Tribute Giving
A gift in someone’s name is a meaningful way to honor or memorialize a family member or a respected friend or colleague, or to mark a special occasion.
When You Give
When you give a tribute gift in support of the San José Public Library, we will:
- Place bookplate(s) recognizing your honoree in a volume from whichever library collection you select from the list below*;
- Send a card to your honoree or whomever you designate acknowledging your generosity; and
- Recognize your honoree on our website and in any printed materials that list tribute gifts.
PLEASE NOTE: We cannot honor requests that bookplates be placed in specific book titles or branches (materials circulate throughout the entire Library system). Bookplates can include text but not organizational logos. Your bookplate will remain in the book(s) for the circulation life of the book.
You may select a Library collection from the following list for your bookplate(s):
- Children’s
- Fiction and Literature
- Fine Arts
- History and Biography
- Science and Technology
- Social Sciences
- Young Adult
* Bookplates are available for tribute gifts of $100 or more:
- $100 = 2 bookplates
- $250 = 5 bookplates
- $500 = 8 bookplates
- $1,000 = 18 bookplates
FYI: Even when you request a bookplate, 100% of your tribute gift is tax deductible. Please contact us for more information.
We Are Grateful
The San José Public Library Foundation is grateful to the following donors for their tribute and memorial gifts:
Adiba Ansari
Alison Wortman
Ann Grabowski and Peter Allen
Armen Varteressian
Ava Nicole Pierce
Ava Nicole Pierce
Becky Stevens
Betty Lou Hamilton Gillette
Betty Pate Manley
Betty Wilson
Bill Clayton
Billy Dean and Angeles Kelly Heckman
Bonnie Salera’s parents
Cambrian Branch
Carol McLaggan
Cathey Graham
Cotine
David L. Bergman
Deborah Garvey’s mother
Dee Constanti
Dr. Lynda Willer
Ellen Hook
Ellen Loebl
Emil A. Ranallo
Eric and Mary
Erlinda/Robert Cadena
Eva Wright
Forina Ching
Freda Farquharson
Ganesh Pai
Gina Kay Cunningham
Glen & Norma Brynsvold
Henry Levin
Hijinio Reynoso Sr.
Ho Check Gong
Honorable John and Mrs. Flaherty
Howard Yim
Jessica Lopez
Jill Bourne and Sam Liccardo
Joan Miner
Jorg Tilson
Joyce and Bob Ellington
Joyce Nelson
Julia Paccioretti
Kathie Hostetler Pankratz
Kent Greathouse
Kyle Breunling
Larry Hinman
Lillie Ikeda
Luis R Juarez
Dorothy Hurley
Madeline Damiano
Madelyn Abatecola
Marcia Richard
Margaret Fitch
Margaret Fitch
Marie Ignacio
Marilynn Carstens
Mary Ann Froman
Mary P. Flatley
Meri Maben
Michael To
Mike Harris
Mr. & Mrs. Arnulfo Orozco and Daniela Abatecola Orozco
Mrs Jayalakshmi (late)
Nancy Biagini
Nancy Covington
Naomi Tran Bergman
Patricia Ector
Patricia Smith
Paul Phillips
Phyllis Terrell
Priya Pai
Public School Teachers
Ralph K. Park
Rebecca Bright
Rebecca Stevens
Rebecca Turner
Regina U. Minudri
Richard Friberg
Richard Hayr
Ruth Kampa
Sandra J. Pelose
Sarah and Jason Chung
Scott Isami Kimizuka
Secondo DeCecco
SJPL Maker [Space] ship staff Elizabeth and Benjamin
Steve Kline
Steve Yarak
Steven Yarak
Sulochana M Pandya
Susan Renzel Carter
Sydney Skinnell
Taka Kitsuse
The staff at Joyce Ellington Branch Library
Thomas Xie
Uncle Tung Nguy
Virginia Handley
Virginia Latz
Walter Kuttig
Walter M. Robinson
Yassaman Jalali
Leave A Legacy
You can leave your mark on the San José Public Library by remembering us in your final wishes. So, get started on your will today and support the people and causes you love.
