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2016
Annual Report
Lafayette
Library and
Learning Center
Foundation
Great Minds
and Great
Communities
Start Here
Letter from the President and Executive Director
who are recognized throughout the county as super achievers, taking the lead with creativity and ingenuity, ultimately bringing
innovative and exciting programs here to our Lafayette Library and beyond. Thanks to your support this past year, we continue to
invest in the success of the library, in our librarians, and in you, the community.
With gratitude,
Seth Hamalian Beth Needel
Board President Executive Director
LLLC Foundation Board of Trustees
Financial Report The fiscal strength of the Lafayette Library and Learning Center Foundation (LLLCF) comes from your continued support and
ongoing financial contributions. It is a reflection of the community’s belief in the need for the long-term sustainability of the
Lafayette Library and Learning Center.
On behalf of LLLCF’s Board of Trustees and its finance committee, it has been our privilege to steward your donations this past
fiscal year. We trust that our Board, working in consort with the community, will ensure that the LLLC will be funded for many
years to come!
With gratitude,
Jeffrey Gale, Treasurer
Fiscal Year 2015 Source of Funds
Fiscal Year 2015 Expenditures
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Thanks to your support the Lafayette Library and Learning
Center continues to thrive as the heart of the community.
Library patrons of all ages arrive seven-days-a-week ready to
browse for a book, study, attend a workshop, learn to sketch in
nature, listen to an author talk, learn to code, watch a film,
tinker with the latest technology, learn tai chi or a new language.
You can be proud of our all-star librarians and library aides
Distinguished Speaker Series
Great Programs
The Distinguished Speaker Series (DSS) continued to attract audi-
ences from around the Bay Area. DSS has established the LLLC’s
reputation as a regional destination for quality programming. The
list of notable speakers this year included Vanessa Diffenbaugh,
Christina Garcia, Joyce Maynard, Joe Di Prisco, and mystery writer
Cara Black.
Science Cafe Drones and the search for ET were among the Science
Café topics explored this year. The season ended with a
standing room only crowd for author Uwe Blesching,
The Cannabis Health Index, for a discussion on the uses
and health benefits of medical marijuana.
Dr. Christine Carter , sociologist and senior fellow at UC
Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, shared the
secret to achieving more by doing less to a sold out
Science Café in January. (pictured left)
Thank you to the Mervyn L. Brenner Foundation and the American Chemical Society for sponsoring Science Café.
DSS welcomed David Talbot to the LLLC for a reading of
his latest book The Devil’s Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the
CIA, and the Rise of America’s Secret Government.
Ayelet Waldman, New York Times best-selling author, read from
her latest book Love and Treasure. Waldman is pictured above
with Friends volunteer Casey Sasner, Foundation Executive
Director Beth Needel, Library General Manager Vickie Sciacca,
LLLCF Trustee Denise Zetterbaum and LLLC volunteer
Judy Kirkpatrick.
Fans of the Grateful Dead filled the Community Hall for
long time Dead chronicler Blair Jackson who was joined on
stage by songwriter/guitarist and co-author David Gans.
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Children’s Book Fest
Great Programs
Glenn Seaborg Learning Consortium
The Glenn Seaborg Learning Consortium (GSLC) continued
to bring an array of valuable programs for all ages to the
LLLC. GSLC partner programs included visits from the
Oakland Zoo, author events with Saint Mary’s College, art
docents from the Oakland Museum, and a visit from the
Lawrence Hall of Science Wizard’s Lab.
The second Children’s Book Festival included favorite children’s
authors Gennifer Cheldenko, Thacher Hurd and Michael Slack.
Michael Slack designed the artwork for the festival and read
from his book Monkey Truck.
Above: Gennifer Choldenko, dressed in period costume,
engaged the audience in the storytelling of her new book,
Chasing Secrets, set in San Francisco in the early 1900’s.
Left: Artist and illustrator Elisa Klevin and author Thacher
Hurd at the Children’s Book Festival.
Glenn Seaborg Learning Consortium Partners: California
Shakespeare Theater, Chabot Space & Science Center,
Commonwealth Club of California, Greenbelt Alliance, John
F. Kennedy University, John Muir Health, Lindsay Wildlife
Experience, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland Zoo,
Saint Mary’s College, Institute of Governmental Studies,
The Lawrence Hall of Science
Great Programs
MakerFest Once again, the LLLC Foundation collaborated with
Library staff to create a FREE summer MakerFest.
