Th e Festival of the Book is Sunday, July 29 at Harvey West Park. Register for Summer Reading @ SantaCruzPL.org/srp/

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Join Your Library in a Fun and Educational Summer for Kids

Schools will let students loose in less than a month. Fortunately, your libraries will step in immediately to run a wonderful Summer Reading Program—keeping students

interested in reading and math for the next two months of lazy days.

Your Library Staff ask that you please guarantee a successful summer for kids by considering a donation to your Friends today!

A gift of $100 brings an extra craft s, story-time, or Legos program to your branch. During the summer, the libraries add more of these sessions throughout the day to provide more summer activities for kids.

A gift of $250 will add a musical performance at one of your branches. Boulder Creek enjoys the San Lorenzo Valley Band each summer because of your generosity. And library staff hope your generosity will allow them to add Drumming Workshops at other branches.

A gift of $500 provides a performance by a magician, bubble perfectionist, or a group of colorful puppets to your branch. Th ey’ll enthrall young kids by using math and sci-ence in their routines. With your donation today, the SCPL will be able to invite Magical Moonshine and Fratello Marionettes once again!

And donations of any amount defray the cost of the Festival of the Book on Sunday July 29 at Harvey West Park from 1-4 pm. Th is event is a favorite among young readers!

Please write “Summer Reading Program” on the memo line of your check or on the enclosed envelope. You can also visit FSCPL.org and donate there for Summer Reading.

Th ank you for creating another wonderful summer for kids in your neighborhood!

Stay in touch:Web: FSCPL.orgFacebook: @FriendsSCPLInstagram: friendsscpl

BOOKMARKS News, Events & Etceteras

BIG CLOSING SALE @ Capitola Branch

Books, media, surplus furniture and shelving must go! $5/bag sale starts at noon on Sun.Sat., May 19 10 am–5 pmSun., May 2010 am–2 pm

Garden Tour for Felton Branch

Tour 7 gorgeous gardens in Felton & Ben Lomond. Sat., May 1910 am–4 pmTickets: $20 @FeltonLibraryFriends.org

Munching with Mozart @ Downtown S.C. Branch

3rd Th urs. of each month12:10 pm–12:50 pm

Purchase great-quality, gently used books at these additional sales.

Monthly Sale @ Capitola Mall

1st Sat. of each month10 am–4 pm

Monthly Sale @ Aptos Branch

3rd Sat. of each month10 am-3 pm

Spring Sale @ Scotts Valley Branch

Sat., June 210 am-4 pm

@ THE SANTA CRUZ PUBLIC LIBRARIES MAY–JULY 2018

Friends and family of Jules Resnick memorialized his 518 volunteer hours with a welcoming bench.

Sasha Jaffarove, right, led the Young Maker’s Program at the Downtown S.C. Library.

The Live Oak Branch Honors a Lost Friend By Laura Vanderslice

Jules was such a dear man and a highly valued volunteer at the library. His very first assignment was on Jan. 17, 2006,

opening day of the newly renovated Live Oak Branch. Later, in a volunteer profile, he was quoted as saying, “It was pouring rain. About all I did was stand there and point to where the parking spaces were.”

But that day in the rain did not discourage him, and our Branch was fortunate to enjoy this “volunteer extraordinaire.” He filled book requests, took care of our bulletin board postings, shelved CDs and just about anything else we asked him to do.

Sometimes we’d be mixed up about which day he was coming, and I’d turn to my coworker and ask, “Is it a Jules day?” We are fortunate to have had many “Jules Days”. Between March 2012 and March 2017, Jules volunteered 217 times at our Branch!

We are so honored to have this bench at our library in memory of Jules. We miss him and this will be such a wonderful way to celebrate his life and love of the library.

A Young Friend Loves Mentoring at your Library!

“It has always been a passion of mine to be able to mentor and help be a guide for young minds. To

allow them to reach their goals by catering to their unique learning styles while still allowing them to have a passion for learning,” says Sasha, a student from Pacific Collegiate, who mentored in the Young Makers Program at the Downtown Santa Cruz Branch.

