The following column is from Ann Hammond, Library Director of the Sonoma County Library:

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The Friends of the Library are pleased to announced that book donations will be accepted on a limited basis by APPOINTMENT ONLY beginning Sunday 9/27 at the library. Call Tony Pisacane at 415-987-9026 and leave a message to make an appointment. No donations will be accepted without an appointment.

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On October 8, 2020, the Board of Directors of the Friends of the Sonoma Valley Library will hold the annual meeting at 3:00 p.m. via Zoom. 

The purpose of the meeting is to elect officers for the Board. Terms are two years. The nominees are:

President                                Janet Constantino ( current Pres.)

Vice President                        Robin Kunde ( current Vice Pres.)

Treasurer                                Susan Shimomoto ( current Tres.)

Member-at-Large                    Karen Saunders ( current MAL)

 

Other nominations will be accepted from the floor at the Annual Meeting. 

To attend the Annual Meeting, contact Diana at:  dspaulding@sonomalibrary.org to get the zoom link.

If you wish to propose any changes to the By-Laws of the Friends of Sonoma Valley Library, please contact Diana at the above address prior to Oct 8, 2020.

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We know that many or all of you have been eagerly awaiting news of our library. When will our library return? When will we who volunteer be able to resume our work? How can we help now?

Library leadership has developed a phased plan for opening the branches in four stages. Our Library Commissioner has warned that the return to full services will be a long process and the ways our libraries serve the community will probably change as well.

The Friends cannot begin to receive donated books or plan on book sales until it is safe to do so. When that will be is still unknown.

However, volunteers, including Friends, will be able to return to their library duties in Stage 3 of the process. And, after the deep sanitizing of the branches, curbside service will be available to patrons. There are plans that this service will begin in late May or June. The Sonoma Valley Branch is scheduled to be one of the first 5 to be able to begin this service.

It’s frustrating not to be giving the help we used to give to our beloved library. But there are many other organizations in the Valley who are able to receive help and do need financial support right now. They are providing food, financial assistance, and other support to those in our community who have been hit hardest by the coronavirus and the efforts to mediate its impact.

Among those organizations are:

FISH

La Luz

Redwood Empire Food Bank

Sonoma Family Meal

Sonoma Overnight Support

Vintage House

Some need volunteer help, all need financial help.

Go to sonomacity.org/food-security and sonomavalleyvolunteers.org for more information and links.

 

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Due to the COVID-19 emergency and the extended shelter-in-place guidelines, the Friends of the Sonoma Valley Library has had to cancel our upcoming Book Sales. We will post the revised schedule as soon as well have it -- in the meantime, stay safe and keep on reading! 

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The dates are set - mark your calendar for our 2020 book sales at the Sonoma Valley Library, and get ready to stock up!  Beginning with our Spring Book Sale, the event begins on a Thursday with a special Friends of the Library "members only" preview from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.  Then the sale opens to the public from 2 - 5:30 p.m.  On Friday, book sale hours are 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., and Saturday hours are 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. 

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