More than 400 “makers” enjoyed hands-on activities
ranging from high tech robotics and 3D printing to
DIY musical instruments and rockets.
Dogtown Downtown A spring rain did not stop dogs and their people
from attending Dogtown Downtown. The LLLC
Foundation partners with the Lafayette Chamber to
create this fun FREE community event. After a
parade from the Lafayette Plaza, the carnival like
event included the popular kissing booth,
demonstrations, dog adoption, and contests.
Artist Evie Michon teaches the folk art of Pysanky, Ukranian Egg decorating, entertaining “makers” of all ages.
Night at the Library Thank you to our generous sponsors, in-kind donors,
and the more than 250 guests who made Night at the Library a terrific fundraising success! Your support helped raise much needed funds for the Lafayette Library and Learning Center.
Our sincerest thanks to the many generous raffle and silent auction donors, and to the volunteers who generously gave their time and talent in support of this event.
While guests learned about the variety of resources and services offered at the Lafayette Library and Learning Center, local restaurants served delicious small plate hors d’oeuvres and drinks.
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Night at the Library guests explored the library stacks in search of creative book covers for Bookface (right), tinkered with library technology materials in a MakersLab (below), played Library trivia with a “mystery” author in the Literary Salon and discovered the DIY elements of beer making.
Matt Geist and Meg Mulvaney with Karen and Tom Mulvaney.
Night at the Library Sponsors
Thank you!
Thank you!
1. Scott McKenzie, Gary and Tressa Rust, Rustic Tavern, and Katherine Gray.
2. Kelly Barlow, LLLCF Trustee Carrie Barlow, and Ned Wood.
3. Parry Tong, Postino, with staff, and LLLCF Trustee Julio Dolorico.
4. Judy Kirkpatrick, Friends volunteer.
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Night at the Library
Sponsor ($10,000)
Friends of the Lafayette Library
Discovery Sponsor ($5,000)
The Cooperage*
Diablo Magazine
Envisage Companies
Galaxy Desserts*
Dana Green Team
Metro Lafayette*
Northern Trust
Postino*
Republic Services
Rustic Tavern*
Explorer Sponsor ($2,500)
Comyns, Smith, McCleary
& Deaver, LLP
Elevents Group*
Gagnon's Party Rentals*
Mechanics Bank
Village Associates Real Estate
Passport Sponsor ($500)
Adventures Croatia
Blodgett's Floor Covering
California Bank of Commerce
Lawrence Hall of Science
Paleoventures
Individual Sponsors
Bart and Ann Baer
Carrie and Kelly Barlow
Kristin Adelson Bartlow
Kristin and T.J. Connelly
Seth and Shelly Hamalian
Mark and Kathy Lefanowicz
Laurie and Dick H. Morrison
Karen and Tom Mulvaney
Beth and Aaron Needel
Carey and Frank Starn
Stephenie and Dan Teichman
In Kind Benefactors
Cara Black
Diablo Foods
Lily Dong Photography
Amy Dryer Design
Epidemic Ales
Minuteman Press Lafayette
MoreBeer!
