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Roseland Regional Library Community Preview
Senate Majority Leader Mike McGuire with Friends of the Santa Rosa Libraries President Julia Freis
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Library Co-Chair Kerry Damskey (right) with Library Director Erika Thibault
Diversity panelists organized by project lead
Co-Chair David Stare (pictured); with gratitude to project lead Bo Simons
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Dennis McCarter (l to r) Dan Glover, Angela McCrae, Christopher Christensen, Brenae Royal, Rosalind Manoogian, and Jay Jackson
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Tasting Diversity Visual Oral History (from left) André Hueston Mack, honoree Edward Lee “Mac” McDonald, and Angela McCrae
With your generosity, we’re “Creating Opportunities Together.”
Thanks to you, our donors, our 2023/2024 fiscal year perfectly illustrated our Roseland campaign theme: Creating Opportunities Together. Highlights included:
• Overall, we raised $1,022,508, far exceeding our goal for the year, which includes funds for the Roseland Regional Library campaign, as well as funds designated for various branches and projects
• Added five new Board members with diverse backgrounds and skills
• Increased visibility for our Foundation and our mission serving the Sonoma County Library through a variety of different events
• Welcomed two significant lead donors with gifts from the Peter E. Haas Jr. Family Fund and the Community Foundation Sonoma County
• Evolved our name to Sonoma County Library Foundation, to better underscore the close partnership we enjoy with the Sonoma County Library
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Libraries must change and at Sonoma County Library, we are leading that change.
That’s why all of us at Sonoma County Library are grateful for the robust and responsive collaboration our Library enjoys with our Foundation and all of you. Together, we are empowered to respond to the call to action we hear from across the county.
The new Roseland Regional Library is a perfect example. Together with the City of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County Library is building a new resource-packed 21st century library as part of the Hearn Community Hub on a 6.5-acre site at Dutton and Hearn Avenues.
Our rallying cry for the Roseland campaign, “Creating Opportunities Together,” emerged synergistically from a process that began with extensive feedback through
Your contributions will have maximum impact in the Roseland community.
We know our donors want to know “What does my contribution make possible? What’s the impact in the community going to be?”
Presently, the Foundation is in the process of raising funds that won’t be expended until we are much closer to ribbon-cutting, projected for early 2027. When the doors open, everyone from toddler to senior will have their own special reasons to come to their new Roseland Regional Library.
The centerpiece of the Roseland campaign is comprised of six priority programming areas Library Director Erika Thibault and her team developed, inspired by feedback from the community.
Welcoming
places for children and families
The opportunity for children and families to spend quality time together in a safe and welcoming place was a top priority in community feedback. Our new library will provide spaces and materials that enrich the experiences of patrons of all ages.
Technology to bridge the digital divide
Removing barriers to opportunities by providing access to the internet, the tools needed to gain that access, and fluency in how to use technology.
Growing sustainability
A current and emerging resilience hotspot, we plan a learning garden and a variety of programs to support resiliency, healthy eating, stewardship, and sustainability.
Collections to honor our diverse cultures
Gathering places to bring us together
More than a place for books, the new Roseland Regional Library will be a place for people. Creativity, flexibility and connectivity will be our inspiration as furnishings are orchestrated in surprising new ways.
Partnerships to open doors
Resources tailored to meet the needs of the Roseland community, with a large percentage of Spanish and bilingual Spanish-English materials for all ages.
The Library will use an asset-based community development model to deliver comprehensive resources in workforce development, immigration, and citizenship. The program will connect library users to a robust network of skilled coaches, consultants, and agencies.
We are proud to list all donors to the Sonoma County Library Foundation since the campaign began. While the overwhelming majority of these gifts are to provide the collection, furniture, fixtures, and equipment for the new Roseland Regional Library, we gratefully acknowledge our donors who support the many other outstanding library branches and resources.
Sonoma County Library Foundation is especially grateful for the leadership gift of $3.5 million from the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria dedicated specifically to construction costs of the new Roseland Regional Library.
