Mystery, intrigue and introspection was on the menu at our 6th Annual Book and Author luncheon! The event took place Saturday, May 12th, from 11:30am to 2:30pm at the Peninsula Golf and Country Club.
We were fortunate to have THREE outstanding authors this year --
Gary Pomerantz, Cara Black, and June Lamb!
This year's event was another SELLOUT!
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Four-Day Book Sale
The Burlingame Library Foundation will hold a 4 day Book Sale from Thursday April 19th to Sunday the 22nd.
Book Sale Hours:
Thursday -- open 4 p.m.- 7 p.m, $5 admission
Friday -- open 4 p.m. - 7 p.m., free admission
Saturday -- open 10 a.m.- 4 p.m., free admission
Sunday ($6 bag of books) -- open 1 p.m. - 4 p.m., free admission
These sales will feature all genres of hard and soft cover books, including history, health, biography, art, fiction, cookbooks, gardening, children's, etc. There will also be media of various types available.
Sales will be held in the Lane Community Room. Come early and often to find fantastic books/media at super prices!
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The Burlingame Library Foundation is actively selling some of our best donated books online. You can check out our store online and buy rare and collectible books from our store and support the Burlingame Library Foundation in the process.
Check out our our online webstores at Alibris & Amazon & AbeBooks
»read moreThe Library Foundation is delighted to have the active support of many corporations. In the past 12 months more than 50 corporations and companies have been generous in supporting our programs and events as well as making significant contributions.
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THANK YOU ........ We did it.... In a little less than 6 months we raised more than the $70,000 that the city needed to keep Easton Library open through July 2011.
To celebrate, and give back to the community the city has agreed to re-instate Friday service at the branch starting in January 2011.
Even though we raised the money for this year we still have to face the reality that the branch costs the city $70,000+ a year and in this time of reduced public services we have to continue to fund raise to ensure that the branch and main library can provide the high level of services that we all enjoy. Please consider donating to support our libraries.
Read more about the Easton Library and join Team Easton and support its continued operation.
»read moreThe Escoffier Society was created to recognize the foresight and generosity of individuals who have made a significant lifetime contribution, planned gift, or have included the Burlingame Library Foundation in their estate plans.
Members of the Escoffier Society are those individuals who have notified the Burlingame Library Foundation that they have designated the Foundation in their estate plans through bequests and other forms of planned gifts. In addition, the Escoffier Society includes individuals chosen by the Burlingame Library Foundation board of directors for their lifelong contributions to the success of the Burlingame Library.
This special recognition society has been named after Alfred Escoffier, who served as the City Librarian from 1992 to 2009 and who worked for the Burlingame Library from 1972 to 2009.
Did you know you can make a single or a recurring donation safely and securely from our website? You can use your own credit card or a PayPal account.
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There are many ways that you can support the library. Here are just a few examples...
General Donations over $ 1,000.00. Donations of $ 1,000.00 or more may be honored by a leaf on our Donor Wall. The Donor Wall consists of antique card catalog drawer fronts and accompanying bronze leaves with the donor name. The display is a permanent one in our main library. Funds for this donation can go to any of the many Foundation programs.
Gifts of Stock. Gifts of stock have been given to the Foundation. The Foundation makes the decision to keep or sell the stock. The Foundation has done both, depending on the value of the stock and the donor’s instructions. We currently receive several gifts of stock per year.
Gifts of Real Estate. Two of our largest bequests received have been donations of real estate through a living trust. One donation was a building and lot to the south of the main library in the mid-1980’s. The city was able to use this gift of property to expand the main library in 1997. This was a gift of Roger and Jean Hunt Duncan. We named the Children’s Room in honor of the donors. In another case, a bequest from James Z. Marshall gave the library ¼ of a parcel of local real estate and we were able to use the $ 600,000 that was generated by the sale as the lead gift to remodel the Easton Branch Library in 2004.
Gifts of Books, Media. Books and media in good condition may be donated for the Library Foundation’s book sales. The Foundation sponsors two major used book sales per year, in addition to the on-going sales at the main library. Such donations add thousands of dollars to the Foundation revenues per year. More valuable books which the library cannot use for the collection may be offered for sale on online.
You can read about more ways to support the Library here.
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