Friends of the Palo Alto Library
FOPAL- Supporting the Palo Alto Public Library/its users through volunteerism & a monthly book sale.
08/24/2024
Summer Finale - Happy Birds: Celebrate the end of the Library’s Summer Reading for a Cause program with a show by colorful parrots performing delightful tricks. All ages are welcome to this event on Saturday, August 24 at 1 p.m. at the Mitchell Park Community Center.
Fopal proudly supports Summer Reading for a Cause!
Summer Finale: Happy Birds Celebrate the end of our Summer Reading for a Cause program with a fun performance by Happy Birds! Amazing and colorful parrots will perform over 25 tricks during this exciting bird show! Ed and Julie Cardoza’s macaws, cockatoos, and amazons have been featured on The Tonight Show, Pet Star, The El...
08/24/2024
Household Hazardous Waste Station Open
Next date: Saturday, August 24, 2024 | 09:00 AM to 11:00 AM
The Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Station provides Palo Alto residents with an environmentally safe, convenient way to dispose of unwanted hazardous household products such as used or expired medication, paints, solvents, fuels, cleaners, pesticides, etc., which contain hazardous substances. The HHW Station is open rain or shine.
Palo Alto residents only, proof of residency is required.
Visit www.cityofpaloalto.org/hazwaste for HHW Station guidelines, a list of what is accepted, and information about the HHW Reuse Zone.
Household Hazardous Waste Learn how to responsibly dispose of hazardous waste
08/24/2024
Window Display- Memphis, Tenn., shared photos of its new Scrabble-centric window display. Can you find your favorite author?
08/23/2024
TV: The Rainmaker
Several cast additions have been announced for USA Network's series The Rainmaker, based on John Grisham's bestselling 1995 novel. Deadline reported that John Slattery (Mad Men, Spotlight) will portray Leo F. Drummond, with Milo Callaghan (Dune: Prophesy) as Rudy Baylor, and Madison Iseman (I Know What You Did Last Summer) as Sarah Plankmore.
From writer and executive producer Michael Seitzman, the Lionsgate and Blumhouse project received a series order by the NBC Universal cable network in June, "capping a six-year journey by Seitzman to bring the book to TV," Deadline noted. Seitzman and Jason Richman wrote the pilot script, with Seitzman serving as writer on the series. The two are executive producing with Grisham, Jason Blum, and David Gernert.
A 1997 film adaptation of the novel, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, starred Matt Damon, Claire Danes, Jon Voight, and Danny DeVito.
Media Heat: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on the View Tomorrow: The View repeat: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, author of True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between
08/23/2024
Image of the Day-Paul Yamazaki at Bookshop Santa Cruz
08/23/2024
Youth Connect elevates youth voice and promotes leadership and advocacy skills in youth. YCS provides Youth Connect students with resources and guidance in planning and carrying out various youth-led service projects.
Youth Connect Interest Meeting
(inviting high school students)
Thursday, August 29 at 6:00pm
Ventura Community Center, 3990 Ventura Ct., Palo Alto, 94306
Register today! (Zoom option also available)
08/22/2024
Sharing an article that resonated with me.
Radical Welcome as a Guide for Community Engagement When volunteer engagement relies on practices borrowed from business for paid staff, we can lose the relationships and purpose that are fundamental to success. Adopting a concept known as “radical welcome” as a guiding principle offers an antidote that reconnects us with community and returns us...
08/22/2024
College Terrace Tree Walk: Join an arborist-led informative and exploratory walk through the College Terrace neighborhood. Learn about the types of trees best for your yard and how to keep your trees healthy in this 2-hour community walk. The walking group will meet on Saturday, August 24 at 10 a.m. at the College Terrace Library.
College Terrace Tree Walk Join experienced arborist Jeff Newborn on an informative, exploratory walk through the College Terrace neighborhood.
08/21/2024
Jeff Goodell Free Community Event -
Saturday, Aug. 24th - 11:30am - 1:30pm
Rinconada Library,
1213 Newell Rd, Palo Alto
Join Bay Area climate leaders for a conversation about Why Heat Mapping Matters with award-winning journalist and author of The Heat Will Kill You First, Jeff Goodell.
08/20/2024
Sharing pics from Fopal's recent volunteer social. A super big THANK YOU to the PA-Junior Museum & Zoo for hosting us! And, shout out to Palo Alto Round Table Pizza!
A good time was had by all!! 🦅🍕 😊
08/17/2024
Fopal received a sweet email today! Fopal loves to share the wealth!
"Hi all!
Thank you so much for your support in getting allcove's book collection started! Lianne and I had a great time choosing three cardboard boxes full of books!
Wednesday and Arlette, thank you so much for helping us choose thoughtful and powerful books to help share with our community.
We look forward to setting up our book nook and inviting you all to celebrate the space!
In community spirit,
Sierra Viscaina
she/her/hers
supported education and employment specialist
allcove Palo Alto
allcove: find your moment. find your space. find your center. allcove is a space for youth to find community, support, advice or even just a moment of pause.
