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Hi, everyone! My name is Maria, and I am the Alameda Family Services’ Library Clinical Social Worker at Alameda Free Library. You may have seen me around already, but I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce myself and share how we will be working together. I am located
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Per our announcement last month, FAL is proud to introduce our new Executive Director, Marcie Soslau Johnson. Not only is Marcie a former FAL board member and dedicated volunteer (especially when it comes to BFF and the Used Book Sales), she is a familiar face to the entire community as
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Welcome, Serena! The FAL Board welcomes Serena Hom to the Board of Directors. Serena is a native of Alameda who grew up using Alameda Free Library. She and her family settled here and she became an active volunteer with the Friends last year. Serena became an integral part of Books
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Welcome, Renesha and Katherine! The FAL Board welcomes Renesha Robinson-Palmer to the Board of Directors. Renesha has been working on Friends @ Home events and will also be managing the Friends website. We also welcome Katherine Adcox to the Board of Directors. Katherine has been working on Friends @ Home events this
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Serving on the FAL board marries her love of books with community service. Although she has lived in Alameda for three decades, she never went to the semi-annual “Used Book Sale,” thinking that she didn’t need yet another book. That will change this fall when she chairs our traditional
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The FAL Board is very pleased to welcome Cindy Silva and Susan Schonberg to our board. Each brings a wealth of experience and enthusiasm to share and each has already put in many hours working as part of the Used Book Sale committee. Cindy Silva has a long history with
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Sita (Sailaja) Peddada moved to Alameda in 2008 after completing her PhD at UC Davis on the genetic and molecular basis of autism spectrum disorders. Her journey with FAL started when she decided to volunteer in the city she had come to love. Initially she sorted books for the twice
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Her volunteer work is not limited to FAL. Luzanne also serves on the board of Girls Inc. as its president, and she and her husband Tom also deliver meals for Meals on Wheels. FAL congratulates Luzanne on a well-deserved honor and recognizes the significant contribution she has made to the
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By Karen Butter, FAL president I am pleased to introduce three new Friends of the Alameda Free Library Board members. They are all passionate about libraries and bring unique skills to the Board. Doris Ung has been a member of the FAL Communications Committee and is responsible for developing the
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But as his obituary notes “his heart and soul lay in politics” to the benefit of the Alameda Library. Carl used his skills to bring a new main library to Alameda. Honora Murphy, FAL Board member, remembers Carl traveling to Sacramento to lobby for the state library bond, a critical
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Because we moved frequently when I was young, criss-crossing the country by car, I always carried stacks of books with me, even before I could read the words. I would “read” the books to my little sister as we sat in the back seat, and both of us would make
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My parents and grandparents read to me as a child, and as I grew older, they took me on weekly trips to the Alameda Children’s Library to check out books. To me this library was a magical place, full of wonderful books and displays to explore. When I became