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How To Help The Palo Alto Libraries
Join Today
You'll be helping the entire community and yourself.
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many benefits, including: |
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You'll receive: |
- Brand new books, DVDs, and other materials for all five Palo
Alto branches
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- A coupon for free books at our monthly book sales
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- Funds for summer reading program for children and
teens
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- Year-round children's programs, serving thousands of
young children and parents
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- Quarterly newsletter in the
mail with library and Friends news
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- Library staff appreciation gifts
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- Advocacy for important library issues, such as keeping the
Downtown Library open and preventing cuts to library funding
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- 10% discount at
Books Inc. at Stanford Shopping Center (plus ask at store
for additional Frequent Reader discount)
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- Support for popular innovations, such as coffee at the
Main Library and online databases
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- Membership card with reminder renewal date
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- Funding for the Children's Library expansion and renovation
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- Monthly news about the library and book sales emailed to you
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- Foreign language collection materials
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- Infinite pride knowing that you are preserving and improving
Palo Alto’s 112-year old library system
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Membership dues are tax-deductible and are only:
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$10 |
Student |
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$10 |
Senior (62+) |
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$15 |
Individual |
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$25 |
Family |
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$50 |
Supporter |
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$100 |
Sponsor |
For new memberships of $100
or more, you'll also receive a copy of the Palo Alto Historical
Association publication Palo Alto and Its Libraries
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$250 |
Patron |
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$500 |
Life Member |
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$1000 & up |
Corporate |
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There are three ways to join:
- Sign up right now via credit card on Network
for Good, which processes our online donations.
Once on their site, please put the word
"membership" in the designation field so that we
know to start a membership for you. Be sure to provide
us with your name and address. If you provide us
with your
e-mail address, we'll also e-mail you our free monthly library
news and book sale updates. If this is a gift
membership, please also e-mail us at mjmschmidt@comcast.net
with the name, address, and any e-mail address of the person
you are giving the membership to.
- Use the membership forms available at each library branch.
- Send a check payable to the "Friends of the Palo Alto Library"
to Membership, P. O. Box 41, Palo Alto, CA 94302-0041.
For more information, contact Martha Schmidt, Membership Chair, at
(650) 322-2153 or mjmschmidt@comcast.net.
Friends' E-mail address: info@friendspaloaltolib.org
Volunteer
The Friends are looking for volunteers for all
of our projects. Already, we have over 100 volunteers to help run
the booksales and other fundraising activities, but there are
many important roles to fill. Plus, it's a lot of fun and
helps out our libraries enormously. Here are some scenes
from our volunteer picnic in September of 2004.
If you are interested in any of our projects, please tell us which one and
the way you think you
might be able to help. If you can help by volunteering, are you interested
in:
An occasional project (depending upon your availability)?
A project on a regular basis? If so, how often would you like to work
(monthly, bi-monthly, annually)?
To volunteer, send us an email at volunteer@friendspaloaltolib.org
Donate Used Books
Please donate your books, videos, CDs, and records
to us for our monthly sales and redistribution efforts to other
non-profit organizations. Your donations provide others with
very low-cost access to reading materials, decrease the burden on
our landfills, and yield a tax deduction for you as well. Donations of
up to one bag or box
may be taken to any Palo Alto library during regular branch hours.
Please drop off larger donations at:
 | Cubberley Community Center Main Book Sale Room: 4000
Middlefield Road (directions to room),
Palo Alto, 650/213-8755, Tuesday through Saturday from 2 pm to
4 pm or call for an appointment - Please note:
this is the most convenient place for us to receive books |
| Or, e-mail us at donations@friendspaloaltolib.org
or call 650/213-8755 or 650/856-1862. |
We also pick up large donations. Call 650/213-8755.
Whenever you make a donation, be sure to ask for a copy of our receipt:
Contribute towards New Materials for the Library
The tax-deductible Library Collections Fund has been
renamed the Library Lovers' Fund to better describe the purpose of this
fund, which is to augment the collections for the library beyond that
provided by the City of Palo Alto. All of the proceeds from this Fund go
directly to providing additional books, video tapes, CDs, etc. for the
library. For donations $25 and over, a bookplate is placed in each item
purchased from this fund recognizing the donor and any memorial, "thank
you," or other special occasion for the gift.
There are three ways to make a contribution:
- Use your credit card via Network
for Good, which processes our online donations. Please
use their web site to tell us the reason for your gift.
- Use the donation forms available at each library branch.
- Send a check payable to the "Friends of the Palo Alto Library"
to P. O. Box 41, Palo Alto, CA 94302-0041, with a note telling us the
reason for the gift, such as a memorial, a "thank you", or just to improve the collections
in our libraries.
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