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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.
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.
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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
âThe Friends of the Fresno County Public Library is a model for other nonprofits to follow in regard to managing its fiscal affairs.â
This was a comment made by the Friendsâ independent auditor, Angela Chi, CPA, of Watts, Campbell, Chi, & Baker Accountancy Corporation when she reported on the Friends 2007 and first independent audit.
On April 19, 2008, donors Dr. Joseph and Barbara Capell hosted six guests for dinner with acclaimed author Steve Yarbrough and his wife Ewa. The seven-course Italian dinner, complete with wine pairing, was held at the home of Linda and Dave Calandra.
Dr. and Mrs. Cappell were the successful bidders for the evening sold as a silent auction item at the Friendsâ Dinner in the Library last November. Friends board president Dusty Guthier, vice president Tanya Nichols, and Library development officer Linda Calandra teamed up to prepare and serve the meal.
On April 15 the Friends of the Auberry Library sponsored a musical drama at the library. "Sprawlzilla vs Mainstreet" is a humorous, audience participation melodrama about urban sprawl. The actors conducted workshops at the local high school and, in turn, the high school Mountain Choral Company performed with them at the library.
This was one of the monthly concert series provided by the Friends of the Auberry Library for the local community.