LIBRARY LEGEND ($500,000+)
Anonymous Donor
Peter E. Haas Jr. Family Fund
LIBRARY LAUREATE ($250,000+)
Community Foundation Sonoma County
LIBRARY VISIONARY ($100,000+)
Estate of William and Constance Hammerman
LIBRARY LEADER ($50,000+)
Friends of the Santa Rosa Libraries
Kenneth Martin and Bret Martin Terra-Gen Development Company
LIBRARY SUSTAINER ($25,000+)
Carol and Clark Mitchel Exchange Bank
William and Cynthia Gallaher
Estate of Robert Gonzales Lopez
This is a conscientious list of all Foundation donors from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2024. If we have inadvertently missed you or if you would like to change your recognition please contact FundDevelopment@sonomalibrary.org or call 707-545-0831 x1530. We’re
LIBRARY BUILDER ($10,000+)
Patricia Kuta*, in honor of Erma Kuta
Hamish Gray
Mary and Steve Graves
Jan Kahdeman and Rita Jane Purcell
Thom and Judy Glenn*
Eddie Alvarez
Barbara Grasseschi and Tony Crabb
Thomas Haeuser
Barbara and Jake Mackenzie
Susan Moore
Alan Seidenfeld
David Stare
Victor and Karen Trione, Trione Vineyards and Winery
LIBRARY CHAMPION ($5,000+)
Rachel and Tim Parker
Cynthia Denenholz and Paul Jamond
Nancy Giambastiani
Robert Bone
Kerry and Daisy Damskey
Julia Grant
Gayle Guynup
Suzy and Mike Marzalek
Robert and Sally Nicholson in honor of Bo Simons
Michael and Sue Rataj
Sharon Roper
Rebecca and Bo Simons
LIBRARY ADVOCATE ($2,500+)
Sharon Dezurick
Deborah Doyle and Melvin Whartnaby
Winifred and Joseph Amaturo
Luther Burbank Corporation Foundation
Mike McGuire for Insurance Commissioner 2026
Julie Pedroncelli St. John
(From left) Library Director Erika Thibault, SCLF President Chris Falley, and Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria Tribal Chairman Greg Sarris at a reception hosted by Doug Bosco and Gayle Guynup
Anonymous Donor • Internet Archive • Craig Palmer and Allen Habel • Sharon and David Beckman • Roberta Chamberlain • Richard and Teresa Denniston • Paul Heavenridge • Holm Family Charitable Fund • Jean Schulz • Jeremy Wall • Philip and Connie Woodward • Keysight Technologies, Inc. • Ann and Alec Peters • Helena Whistler and Frederick Engbarth • Joan Meisel and Lee Hunt • John Weinstein • John Zuryk • Louisa Leavitt • Bernadette Smith • Kerry Weiner and Andy Elkind • Barbara Tomin, in honor of Pat Kuta • Dobie Edmunds • Chris Falley • Debra Dow • Carol Hetherington • Tanya Narath, in memory of Albert Narath • Yolanda and Ben Papapietro, in memory of Bruce Perry • Erika Thibault, in memory of Gale Caswell • Sparky Carranza • Virginia Marcoida • Gloria Chung • Leonard Fisher and Risa Teitelbaum • Gayle Fischer Goldberg • Curt and Vicki Groninga • Carole Keiner • Barbara J. Lannin • Little Family / Julio R. Gallo Foundation • Leslie Markham • Kim Marois • Barbara Maughan • Larry Moskowitz and Louise Packard • Marthe Norwick • Hope and John Picchi • Rotary Club of Rancho Cotati • Willow Creek Wealth Management • Jennifer Wilson and Andrew Gass • Douglas Woodard and Terry Pennebaker
LIBRARY PLANNER ($500+)
