civiccenter - The Friends of the Scottsdale Public Library

19Nov, 2024

Friends Host Multiple December Fundraisers

The Friends will close out 2024 with several December fundraisers to raise money for Scottsdale Public Library.

On Saturday, December 7, the Ultimate Family Play Date returns to Scottsdale Civic Center Park. The Friends will be hosting a 50-50 raffle, and you can purchase a ticket for $5 or five tickets for $20. The winner will take home half of the total jackpot, which was $545 in 2023.

The Ultimate Family Play Date will have other fun activities as well, featuring numerous booths for children to participate in art, building, and science experiments. The Friends booth will feature a free prize wheel, so be sure to stop by with your family.

The fun(draising) will continue on Thursday, December 12 with our ice cream social at Jeni’s Ice Creams (15323 North Scottsdale Rd, in the Scottsdale Quarter). Mention the Friends or present this flyer when you order and we will receive 25 percent of your purchase.

We are partnering with See’s Candies on a month-long Yum-raiser to help with Holiday shopping. Visit our storefront and purchase chocolates, peanut brittle, gift cards and more and the Friends will receive up to 20 percent of the proceeds.

You can also benefit the Friends through Holiday shopping by utilizing our partnerships with Amazon and Minted.

Use the affiliate link https://amzn.to/3NdBxFG and Friends will receive a commission on your Amazon.com order. If you shop at Minted.com, use the code “FUNDRAISEFOSPL” when you check out and not only will the Friends receive 15 percent of your purchase, but you will save 20 percent on your order.

19Nov, 2024

Ultimate Family Play Date

27Sep, 2024

“An Unlikely Pair” Exhibit

The newest display at the Scottsdale Heritage Connection Gallery will run from October 16, 2024 to February 1, 2025. An Opening Reception will take place on October 29, and a special field tour and talk will take place on November 9, 2024.

‘An Unlikely Pair’ is an exhibit featuring Scottsdale Architect Douglas Sydnor, FAIA, and Brooklyn Public Artist, Vito Acconci, in a collaboration for the award-winning 1994-1997 Loloma Multimodal Transit Center.

This exhibit includes a 100-year timeline from 1920s to date, and shows the historic evolution of the project site, the 1994 to 1997 project design process and construction, and recent developments such as the Museum of the West.

This exhibit is funded by Friends of the Scottsdale Public Library, Scottsdale Arts, and Douglas Sydnor Architect and Associates, Inc.

If you would like to register for the opening reception or field tour and talk, please send an email to [email protected].

11Apr, 2024

Arizona Cardinals Fund Summer Reading Buddies

Friends of the Scottsdale Public Library would like to thank Arizona Cardinals Charities for donating $5,000 toward the Summer Reading Buddies program in 2023.

The program is designed to mitigate the “Summer Slide,” the loss of reading and writing skills over summer vacation that delays learning during the new school year.

The target audience for this program is 30 to 40 first to fourth graders in South Scottsdale. It last ran in 2019, providing six weeks of services for an average of 22 students.

The money will be used to purchase new Chromebook laptops to incorporate a technology component during summer reading. Since the program is volunteer-led, costs are restricted to technology, subscriptions, supplies, and refreshments.

You can find dates for this program on the Scottsdale Public Library website. To learn more about programs funded by the Friends, visit our Programs page.

9Jan, 2023

Art Gallery Reception

21Jun, 2022

Friends Sponsors Summer Reading Program & Girls in STEM

For the third year in a row, the Friends of the Scottsdale Public Library is supporting the Summer Reading Program (SRP) to fund prizes for recipients of all ages.

The theme of this year’s program is “Oceans of Possibilities,” and many of the prizes purchased by the Friends are sea themed. This includes beach balls, fish squirters, and stickers. The Friends also supplied items for teen volunteers helping with the program.

The program runs from June 1 through August 1, and participants will receive one point for every minute they log of reading time at https://maricopacountyreads.org. Over 4,000 people have already registered.

Prizes can be earned starting at 250 points, so there is plenty of time left to participate. Other prizes this year include vouchers from Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria, Peter Piper Pizza, Raising Cane’s, and Rubio’s, Phoenix Mercury tickets, and an Arizona State Parks pass.

The Friends is also supporting the Girls in STEM program, which takes place on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in June and July at Civic Center Library. This program promotes careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) for female students (though males are allowed to participate) in sixth through eight grade with 90 minute sessions of hands-on activities.

Friends’ funding will support supplies including forensic science kits, chemistry sets, and star gazing kits, in addition to speakers and specialists on STEM topics.

You can support these and other free programs at Scottsdale Public Library branches through a Friends membership.