The Nut Factory
John Otto
Patxi's Pizza Lafayette
Peet's Coffee & Tea
Jeff Peacock
Lowel Richards
Safeway Lafayette
SewNow
Pat Todd
Trader Joe's
Whole Foods Market Lafayette
* In Kind Sponsorship
+ Wine Sponsor
Community Support 2016 Janine Crowe
Laurie & Alan Dachs
Avra & William Davidson
The Deimer Family
Elizabeth & Steve Dietsch
Francine Donner
Mary Lou Dorking
Rochelle & Edward Drasin
Beth Ferree & John Eaton
Janey Edwards
Lucinda Ely
Regina McGrath & Gabriel Escobar
Patricia Schiedler & James Evans
The Falk Family
Carol & Douglas Federighi
Jim Fernandes
Saint Perpetua Church
The Gerson Family
Carol Reif & Jeffrey Gilman
Joyce & Thomas Glidden
Diana & Kent Godfrey
Sandy & Robert Goldberg
Stanley Goodman
Mary & Frank Grannis
Jennifer Guethlein
Molly & Kevin Guthrie
The Gutzwiller Family
Dulcie & Jeffrey Hahn
Chris Hannafan
Christie & John Hastings
Shirley Hausser
Scott Hays
Virginia & Michael Hazlewood
Jeanie Johnson Hill
Paula Hines
Robin & Richard Holt
Patricia & Erling Horn
Inez Hua
David Iventosch
Glenn Jackson
Alice & Todd Jacobson
Susan Schapiro & Charles Kopp
Janet Laston Katzer
Nancy & Bruce Kaufman
Sue & Bill Kidd
Patricia & Richard Kinney
Anne & Gregg Korbin
Albina & Richard Kostyrka
CARNEGIE CIRCLE ($5,000 & UP)
Republic Services
Carrie & Kelly Barlow
Lisa & Joe Downes
Envisage Companies
Friends of the Lafayette Library
Dana Green Team
The Hamalian Family
Andrea & Brad Hilsabeck & Family
Laurie & Dick H. Morrison
The Mulvaney Family
Northern Trust
Rosemarie Ockels
Laurie & Duane Phillips
NOBEL CIRCLE ($1,000-4,999)
Seerat Aziz & Sajid Abbas
Jane & Ralph Anthony
Ann & Peter Appert
Ann & Bart Baer
The Mervyn L. Brenner
Foundation, Inc.
The Brush Family Foundation
Caitlin & Lee Burrows
Donald Chaiken
Comyns, Smith, McCleary
& Deaver, LLP
Patricia James & Joseph Di Prisco
Pat & Roger Falcone
Nazy & Jeff Gale
Katherine M. Gray
Susan & John Gyulai
Rita Iorfida & Walter Harrower
Linda Higham, The Storyteller, Inc.
Kelly & James Hood
Robert Keagy
Roxy & Steve Klein
Jahanna & Thomas Knight
Gladys Laston
Kathy & Mark Lefanowicz
Susan & Donald Lewis
Shigeko Marumoto
Mary & Daryl McCosker
Cathy & Steve McLin
Mechanics Bank
Julie & Jay Meissner
Morgan Stanley Foundation
Anita Pearson
Deborah & John Kwan
Louise Laemmlen
Kathy & John Laird
Ana & William Lau
Vernon Lee
Bill Leetham
Gloria Lenhart
Sandra Levitt
Sheila Longerbeam
Elise & Norman Lustig
Andrew Lyons
The Margerum Family
Melissa Hom & Michael Marion
Roberta McCoy
Howard McKinley
Meredith & Dan Meade
Mary L. Miller
Anne & Mark Mitchell
Richard Morrison
Theron Nelson
The Newman/deBenedetti
Family Trust
Gina & Richard Ney
Lucinda & Henry Nigro
Carol & Robert Nykodym
Robert Obara
Anne & Charles Olsen
Carol Gay Olson
Julie Morgan & David Osborn
Judy & Jag Patel
Paxti's Chicago Pizza
Virginia & Royce Paulsen
Janice & Jeff Peacock
Pedder, Hesseltine, Walker
& Toth, LLP
Diane Pennington
Niki Peterson
The Placzek Family Foundation
Joyce & Lloyd Plank
Paul Popenoe
Lois Quick
Wendy & Peter Read
Sandra & James Rhodes
Iris Ring
Cavett Robert
Lee Ross
Mary Salmon
Teresa & Robert Saltiel
Patti & Paul Sax
John Schuknecht
Cindy & Al Sevilla
Kathryn Donaldson
& Daniel Sherman
Judy Kirkpatrick
& Roy S. Powell, Jr.
