THANK YOU for your Memberships and Donations
We wish to THANK everyone who has ever become a Member of the San Carlos Friends of the Library. We also express our appreciation and gratitude for those who have sent us donations in honor or memory of others. SCFOL funds are used to purchase new materials, programs, and equipment that enhance the patron experience at the current San Carlos Branch Library and that of the new proposed Branch.
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Negotiations are still underway before the City of San Diego's final 2025-26 fiscal year budget is voted on June 10. It will not be finalized until signed by San Diego's Mayor Todd Gloria on June 15, 2025
As a result of previous City Council budget meetings, the San Diego Public Library system is scheduled to lose $8million in funding. As of July 1, 2025, this loss of funding may result in the closing of all 37 Branch Libraries on Sunday...
A quick reference for youth special events and recurring activities through the end of the year:
The library book club meets monthly on the 3rd Thursday from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the Winer Family Community Room & Art Gallery. The current Book Club Flyer Summer titles are on reserve at the front desk. Just ask the librarian for a copy and check it out. For more information, please call the library at 619-527-3430.
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What a year 2014 has been!! We have taken this 40th Anniversary year to celebrate the work of the Library both in the past and present with an eye to the future.
We began the year by honoring our past. What a magnificent history the San Carlos Branch Library has in this neighborhood. We have told our historical story in many ways, but two are particularly important. A video was made which highlighted the beginning of the Library as... 
In the Winer Family Community Room & Art Gallery of the San Carlos Branch Library, on November 19, 2014, at the SCFOL General Membership Annual Meeting, there was the unveiling of a special section of wall, honoring all SCFOL Life Members and Past Presidents. Present were SCFOL members, honored Life Members Rocky, Gene & Michael Winer (sons of Jack & Carolyn Winer), Past President Judy McCarty, SCFOL President Judy Williams, and Riley Webb representing Councilman Scott Sherman.
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On November 19, 2014, before the Annual Meeting of the General Membership of SCFOL, Rocky, Gene, and Michael Winer, sons of Jack & Carolyn Winer, unveiled new signage over the two entrances to the San Carlos Branch Library's community room, dedicating and renaming it the "WINER FAMILY Community Room & Art Gallery." At the meeting, SCFOL President, Judy Williams introduced the "Winer boys," and read congratulatory remarks from Past SCFOL & FSDPL President Ann McDonald who was not able... 
What a year this has been! SCFOL's started on January 9, 2014, with the celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the San Carlos Branch Library. We would like to thank all of the Navajo Canyon Community for their continued support. We currently have a total of 309 SCFOL members, 83 of whom are Life Members. November 19, 2014, from 4:00-5:30, will be the Annual Meeting of the General Membership of the San Carlos Friends of the Library, and... 
Our 2013 Craft Fairs were such a success, that the San Carlos Friends of the Library planned another one, "JUST AROUND THE CORNER, CRAFT FAIR & BOUTIQUE," on Saturday, October 11, 2014, from 9:00-3:00 p.m. This one promises to be bigger and better than the last. Due to the space restrictions at the San Carlos Branch Library, the SCFOL Craft Fair will be held in the Fellowship Hall of the San Carlos United Methodist Church, located at 6554 Cowles Mountain Blvd., San Diego, CA 92119 (on... 