mary Hanel says, “We are [...]
Children’s Magazine Collection on Display
Take a look at the new magazine racks in the Children’s area. They were funded by the Foundation & Friends to make room for a new quiet reading area.