Friends of the San Leandro Library

About the Friends

The Friends of the San Leandro Library is a non-profit organization comprised of community volunteers who help generate funds to support for the San Leandro Library and its three neighborhood branches.  They do so by encouraging membership and offering volunteer opportunities at the Friends Gift Shop, the Booktique bookstore, and at the biannual “Big Book Sales.”

Friends Officers	Board Members
Anna May Tandi, President  Stephanie Jones,  Vice President  Naomi Gatzke, Secretary  Jane Davis, Treasurer  Jeni Engler, Membership Director	Meredith Asher  Marilyn Denegri  Kathy Gorham  Marcia Karp  Marie Lothrop  Ernest Low  Carolie Nobriga  Yumi Root

Membership

Membership in the Friends helps the organization partner with the community in providing additional library resources, educational community programming, sponsorship of the Summer Reading Program, and volunteer opportunities. Some of the major events sponsored by the Friends include: the very popular used book sales (see below), author and cultural programs, the Summer Reading Program Carnival, and Scholarship Awards.

Benefits of Membership include: 

• Early admission to all book sales
• Subscription to the Friends Newsletter
• Free attendance at Friends programs
• Numerous volunteer opportunities
• Tax-deductible membership dues

For an application to join the Friends of the San Leandro Library, click here.

You need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open the link to the application. If you do not have it loaded in your computer, you can download it for free – click on the yellow button.

Gift Shop

Friends Gift Shop, located in the Main Library Lobby, is sponsored and operated by the Friends.  The gift shop is a labor of love by Friends volunteers. Find one-of-a-kind gifts for all ages – from fine unique gift items for the connoisseurs, to a wide selection of fun things for the kids. For more information, including hours of operation, call (510) 577-3985.

BOOKtique

The new BOOKtique bookstore, located in the Main Library Lobby, is sponsored and operated by the Friends. The BOOKtique sells high-quality do­nated books and other items at very reasonable prices. The books are new, “like-new,” “gently used,” collectibles, or rare, but the store is brand NEW! Volunteers continue to stock the shelves with fiction, nonfiction, biographies, children’s books, music CDs, cookbooks, and paperbacks galore. These books have been hand-selected as the best and the brightest of all donations. Proceeds from the funds raised via the BOOKtique will be used to support the San Leandro Public Library materials fund, library programming, the Summer Reading Program, and cul­tural and educational events.

The BOOKtique is open Monday through Friday, 11 am to 4 pm, Saturdays 1-4 pm, and a few evenings depending on availability of volunteer staff. For additional information, call (510) 577-3941. To volunteer in the BOOKtique call (510) 577-3947.

Book Sales

In addition to the new bookstore, the Friends will continue to hold their “big” book sales biannually at the Main Library, in April and October. If you've been to one of the Friends of the Library book sales in the past, you know we have thousands of wonderful used books from which to choose, including like-new paperbacks, hardbacks, children's books, media, magazines, biographies, cookbooks, and more! Don't forget, only Friends of the Library members get to attend the first two hours of the sale to get the best selections! For more information about the next Big Book Sale, call the (510) 577-3941.

Last Updated: 3/24/05 by TD