“The Santa Cruz Library helped making this dream into a reality (by) providing the necessary resources for this project.” She added.

And Friends made this program possible by keeping it supplied with materials such as batteries, motors, LED lights, arts and craft supplies.

“I’m glad that this program puts smiles on the faces of young brilliant minds as they each struggle through different problems and thought processes,” says Sasha.

Sasha graduates this year and is moving on: “I hope to acquire a PhD, so I can do research projects I feel that would be quite fun.”

Meanwhile the Young Makers Program will continue while supplies last! Consider a donation today to your Friends.

To read more about Sasha, visit: santacruzyoungmakers.wordpress.com.

Include your Friends in your estate plans: FSCPL.org/estate-planning/

Consider a Tribute Gift for Someone Special

Gift s made in honor of: Carol Dyer • Sean Abbey

Jim & Michele Mosher • Elizabeth & David Mosher

Nancy Sherrod • Linda Bixby

Esther Smith • Alesa Lightbourne

Gift s made in memory of: Emily Galli • Bernard Elbaum

Harold Gilbertson • Brenda & Miles Beach • Teddy & Donna Gilbertson

Aunt Lillian • C.J. Elizabeth

Paul M. • Nana Montgomery

Gail Paynter • Claire Henry

Richard Selby • Anne Guerrero

A library card and abundant Summer Reading Programs make any kid happy! Thank you for donating today.

Thank you to these generous Friends for their recent donations! Gifts from early January to mid-April 2018. *Publisher's Circle Member

Literary Champion Leaders $10,000+ Deluxe Foods of AptosHerman A. & Ruth H. Utter Designated Fund @ CFSCC

Literary Circle Guardians $5,000+Lorraine Sintetos & Ted Silveira

Literary Circle Benefactors $2,500+ Tom Lehrer    

Literary Circle Allies $1,000+ Cory Bennett*Michael & Elaine Fresco Friends of the SCPL @ CFSCCAlan Hiromura Marcus Monte Bojana & Mark Morgenthaler Harold Widom Fund at CFSCC

Conservators $500+AnonymousJack Farr Bill Haerle Jim & Michele Mosher Santa Cruz County BankGrace Voss           

Book Collectors $250+Shannon Durham & Larry AbitbolLisa Ellis*Frank and Gertrude Dunlap FundJack Herman Karen Holl Nancy & Brad Jackson Nancy Jones Paula & Dave Kuty Rocklin, Zoe, & Ed Paco Lauren Reedy Alice Rink Gail Roger Jeanne & Richard Smith* Linda Snook Shmuel Th aler & Kathy CytronLisa & Gordon Th ygeson Candace Walker & S.K. Oka               

Bibliophiles $100+ AnonymousRebecca & Robert Allen Kate Anderton Leslie & Richard Andrews Rosemary Arce Julia Armstrong-Zwart & Frank Zwart, IIIYong Bai Charles Barnes Mary Bergthold David Berkey Paul & Dianne Blocher Christine Bloome Barbara Boone*Kay & Jerry Bowden Myrna Britton & Roger AndersonRichard & Kathleen Buddington 

Lawrence Chew Lynette & Ross Clark Joe & Carolyn Dickinson Robert & Esther Donovan Julie Dresdner Cherilee Eide Failor-Wass FamilyMarianne & Jim Franks Barbara Gaebe Alice Godfrey Julie Goldstein & Eric GoodmanGood Times Santa CruzMarcia & Owen Hand Glenda & Ward Hastings Madeline Hnatowich-Dean Jeanne Howard Betty & Robert Imlay Rose Jacobs & Douglas NeilsenDebra Johnson Marie & Larry Knapp Margaret Kotsi Toby & Julie Kraft  Karen Kurokawa Marian Langdon Larkin Family FundNancy & Rabbi Richard Litvak Sheilah & John Lynch Eleanor MacDonald Paul Machlis Jennifer Maguire Merrilyn & Ronald Marker Geraldine Annaleah Martin Lilian Masters & Carl SwensonCynthia & Bill Mathews Julie & Bob Mazurek Jack McSorley Nicholas Meier & Elizabeth GoodNancy Merritt Lori & Jason Mersman Kathryn Metz Hila & Jack Michaelsen* Shirley Mooers*Suzanne Murphy Patricia & Bob Namba Valerie Nelson Elizabeth & William Nowicki Anne Olson Roger & Kay Paine Jan Palia & William Gawlik

