Media Advisory
June 11, 2019
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Other educational entertainment also planned
| WHAT: | A fun-filled afternoon to celebrate the Santa Clara County Library District’s It’s Showtime at Your Library! Summer Reading Program. School-aged children can get up close and personal with reptiles from Python Ron’s Reptile Kingdom, and then hang out with a player from the San Francisco 49ers. |
| WHO: | Santa Clara County Library District, Milpitas Library, San Francisco 49ers, Python Ron’s Reptile Kingdom |
| WHEN/WHERE: |
Milpitas Library 160 North Main Street Milpitas, CA 95035 (408) 262-1171 Thursday, June 20, 2019 Timeline: |
| WHY: |
Studies show school-aged children are susceptible to the so-called “Summer Slide,” where a child’s reading ability goes down when school is not in session. The best way to combat that is to continue reading and keeping the mind active. The San Francisco 49ers are for the second straight year a partner in SCCLD’s Summer Reading Program and its efforts to promote reading at all ages. This event highlights the partnership between SCCLD and the 49ers and emphasizes both the Library’s and the 49ers’ commitment to the residents of Santa Clara County. |
About the Santa Clara County Library District
The Santa Clara County Library District (SCCLD) promotes knowledge, ideas, and cultural enrichment. Its collection includes more than 2 million books, videos, CDs, DVDs, Audiobooks, eBooks and extensive online resources accessible from home or work. In 2014, SCCLD celebrated one hundred years of service to local residents. For the last eleven years, SCCLD has been consistently recognized as one of America’s Star Libraries by Library Journal. In 2018, SCCLD was ranked among the top ten large libraries in the United States in the Library Journal Index of Public Library Service. In 2014 and 2015, SCCLD won Innovator Awards from the Urban Libraries Council.
SCCLD includes two bookmobiles, an online library, seven community libraries and one branch library serving Campbell, Cupertino, Gilroy, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Milpitas, Monte Sereno, Morgan Hill, Saratoga and the unincorporated areas of Santa Clara County. In 2018, SCCLD had nearly 370,000 library account holders and welcomed 3.3 million visitors who borrowed 9.85 million items.
Find the Santa Clara County Library District online: www.sccl.org
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Contact:
Nancy Howe/Diane Roche/Mariana Walker
Santa Clara County Library District
(408) 293-2326 ext. 3001/3080/3047
