Sonoma County Public Library Foundation

Programs: Library program fundingthe organization raises and donates funds to the sonoma county library. Sonoma county has 14 libraries that serve over 2 million visitors per year. Over the past few years the foundation has donated between $100,000 to $200,000 annually to support library programs. Since 2015 we have sponsored the summer library reading program for children and teens, encouraging literacy and preventing summer learning loss. We led the effort to establish a temporary library branch in roseland, a historically underserved neighborhood, and provided over $70,000 to purchase books and computers to jumpstart the project. Our mini-grant program funded 12 innovative programs throughout the county: an immensely successful art program working with the homeless in santa rosa; a free performance by the santa rosa symphony in cloverdale; and the purchase of new technology tools to help kids explore, imagine and develop literacy skills in rohnert park and petaluma.

free bookmobile of sonoma countythe free bookmobile of sonoma county is an outreach project designed to promote literacy and love of reading. The free bookmobile brings high quality books of choice completely free of charge to access-challenged residents, especially children and seniors living in rural and low-income areas. The project has distributed over 155,000 new and gently used books to more than 70,000 delighted readers since 2009, and is currently serving an average of 1,400 people each month at dozens of locations throughout sonoma county carefully chosen for maximum educational and cultural impact.