Nancy & Roland Pascal Timmi Pereira*Alfred & Arlene Petrocelli Stephen Pierce Morgan Rankin Diana Ray Willa Dean Reynolds Peter & Sandra Sanford Sandy Sill & Peter Tyzack*Almena Smith Ellen & Ned Solway Gabrielle Stocker Dimitry Struve Geraldine Sweet Dee & Mark Tannenbaum Erica Terence Anne Turner Candace & Dennis Van der Meer Denise Ward Richard & Phyllis Wasserstrom Kathleen Willott Jonathan & Susan Wittwer Judith Wylie Patricia Wynne Maria Yap & Mark Sangster              

Bookworms $50+ AnonymousRosemary Abell Mary Archer Nannette Benedict, DDS David Brundage Leon Bumanglag Susan Cabrera Jill Chesler Julia Chiapella & Eric Zigman*Carl & Anne Christensen Rosemarie Church Kirsten Commons Sheila & Gerald De Lany Nancy Degnan Jack & Lisa Dilles John & Marlena Dufresne Dorothy Edmonston Steven Ellis Susan Enelow Betty Gangware Joan Gilbert Martin Marc & Joann Godoy Margaret Gordon Karen Grandin Todd & Susan Guild Jeff & Sheila Hall Mary Hanson Stephanie Harlan 

Reni Harper Mas & Marcia Hashimoto Roz & Harold Hastings Karen Hay Ethel Herring Don & Rosalyn Hilbert Carol Hill Vera Hope Paul & Sheri Howe Joan Hubbard Jerilyn Kass* Georgia King Valerie Klem Clea Kore & David FairchildCara Lamb & Neil WaldhauerDon Lane & Mary HoweEllen & Michael Larkin Connie & Speed Leas Marlene Majewska JoAnn Martin* Joe & Jean Marvin Leta, Meyer & Kenneth Marx Tina Mazzei Craig E. McCroskey  & Bronwyn BlackMichael & Michele McKee Carmen & Paul Mulholand Ellen & Daniel Nielsen Gary & Marilyn Patton Priscilla & Sidney Peters* Marcia Poms Hazel Powell Steven Ramirez Dee Roe Vivian Rogers Nancy Ruiz & Ruiz DePuy Kate Sandusky Cathy Simmons& Greg SegesmanAlbion Smith & Elissa ForsythElaine Spitz-Berke Catherine Steele Stanley Stevens Miriam Stombler Jennifer Stone Barbara Th omas Lee & Mary Vaage Meredith & Vernon Wallace Michael & Helen Waller Ed & Rina Weingold Dee & Arthur Weybright Bonnie Young & Mark Mathews            

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Denise Ward Creates a Shared Experience at the Aptos Branch

Denise had an idea for creating community! The Aptos Branch should sponsor an Our Community Reads program. What

better way for individuals to share an experience but by reading the same book? And not only did Denise present the idea to her branch’s Friends, but she offered to chair the committee.

For 10 months, she pulled the committee together, organized the book selection process, planned events, made community con-nections, found partners—and made a huge impact on the Friends and the Aptos community.

Born a Crime, by Trevor Noah, was the selected book. Approximately 500 participants took part in 14 separate events, including a film and speaker’s series, a Trivia Night, a poetry slam, book discussion groups and art exhibits. We discussed themes such as being different, racism, bullying, and poverty… And we had a lot of fun!

Your Friends in Aptos will sponsor this program again next year, under Denise's leadership. We couldn’t do it without her!

If you would like to create a program for your library, contact your Friends@FSCPL.org.

Denise's hard work and leadership skills were apparent at every 'Community Reads' event.