Happy Lunar New Year!
Happy Lunar New Year from the Foundation & Friends!
Category: Congratulations
Happy Labor Day!
We hope your Labor Day weekend involves no labor. All your hard work this year deserves a meaningful break. Enjoy!
Honoring a board member
Harbir Bhatia, our board president, does so much in the community, not just for us, but also at the Women’s March, for the Santa Clara Cultural Commission, and in the Sikh Community too. She’s busy, and we are proud of her. We nominated her to receive a volunteerism award from the Junior League, and she …
Congrats to Raj Chahal!
We want to extend a huge congratulations to Raj Chahal! He is one of the two newest Santa Clara City Council Members, sworn in on December 18, 2018. As a former member of our board, we’re so proud of him!
Having Fun, Raising Money
We had a great time at the fundraising event for the Mission City Community Fund last Saturday! MCCF, as they are known around these parts, donates money to the Foundation & Friends for both the Summer Reading and Family Literacy programs. So we are more than happy to help them raise money and celebrate all …
Introducing the Arabic collection and storytimes
You’ve definitely heard of the Girl Scouts, but have you heard of the Silver Award? The Girls work towards a self-sustaining project to benefit the community. Santa Clara City Library was thrilled to be able to help girls from one local troop improve our library. Below is the letter from their project supervisor to the …
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Appreciative Patrons
We’re always happy to share the library’s success stories! Sometimes, it’s just as easy as having a quiet place to study: Just five minutes ago another one of our patrons shared his success story. He said the reason we haven’t seen him since February because he passed his real estate exam. He said he had …
Santa Clara City Library wins the CLA PRExcellence award for the second year in a row
The Foundation & Friends would like to congratulate the Library on winning its second CLA PRExcellence award in two years! They won the 2017 award for their 2016 Comic Con! From the press release: In September 2016, more than eight thousand visitors descended on Santa Clara City’s Central Park Library to attend the library’s first …
See all 34 Spring 2017 Grants to the Library
Every six months, we donate the money we raise to the library for specific classes and events through a grant process. Our spring grant process is complete! What are we funding this year? The list is long, so look carefully to see what you might be interested in attending. Adult Classes & Events Seed Library …
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Congratulations to Hilary Keith!
Hilary Keith, our City Librarian, was honored at Senator Bob Wieckowski’s Second Annual Women of the Year Ceremony on March 30. The ceremony “honor(s) courageous women who continue to make a positive impact in our community.” We know she’s a credit to the community, and we’re happy to share that knowledge with the rest of …