Michael Madden • David Drummond • Donald S. and Linda J. McPherson • Barbara Toschi • Jorge Inocencio • Valerie Hall • Jeffrey A. and Leah Rosencrantz Bluestone • Susan J. Cochran • Susan and Dennis Fujita • Carol Newman and Barry Sovel • Jennie Snyder • Margo Budman • Sandra Martensen • Monique Semp and William Zavora* • Linda Garcia • Stephen Steiner and Sarilee Janger • Jennifer Tyrell-Smith • Gail Baker • Lisa Maldonado • Kathryn Peyton • Michele Lee and Scarlet Stuart, on behalf of SCL Resource Sharing • Joe Leisek • Sara and Zeke Ortiz • Daniel Toth • Sara Ferrandini • Julia Iantosca • Bernice Schmitt* • Tom Bahning and Victoria Duggan • Helen Corse Berg • Kim and Clay Clement • Norma Doyle • Terese and Robert Gilford • Kathleen Hastings • Robert Hesse • Ray Holley and Lynn Woznicki • Wayne and Maryl Lindahl • Frank Maack • Peter Masi • Stephanie McAllister and Roger Jungerman • Dawn Merkes • Katherine Morris • Vivek and Jenny Ramaswamy • EJR Properties • Mary Ann Rovai • St. Sebastian Young Ladies Institute #116 • Troy and Tasha Sanderson • David Schnee • Patricia Stone • Emily Topper, in memory of Hank Topper • Nikki Tureen • Jerry and Lynda Zimmer
LIBRARY GUARDIAN ($250+)
Jessica Hazlewood • Jean Schram • Melody and Daniel Sugars • Bob and Carol Hasenick • Eliana Johnson • Gwin Stumbaugh • Marcia Burkart • Greg Granderson • Bill and Beth Krumbein • Jennifer Adams • Gwendolyn P. Dhesi • Chrissy Nelson • Sandy Drew • John Burns • Dee and Harry Richardson • Nzinga Woods • Maraskeshia Smith • Dorothy Hartley • Susan Gorin, in honor of Judy Glenn • Kay Christiansen and Richard Walzer • Randy and Beverly Diakur • Danielle King • Gertrude Reynaud • Mitch Savitsky and Cheryl Smith • Anne and Wallace Trujillo • Sam and Andy Werback • Emily King • Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Guy LeBlanc, in memory of Hank Topper • Emily Roeder • Pamela Van Halsema, in memory of Vince Harper • Terry Bronson • Sabrina Condon • Kristin Halligan, in memory of her parents • Sarah Laggos and Rick Starkey • Dennis and Laura McCarter • Donald Nadalin • Dorothea Geiger • Keta Hodgson • Barbara Simpson • Judith Bauman • Jennifer Lynn Bice • Everett Brown, in memory of Anne S. Brown • Karen and Joel Erikson • Melinda I. Evans • Jane Fortson, in memory of Hank Topper • Perry Freemn • Lyman Greaves, in memory of Hank Topper • Brooke and Richard Greene • Phyllis Hoover • Forrest and Eileen Jang • Gaye LeBaron • Evans Schintgen • Nancy and Stephen Shaffer • Nelson Weller • Terence Welsh • Anonymous Donor
LIBRARY ENTHUSIAST
($100+)
Edward Carney • Nancy and Brantly Richardson • Deana Abramowitz and Joel Reif • Michele Audrey • Guadalupe Avila, in honor of Ausencio and Macedonia Avila • Jean and Ralph Baierlein • Suzanne Blue • Robert Brannigan • Corliss Chan • Patricia Dahl • Dianne Davis • Jayne De Lawter • Kenneth Delpit, in memory of Gale Allyn Delpit • Donna Dolislager • Stephanie Elliott • Margaret Flynn • Sheila Gillis • Janice and Max Hein • Gregory Hull • Mia James • Tom Kendrick • Janice Lee • Nancy Lewis • Nancy Lilly • Marguerite Matthews • Tim and Phyllis Mayer • Cheryl Maynard • George McKinney • James Melancon and Gary Lissow • Susan Milstein • Elizabeth Mota • Christine Munshower • Kiyo Okazaki • Diana and Scott Partridge • Diane Psota • Jean Reed • Robin Seltzer • Fred and Maureen Seydel • Michelle Sikora • Joan Spear • Nannette Meyers and Arnold Stellema • Karen Thompson and Robert Switky • John Turner, in memory of Hank Topper • David Watts • Kathy Wippert • Susan and William Daniel • Bill and Rosa Turner • Dena Sherick • Barbara Baker • Karen Levin • Gerald Besses • Deborah Britt • Sunday Symposium of Oakmont • Flora Ganzler • Dana Glei • Gordon Heiner • Ardath Lee • Janet Leonard • Michelle Lua • Enid Macken • Maya Margaronis, in