08/16/2024
allcove is a space for youth to find community, support, advice or even just a moment of pause. https://allcove.org/
How can you help? Check out their upcoming school supplies drive/shop called "pens, pencils, and pizza" on Friday, August 23rd from 4:00-6:00pm. "We invite the local community to drop off any new and unused school supplies to our center through August 22nd, or encourage youth 12-25 to shop our school supplies on August 23rd."
08/15/2024
08/15/2024
08/07/2024
Karaoke Night at the Library
Next date: Thursday, August 08, 2024 | 06:00 PM to 07:00 PM
Get ready to showcase your singing talents at our exciting Karaoke Night at the Library! Whether you're a shower singer or a seasoned performer, this is your chance to shine.
This program is for teens, adults, and seniors.
Registration is not required - Register if you would like a reminder!
Karaoke Night at the Library! Get ready to showcase your singing talents at our exciting Karaoke Night at the Library!
08/06/2024
Sign Language Storytime: While the Library’s regular storytimes are on a break in August, bring the little ones to Sign Language Storytimes on Wednesdays this month at 10:30 a.m. at the Children’s Library.
https://paloalto.bibliocommons.com/v2/events?series=66541aa5b9c88bd2374c1394
08/06/2024
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi Get your tickets on Eventbrite!
08/06/2024
A Bit About Bats: As part of the Library’s Summer Reading for a Cause, come out to an informative and fun presentation with NorCal Bats. Learn about these winged mammals and meet some local native species on Wednesday, August 7 at 3:30 p.m. at Mitchell Park Library.
What's Up Wednesday: A Bit About Bats with NorCal Bats Join us at the Mitchell Park Library for an informative and fun presentation with NorCal Bats!Guests will learn about these amazing winged mammals and their importance to agriculture and to our lives. This will include a family friendly PowerPoint about bats and meeting some of our local native spec...
08/04/2024
"It's summer here in San Francisco! That means cloudy skies, plenty of fog, and turning the heater on even in late July. As we head into Fogust, here's a reading list for the 'coldest winter you ever spent.' If you're somewhere sweating through a heat wave, cool down with one of these titles!" City Lights Books, San Francisco, Calif., posted on Instagram.
08/03/2024
Shout out to Fopal@VCL 2024!
Stop by our booth and say "Hi" Arlette, Jack, Tony, Dave and Frank!
08/02/2024
Fopal is proud to support the VCF West! https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-west/ Look for our booth with cool vintage computer books, manuals and software.
Wow! Look at the crowds coming into VCF West 2024 Today (August 2nd) and tomorrow (August 3) Computer History Museum
07/30/2024
Position available January 2024!
Book Sale Assistant Treasurer NEEDED: Assistant treasurer at Friends of the Palo Alto Library/Fopal. Must be available on the second weekend of each month(both Saturday and Sunday) to prepare, distribute, collect and count...
07/26/2024
07/25/2024
Shout out to YCS and their help recruiting volunteers for our annual Bargain Room & H2 courtyard clean up day! These mighty (7) Paly & Gunn High students picked up a broom, rake, book, box or rag to help freshen up these well loved spaces.
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Fopal supporting literacy for 80+ years!
Friends of the Palo Alto Library (FOPAL) is a member-supported non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the Palo Alto Public Library and its users through volunteerism, book sales, and advocacy. Our volunteers conduct monthly and online sales of books and other media donated by the community. Net proceeds from our sales are used for the purchase of books, media, online resources, equipment, and special programs for Palo Alto’s five public libraries.
Palo Alto’s public library system is over 100 years old, having been established in 1902. By the 1930s, the city’s library had become recognized as a vital part of the community’s cultural infrastructure in an area where education and learning were central aspects of everyday life. In 1938, a group of library lovers met at the Mayfield (now College Terrace) branch library and formed the Friends of the Palo Alto Library, whose objective was to support the library and enrich Palo Alto’s cultural environment. According to the San Jose Mercury-Herald, the group was “the only such organization in the state and perhaps on the Pacific Coast…”
The Friends remained an informal society at first and concentrated on organizing speakers and events related to the library. Sources indicate that the group was revived and reorganized by twenty-five community leaders in 1947, in order “…to provide a body of informed citizens, who will see that the library is given proper recognition…” Throughout the 1940s, ‘50s, and ‘60s, FOPAL was a leading advocate in the community for the libraries in an era of expansion and growth in Palo Alto.
In 1966, The Friends of the Palo Alto Public Library formally filed Articles of Incorporation with the State of California. The Articles were accepted and approved by the State on April 15th, 1966, a date that may be regarded as the official birth of the organization as a legal entity. According to the Articles of Incorporation, the purpose of the organization is to “maintain an association of people interested in enriching and publicizing the resources of the library, and to support library activities in the interest of the community.” The Internal Revenue Service recognized FOPAL as a 501 c 3 tax-exempt non-profit organization on August 4th, 1967.
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