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The Friends of the Fresno County Public Library will hold its annual General Membership Meeting on Saturday, February 27th, 2010, at the Holiday Inn in Downtown Fresno. Dan Pessano will be the keynote speaker at the event. Mr. Pessano is the Co-Founding director of the Good Company Players, and recently opened the Dan Pessano Theatre in Clovis. The annual business meeting and election of officers will take place beginning at 11 a.m., with lunch served at noon.
There is good news for the fans of children’s author and illustrator Leo Politi. The J. Paul Getty Museum has reissued four of Politi’s most popular books including Song of the Swallows, Juanita, Emmet, and Pedro, Angel of Olvera Street. These titles have been out of print for years. Now Politi’s fans and an entirely new generation of readers will get to enjoy the “the gentle humor and sense of magic that have made his books beloved by generations of readers in California and around the world.”
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It's only a few weeks until Christmas. There are also birthdays and anniversaries on your calendar throughout the year. If you are puzzled about what to give to family and friends, or stressed over the crowds at the mall, we are here to help. Give a gift of Friends.
Book Sale, Saturday, November 7th, 9 am to 2 pm, First and Bullard, southwest corner at former Gongs Market, next to Round Table Pizza. Quality used books (hardbound, paperback, books on tape) videos on DVD and tape; records and CDs; children’s books and puzzles in excellent condition. Low prices.
Benefits Politi Branch Library, 5771 N. First St., Friends of the Politi Library, phone (559) 431-3110. This branch is currently accepting book donations. Donations will be accepted thru November 4th.
Join us on Saturday, August 29 beginning at 10:00am for childrens crafts and a showing of the National Parks documentary preview DVD hosted by Ken Burns.
It’s summer, which means it is time for the 2009 Summer Reading Program!
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The Fresno County Public Library today announced that it has received another grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to host a third Big Read. The $20,000 grant will be used to promote and conduct community-based reading programs exploring the themes in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain.
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By Roberta Barton
In recognition of the critical need for free, reliable health information in Fresno County, the national non-profit organization, Libraries for the Future (LFF), has awarded the Fresno County Public Library a grant of $25,000. The grant will allow for a full year of Fit for Life programming in 2009 to address physical and brain health with a special focus on pre-school and school age children, teens and their parents.
The Friends of the Fresno County Library are excited to announce a new way to raise funds to support our library system. The Friends are now a recognized charity on Goodsearch, a Yahoo! powered search engine. Instead of using Google, use Goodsearch, found at www.goodsearch.com, to perform online searches.
The 2007 Achievements Report presented at the April 5, 2008, Membership Annual Meeting:
- Endowments
- The Alfred J. Shepherd Trust endowment of $900,000.00 for the Sanger Library to be used only for professional development and materials acquisition at the Sanger Library in honor of the Shepherd, Ellis, and Powell families.
- Grants
- Bertha and John Garabedian Charitable Foundation grant of $5,000.00 to the Shaver Lake Branch Library and $5,000.00 for the Auberry Branch Library.
- Major Gifts