South San Francisco Friends of the Library

• Discovery Center and Makerspace
• Free Comic Book Day
• Learning Wheels
• Peninsula Library Comic Carts Fest (PLCAF)
• Summer Learning Events and Books
• Hack the Future and other STEM Programs
• Tumble Books
• Young Adult Novelist Convention (YANovCon)
• Youth Poet in Residence

• Baby Sign Language Storytime
• Bouncing Babies Storytime
• Cantonese Storytime
• Family Storytime
• Filipino Family Storytime
• Pajama Storytime
• Stuffy Sleepover Storytime
• Spanish Bilingual Storytime

• Adult Crafternoon
• Adult Lego Group
• Asian Art Museum Community Speaker Series
• Author Talks and Presenters
• English Language Conversation Club
• Spanish Language Book Club

• Banned Books Week
• Black History Month
• Dia de Los Niños
• Filipino American Heritage Month
• Asian & Pacific American Heritage Month
• Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month
• Lunar New Year
• National Library Week
• Project Read of Northern SMC Trivia Night
• Volunteer Appreciation Day
• Holiday celebrations throughout the year*

Established in 1975, the South San Francisco Friends of the Library is a non-profit organization made up of dedicated volunteers who are committed to support Library and literacy services that meet the growing needs of the Main and Grand Avenue Libraries which will enrich the lives of all community members.

The mission of the South San Francisco Friends of the Library is to work in partnership with our Library Management to enhance the public library collections, programs and services.

• Raise funds to supplement and enhance library programs, materials and equipment to meet the informational, educational and recreational needs of our community identified in the Library’s mission statement and to sponsor events.

• Encourage gifts of books, endowments and bequests to the library.

• Promote community support and focus public attention on library usage, facilities, resources and services.
  
  
• Inform members about issues affecting the library and provide an opportunity for library lovers to volunteer.
  
  
• Operate as a 100% volunteer organization so that all monies raised by the Friends can benefit library programs and services.

The Friends of the Library meet the second Tuesday of the month at 6:00 PM in January, April, July and October at the Main Library, 901 Civic Campus Way, 2nd Floor Community Room

View the Meeting Minutes

For information on the current happenings with the South San Francisco Friend's of the Library, please click the letter from the Friends Board Members below. 

Letter to Membership(PDF, 170KB)

Join the Friends of the Library by filling out a membership application(PDF, 138KB). For questions about the Friends, visit the library in person, e-mail or call (650) 829-3860.

• Armando Altamirano, President
• Gail Davison, Treasurer
• Julie Baldocchi, Secretary
• Ramona Altamirano, Membership
• Margaret Abdilova, Member-at-Large
• Eleanor Breite, Member-at-Large
• Jean Graham, Member-at-Large

The Main Library holds a daily book sale to raise funds for library programs and services. In addition, to two large sales are held once in the spring and once in the fall. All book sales take place on the 3rd Floor of the Main Library at 901 Civic Campus Way.

Thank you for choosing to donate to the Friends.  We sell donated items and all proceeds will go to further our mission to support the South San Francisco Libraries.

The Friends gratefully accepts donation materials of good quality and good condition:

• Paperback and hardback fiction and non-fiction books published within the last 15 years
• DVDs ad Blu-ray disks in their original cases/covers
• Books and music on CD in their original cases/covers
• Similar materials held by the Library

In addition, the library seeks donations of materials related to South San Francisco history, such as school yearbooks, for inclusion in the History Collection. While some items are added to the collection, most donations go to the Friends of the Library book sales.

Sorry, we cannot accept:

• Mildewed, moldy, smelly, water-damaged or badly-worn items
• Torn, pencil marked, highlighted or otherwise damaged books
• Textbooks or computer books.
• VHS or cassette tapes
• Reader's Digest Condensed books or magazines
• Encyclopedias of any age
• Newspapers, coupons, calendars, notebooks or catalogs
• Magazines (including National Geographic).

All donations must be brought into the Main Library, and placed on the cart at the 1st floor information desk. Donations are not accepted at the Grand Library. The Friends of the Library does not accept donations left outside the library or placed in the book return. Due to staffing and storage limitations, we ask you to donate no more than two small or medium sized boxes per visit.

We reserve the right to refuse gifts (monetary or material) upon which restrictions are placed. For information on donating special items, please call (650) 829-3860.

The Friends of the Library non-profit tax ID number is 74-3116201.