SCFOL Can Help You Double Your Donation Dollars
Annually, the San Carlos Friends of the Library donates to the San Carlos Branch Library. Most of these funds, and those donated by other Friends chapters, are sent to the Library Foundation and annually matched by the City of San Diego, up to the City's budgeted amount.. This is called the City of San Diego Library Matching Fund. Each Friends Chapter's donation plus the Matching Funds, are then distributed back to the branches to purchase books, materials, equipment, and programs... Continue Reading >
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Shop Hours: Mon-Tues - 11:30 am - 5:30 pm and Wed-Sat - 10:30 am - 5:30 pm
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The Library Shop is not just a well-curated gift and book shop. It is a non-profit book & gift store located in the courtyard of the Downtown Central Library sponsored by the FSDPL & the SDPL Foundation. As the Downtown... 
We welcome all SCFOL members to consider volunteering and assisting us in making our monthly USED BOOK SALES bigger and better than ever. Revenue from SCFOL book sales is the major source of funds needed to purchase books, programs and equipment for our branch library. In 2024, about 75 dedicated SCFOL Volunteers donated 4426 hours to the San Carlos Branch Library! We thank them one and all.
Contact SCFOL Volunteer Chair Sue Dennis at 
The numbers are in for the 2024 Summer Reading Program for the San Carlos Branch. We had 1190 registrations and 944 finishers. Congratulations to all. A whopping 952 youth and their families attended the 8 special summer programs offered this year at the San Carlos Branch Library. Thank you all for your attendance. See you again next year. 
This year’s annual SCFOL General Membership meeting will be held Wednesday, November 13, 2024 from 4:00-5:30 pm, in the San Carlos Branch Library’s Winer Family Community Room & Art Gallery. All SCFOL members are invited to attend. Find out what's happening in 2025 at the San Carlos Branch Library.
The agenda will include:
SCFOL President Bill Bischoff: Introduction of guests, new 2024 SCFOL Life Members (Sandi Calabough Sue Dennis, and Lisa King), and speaker.
SPEAKER: Past President of SCFOL & FSDPL,... 