In October, the Redwood City Library Foundation (RCLF) held its 5th Annual Upscale Pub Crawl. The event was another success, with more than 500 tickets sold and $50,000 raised for important Library initiatives. But the Pub Crawl, held in recognition of Banned Books Week, has another important purpose: raising awareness about the freedom to read and to choose what to read. California’s Freedom to Read Act provides protections against censorship in public libraries and safeguar

In September 2025, before its public release, RCLF funded a screening of The Librarians, a documentary directed by Kim A. Snyder, detailing librarians’ ongoing fights against book bans and their steadfast defense of the right to read. We’re not saying RCLF is the reason The Librarians won a special Emmy Award for documentary filmmaking at this year’s Emmys; however, if you want to attribute the win to the “RCLF bump,” that’s fine by us! In September 2026, the film won the Emm

Local resident and library volunteer Marc Rosati has generously agreed to underwrite the Traveling Storytime program for multiple years in memory of his mother, Ruth Marie Rosati. We’d been searching for the perfect donor to underwrite this program when we realized that Marc had a childhood connection to book outreach programs and understood the importance of the Traveling Storytime program (see inset). Meeting Pam Evans, the Traveling Storytime Coordinator, triggered happy m

Just as a good book can transport us into new worlds and touch our hearts, so too does a will have the power to create lasting legacies for the people and missions we love. August was Make-A-Will Month, the perfect time to reflect on how to shape a legacy. RCLF held an educational Planned Giving ‘Legacy Literacy’ Webinar via Zoom. Attendees heard a presentation from Liza Hanks, Director, Gift Planning, Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) who spoke about how to create a

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This summer, more than 7,000 children and teens across Redwood City and Redwood Shores took on the Summer Learning Challenge (SLC)—committing to read, learn and explore while school was out. And it all started with a book. Children who signed up for the challenge received a free book of their choice and pledged to read for at least 20 minutes a day for 20 days. Those who completed the challenge earned another free book to keep. By summer’s end, Redwood City Public Library had

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