Friends’ contributions have helped make the Main Library and Woodland Branch truly special places, funding new books and media as well as live programs and equipment.

• Programs - We fund most children’s programs, all teen programs and many adult programs.
• Materials – We provide the money for many new books for the Los Altos community, including the popular bestseller collection.
• We contribute to the purchase of equipment and furnishings.
• We spun off the Los Altos Library Endowment as an Endowment branch for fundraising.

Some specifics of our past and ongoing contributions are:

Books and media

• 7-day loan collection of important new fiction and non-fiction.
• $300,000 to the Vision 21 campaign – funding the science and technology collection
• Expansion of the collections of DVDs, CDs and recorded books.
• Starting and ongoing funding of the Friends Best Seller Collection

Programs

• Art docent lectures
• World Affairs Council
• Master Gardeners and California Native Plant Society programs
• Craft programs
• Halloween Mystery Event
• Summer Reading: performers, prizes, awards
• Teen Poetry Competition prizes
• Children’s Book Club books and supplies
• Children’s Storytimes

Equipment and Furnishings

• Program room chairs
• Teen room tables and chairs
• Computers and printers
• Bike racks
• Electronic bulletin board
• Wireless sound system
• Staff area space dividers
• Woodland Branch bookcases
• 3D printer and supplies

Library Facilities

• $100,000 for 1992 Library Expansion
• 2006 feasibility study and preliminary plans for expansion of Main Library
• Remodeling of Woodland Branch