Jeane & Roger Samuelsen
Ruth & John Sechler
Ellen & Sherman Shapiro
Liz & Les Simmonds
Cheri & Glenn Smith
Carey & Franklin Starn
Diane & Hal Steuber
Joan & Robert Stevenson
Dianne & Robert Tecco
Stephenie & Dan Teichman
Janet & Gottfried Tittiger
Village Associates Real Estate
Melody Howe Weintraub
& Jerry Weintraub
Jacinta Pister
& Richard Whitmore
Beverly & Loring Wyllie
PULITZER CIRCLE ($500-999)
Anonymous
Joni & Ken Avery
Kristin Bartlow
Lou & Keith Bilter
Karen & Larry Blodgett
Tracy & Spencer Brog
California Bank of Commerce
Brenda & Paul Chodroff
Kristin & T.J. Connelly
Donna & Scott Elliott
Larry Finney
Hank Gates
Anne & Marshall Grodin
Lamorinda Pediatric
Medical Group
Suzy Pak & Mark Gundacker
Elizabeth & Thomas Henry
Mary Ann & William Hoisington
Katherine & Paul Larsen
Ruth & Robert Manlove
Kathleen & Richard Marshall
Beth & Aaron Needel
Annie & Bret Peterson
Lloyd Poche
Betty & Todd La Porte
Margaret Race
Marnie & Steve Raymond
Christa & Yariv Robinson
The Ryder Family Foundation
M.J. & Jon Sammann
Susie & Ted Schaefer
Barbara & Jerry Schauffler
The Schiavello Family
Jody & Marty Schultz
Mary Scipi
Robert Shimizu
Barbara & Charles Stone
Patricia Stull
Ellen Reintjes & Don Tatzin
Fran & Stan Taylor
Trudy Triner, Paleoventures
John Waterbury
Mary Anne & Hugh Winig
Mary-Jane Wood
NEWBERY CIRCLE ($100-499)
Anonymous
Elizabeth Ringrose
& Edward Adasiak
Prashanth Ajjampur
Shirley & Jerry Anderson
Sharon & Carl Anduri
Brian Bailey
Marianne & Maurice Bales
Melody Baumgartner
Marilyn Beller
Jan Berckefeldt
Susan & Neal Bischel
Sarah & Steven Blumenfeld
Linda Bochte
Elizabeth Boege
Barbara Ando & Gerald Booth
Judy & Joel Boriskin
Kathy & Mark Bressler
Linda Tedjakusuma
& Howard Bulos
Bethany & Drew Burns
Olivier Chaine
Sara Cherbak
Elise Dirlam-Ching
Betty Conti
Chris & Dean Coons
Liz & Conrad Corbett
Ann & Rob Cormack
Ginny & Douglas Cowden
Community Support 2016 Katja Rasmussen
Shirley & Jerry Anderson
Dr. Dan Reid
Cavett Robert
Arlene Bischel Schubert
Susan & Neal Bischel
Peg & Frank Seluk
Margaret Race
Judy Shimizu
Robert Shimizu
IN HONOR OF:
Bill & Avra Davidson
Ruth Wise
Friends of the Lafayette
Library
Nancy & Bruce Kaufman
Jeff Gale
Morgan Stanley Foundation
Suzy Pak & Teresa Gerringer
The Gerson Family
William & Mary Ann Hoisington
Fran & Cameron Wolfe
Gladys Laston
Janet Laston Katzer
Sharon Lingane
& Gayla Manning
Betty & Todd LaPorte
NEWBERY CIRCLE cont. ($100-499)
Sanford Sherman
Barbara & Barry Silberman
Terry Neben & Philip Simon
Frances L. Singer
Romi & Glenn Smith
Linda & Richard Staaf
Henry Stauffer
Lynn & Bob Stevens
Shirley & Pavel Svihra
Virginia G. Swanberg
Sheryl & Mark Sweeney
Lori & George Swift
Jean Tajima
Briana & John Taylor
Ramsay & Janet Thomas
Keren Levy & John Trenholme
Roger & Polly Troxell
Rachel Westlake & Bill Uhlman
Janet & David Van Etten
Lise Vilas
Charlotte & John Waggoner
Dorothy Walker
Tracy & Donn Walklet
Jane & James Walsh
Stacy Walter
Lynne Walter
Alison & Robert Wash
Katharine & Timothy Welch
Ann & Peter Whitehead
Betsy Willcuts
Diane & Fred Wilt
Patricia Wood
Leota & Glenn Woods
Jill Schlichtmann-Wool
& David Wool
Lori & Paul Yeomans
Beth & Tom Young
Denise Zetterbaum
Stri & Larry Zulch
READER CIRLCE (UP TO $99)
Anonymous
Karen & Ben Akins
Janet & Glenn Angers
Marilyne Armstrong
Marilyn Ayers
Lynda & Joe Azalde
Barbara Bacher
Kay & William Barnhill, Jr.
