Category: Friends News

Al Miller, President of the El Cerrito Library Foundation, sent the following email to a private list. It is posted here with his permission.

Hello Everyone;

As the library option at the BART Plaza Station TOD Project moves forward, I want to share a 2011 post on the El Cerrito Library Foundation’s web site entitled, “23 Reasons Why Your Library Is the Most Important Place in Town“.

I think the information contained in this post is just as valid today as it was when it was posted in 2011. The reason I think that is that it addresses and informs about values and how community libraries support those values in equitable and inclusive ways.

As the addresses in this email discuss and formulate their organizations plans to get a new, modern library in El Cerrito, hopefully through the Library Option at the Plaza Bart Station, please be mindful of the contents in this 2011 post.

The primary hope of the El Cerrito Library Foundation is that the City Council and Staff quickly develop a plan and schedule for implementation of that plan that will give the greater El Cerrito community served by our library the best, most realistic chance to take advantage of this Library Option and gain a new, modern library in El Cerrito.

The ECLF is ready to do our part to make this happen. And, we hope the rest of you will join us.

Thank you.

Al Miller, ECLF President

The week of April 3rd is National Library Week. First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a time to celebrate the importance of libraries, library workers, and to promote and support libraries everywhere, especially in El Cerrito. 

The 2022 Library Week theme is Connect with Your Library, which promotes the idea that libraries are places to get connected to technology by using broadband, computers, and other digital resources available at our library. 

More importantly, libraries also connect people to others and to their communities. Libraries play an essential role in transforming lives and strengthening communities. National Library Week is a chance to recognize libraries and library workers for all they do for us every day.

Please join the Friends of the El Cerrito Library and the El Cerrito Library Foundation in this celebration: 

• Visit our El Cerrito Library. It offers opportunities to connect with technology, digital resources and educational programs.
• Follow the El Cerrito Library, Friends, and the Foundation on their websites, Facebook, and Instagram to stay connected to all our library has to offer.
• Become a social media ambassador. Share your love of our library with your friends and family on your social media accounts.
• Show your support for our library workers by saying thank you next time you visit our library at 6510 Stockton Ave., El Cerrito, CA 94530. 

You can also donate to our library by supporting either the El Cerrito Friends of the Library or The El Cerrito Library Foundation. 

Both groups raise money to support extra hours, books, and programs at our Library. The Foundation focuses especially on the need to build a new library for El Cerrito. Thank you.