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