Alene & Donald Bea
Lucy & Joe Beck
Philip Becker
Nancy & Lawrence Beliveau
Donna Arganbright
& Richard Black
Eve Guinan-Blaney
Frey Bolurchian
Alice Booth
Katharine & Stuart Boren
Janice Cattolica
Wanda Chan
Marissa & James Comins
Katherine Cummings
Sandi Cummings
Marlis & Ron Dawson
Ardeth & Arthur Dreshfield
Hazel Eshleman
Sharron Faaborg
Virginia & Albert La Faille
Leslie Finta
Mary Franklin
Theodore Fuller
Fran & Douglas Gary
Marice & Fred George
Lorie Geryk
Devra Gladstone
Anne & Reigh Granlund
Janice & Robert Green
Barbara Grenley
Ruth Grossman
Harmon Hanig
Dora Henel
Robert Hickman
Paul Hirschberg
Carol & Douglas Horner
Melisande Hubbs
Martha & Eliot Hudson
Joy & Richard Hutchison
Diane Inman
Michael Mathai-Jackson
Mose Jennings
Catherine & Joseph Kauder
Sandy & Frederick King
Ursula & Richard Klier
David Klug
Betty Kuo
Claire & Arthur Kurkjian
Suzanne & Sheldon Lewis
John Lillich
Nicole & Steve Long
Lenore & Robert McKnight
Toni McShane
Sally & Robert Mehaffey, Jr.
Kathy & Mike Merchant
Phyllis & Edward Miller
Marjorie Moore
Aaron Mulvaney
Joan Novotny
David Ogden
Julia Overs
Shirley Pagano
Carolin Pezzola
Adrienne & Ernest Pierucci
Susan & Leslie Polgar
Megan Rathfon
Fredericka Raymond
Robert Roche
Richard T. Russell
Bill Shurtleff
Warren Siegel
Paula & Keith Smith
Marci & Ernest Sponzilli
Margaret & John Stithem
John Stockton
Ben Strumwasser
Carole Suffin
Kent & Erma Takeda
Mathilda Varba
& Deitmar Krauss-Varban
Nancy Verrier
Gloria Whitsitt
Ruth Wise
Fran & Cameron Wolfe
Cecily Wood
Amy Yakaitis
Carol Murota & Neil Zelin
IN MEMORY OF:
George Conti
Betty Conti
Muriel "Dink" Dorking
Mary Lou Dorking
Ardeth & Arthur Dreshfield
Joy & Richard Hutchison
Howard McKinley
Lois Quick
Margaret & John Stithem
Judith Flachsbart
Karen & Ben Akins
Brian Bailey
Melody Baumgartner
Olivier Chaine
Wanda Chan
Katherine Cummings
Rochelle & Edward Drasin
Lorie Geryk
Jennifer Guthlein
Robin & Richard Holt
Kelly & James Hood
Mose Jennings
Vernon Lee
Andrew Lyons
Robert Obara
Megan Rathfon
The Schiavello Family
Lynn & Bob Stevens
Jeanne & Louis Gelwicks
Elizabeth & Steve Dietsch
David Knight
Jahanna & Thomas Knight
Mary Lu Lowe
Ruth & John Sechler
Tim McCoy
Roberta McCoy
Patt Meinbress
Toni McShane
Diane Inman
“Whatever the costs of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that
of an ignorant nation.” - Walter Cronkite
Seth Hamalian President Kristin Braun Connelly Vice President Caity Meaney Burrows VP of Strategic Planning Jeffrey Gale Treasurer Bart Baer Secretary Rita Iorfida Past President Lisa Libby Albert Carrie Barlow Melanie Brinkman Chris Voll Chernin Victoria DeMoss Julio Dolorico Larry Duson Dick Morrison Stephenie Teichman David Van Etten Denise K. Zetterbaum
Staff Members Beth Needel Executive Director Sarah Blumenfeld Development & Programs Director Chris Schiavello Operations Director Fran Miller Communications & Database Administrator
Ex-Officio Members
Brandt Andersson Lafayette City Council Representative Vickie Sciacca Lafayette Library and Learning Center Senior Library Manager Ellen Reintjes Friends of the Lafayette Library and Learning Center President
Lafayette Library and Learning Center Foundation
3491 Mt. Diablo Boulevard, Lafayette, CA 94549
www.lllcf.org
Board of Trustees