If you love our library, be a Friend  . . . 

We need you … Now!

As you may remember, changes in the By-Laws of the San Diego Friends of the Library directed all San Diego Friends chapters to change to a calendar year for Friend’s memberships.  With this in mind, if you value what your San Carlos library means to your community, we are asking all of you, our current San Carlos Library Friends, to immediately renew you membership for the 2010 CALENDAR YEAR.  Fill out the membership form found under “MEMBERSHIP” and drop it off, or mail it to the San Carlos Library.  Please include your email address in order to receive reminders about the monthly used book sales and other special library events.

As the number of Friends memberships that we have indicates the level of community support for your local library, we need you to renew your membership and to encourage others to join the Friends now.
 
If you are new to our community, or have never been a member, now is the time to join the Friends of the San Carlos library!  In order to advocate effectively to the Mayor and City Council during this period of severe budget cuts, we need them to see that our community is determined to protect its assets.  As a member, you will receive information about the status of library projects and what you can do to help with their completion by sending emails and making phone calls to your City Council representatives.

Your membership dues also support the many services and programs provided by the Friends that enrich and educate our community and offer a source of enjoyment for all.  The Youth Summer Reading program, the Youth Annual Essay Contest, our monthly Used Book Sales, Community Room Artist Exhibitions, lectures and special programs, movies, and the rental book library, are all sponsored by the San Carlos Friends.  In addition, the Friends donate matching funds to the Library’s book, program and equipment funds with proceeds from our used-book sales. 
We would like to thank all of our current volunteers and contributors who make these programs and services happen.   You have added immeasurably to your community’s quality of life.  We appreciate our life members, and hope that you will continue to financially support the library. 

If you use the library, volunteer for the library, or just support the mission of the library, please join us.  Even when the city’s financial situation is resolved, we’ll need your help to resist the opening of a homeless shelter in our empty parking lot and to promote the construction of our new library there instead! 

PLEASE……If you love our library, renew your friendship.. . Encourage your neighbors & friends to become FRIENDS  too……  We need all of you … Now!

                   
                   Judy McCarty

         President, SCFOL

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RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP or JOIN NOW, and you membership will be good until January 1st, 2011.  RATES ARE VERY REASONABLE, and every dollar counts to help our library system. 

Membership in SCFOL is open to everyone of all ages. It is a 100% volunteer organization. It is part of Friends of the San Diego Public Library, a California tax Exempt Non-Profit Corporation under IRS 501(c)(3).

Dues range annually from $5.00 for an Individual Senior or Youth, to $20.00 for a Family (Dual Adult) Membership.

Tax-deductible membership dues and gifts are matched 100% by the City of San Diego Matching Fund and are used to purchase books, materials, and equipment.

To JOIN NOW, please pick up a membership application at the San Carlos Branch Library, or  print the application found under Membership, “Application” and drop it off at the San Carlos Library or mail it to the library with your check (made out to SCFOL).

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