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:
Honor
Honor
Memorial
Memorial
Alison Wortman
Ann Grabowski and Peter Allen
Armen Varteressian
Bill Clayton
Cambrian Branch
Carol McLaggan
Cathey Graham, former Commissioner
Ellen Loebl
Eric and Mary
Ho Check Gong
Honorable John and Mrs. Flaherty
Howard Yim
Jessica Lopez, Rose Garden Branch Library Staff
Jill Bourne and Sam Liccardo
Jorj Tilson
Julia Paccioretti
Kathie Pankratz
Madeline Damiano, IAHF Librarian
Madelyn Abatecola
Margaret Fitch
Meri Maben
Michael To
Mr. & Mrs. Arnulfo Orozco and Daniela Abatecola Orozco
Naomi Tran Bergman
Public School Teachers
Rebecca Bright
Rebecca Turner
Richard Hayr
Sarah and Jason Chung
Elizabeth and Benjamin
Steve Kline
Sydney Skinnell
The staff at Joyce Ellington Branch Library
Thomas Xie
Walter M. Robinson
Yassaman Jalali
Adiba Ansari
Ava Nicole Pierce
Becky Stevens
Betty Lou Hamilton Gillette
Betty Pate Manley
Betty Wilson
Billy Dean and Angeles Kelly Heckman
Bonnie Salera’s Parents
Cotine
David L. Bergman
Deborah Garvey’s mother
Dee Constanti
Dr. Lynda Willer
Ellen Hook
Emil A. Ranallo
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
Ava Nicole Pierce
Joan Miner
Jorg Tilson
Joyce and Bob Ellington
Joyce Nelson
Kathie Hostetler Pankratz
Kent Greathouse
Kyle Breunling
Larry Hinman
Lillie Ikeda
Luis R Juarez
M. Dorothy Hurley
Marcia Richards
Margaret Fitch
Marie Ignacio
Marilynn Carstens
Mary Ann Froman
Mary P. Flatley
Mike Harris
Mrs Jayalakshmi
Nancy Biagini
Nancy Covington
Patricia Ector
Patricia Smith
Paul Phillips
Phyllis Terrell
Priya Pai
Ralph K. Park
Rebecca Stevens
Regina Minudri
Richard Friberg
Ruth Kampa, founder of SJPLF
Sandra J. Pelose
Scott Isami Kimizuka
Secondo DeCecco
Steve Yarak
Sulochana M Pandya
Susan Renzel Carter
Taka Kitsuse
Uncle Tung Nguy
Virginia Handley
Virginia Latz
Walter Kuttig
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.