honor of Wendy Zukas • Richard Sutherland • Noel Turner • Christopher Webb • Cynthia Larsen • Patrick Marshment • Annette and Richard Wilber • Gale Brownell • Diane Paleczny-Stevenson • Gail Abrams • Barry Ackerman • Margo and Richard Addison • Gayle Alexander • William Ardizoia • Valorie Bader • Janice and James Belding • Rosemary Bergin • Marie Blasco • Dan and Christine Braccialini • Harker Brautighan • Vina Breyfogle • Paul M. Bulger • Scott and Rachel Burger • Chris Carrieri • Linda Clapp • Misha Collins, in memory of Hank Topper • Patricia D. and Thomas D. H. Connick
*Legacy Society Member. If you’d like to join the Legacy Society, simply let us know that you’ve included SCLF in your estate plan by emailing info@sonomalibraryfoundation.org
Chris and Urmi Crossland • William Crowley • Christine Cucina • Pat Davis • Andrew DePristo • Robert Drew • Janet and William Drew • Carol Dutton-Hollenberg • Andrew Eber • Gail Ellestad • Elizabeth Embry, in memory of Hank Topper • Helen Gunderson • Laurie Hall • Robert Hamilton, in memory of Hank Topper • Katherine Harkness • Bruce Hartsough • Christie Heller • Derry Hornbuckle • Dave Kaczorowski, in memory of Dolores Bolesta • Ember Keighley, in honor of Juniper • Durs Koenig • Edward Lemon • Diana Lobush • Michelle Macintosh • Stephen Mack • Elizabeth Manwaring • Elizabeth McBride • Mary Lee McCune • Margaret McFarlin • Susan McGuire • Magdalena McQuilla • Thomas Menzies • Christina Miller • Jamison Moessing • Janet A. and Nathan P. Moore • Elliot Morrison • Kris Nevius • Anne and Robert O'Donnell • Andre Papantonio, in memory of Hank Topper • The Sitting Room • Paul Peyrat • Linda A. Phillips • Barbara Powell • Kenneth Prochnow • Dede Puma • Joel Reynolds, in honor of Nancy Burrington • Dee and Harry Richardson • Claudia Robbins • Donna Roper, in memory of Barbara Fisher • David Rust • Kathryn Saxton • Susan Schynert, in memory of Linda Ann Buonocore • Barbara Selhorst, in memory of Hank Topper • Sachita Shah, in memory of Hank Topper • Bonnie Shelley • Robert and Linda Shepard • Dorothea Shipp • Antoinette Sousa • Priscilla St. Clair • Teresa Stefan • John L. Steinmetz • Linda Tauzer • Solon Teal • Ronald Thurner • Steven Topper, in memory of Hank Topper • Neva Turer • Pamela Vetrano • David Vigil • Marty Wait, in memory of Barbara Fisher • Howard Waymire • Eris Weaver • Lois Weinstein • Lois Wells • John and Claire Werner • Peter Wiggin • Elizabeth Willis • Lana Wilson, in memory of Hank Topper • Janice Wilson • Carolyn A. F. Young • Jeffrey and Renee Zamacona • Anonymous Donors (7)
LIBRARY LOVER ($1-$99)
Janice and Timothy Aoki • Denise Ferguson • Bree and Jenny Mercado • Scott Alonso • Ramon Monge • Wendy Petersen • Barney Shelley • Pamela Harrington • Frank Muckerman • Evelyn Ronshausen • Anderson Howard • Eugene and Betty Nelson • Deirdre Solar • Jillian and Edward Navarro • Renée Webber • Karen Wallace • Lyndi Brown and Anthony Tusler • Gavriel Elkind, in honor of Andy Elkind • Katherine Embry, in memory of Hank Topper • Linda Heiser, in memory of Barbara Fisher • Patrick Jackson • Linda Judd • Victoria Lasin • Lydia Revelos • Karen Selhorst, in memory of Hank Topper • Holly White-Wolfe, in memory of Barbara Fisher • Richard Bloom • William Coolidge • Herman G. Hernandez • Janice Hess • Winnie Hogoboom • Margaret Lynch • Deborah McCarter • Karen Joy and Ray Steven Spratt • Kristin Gilmore • Lee Jaffurs • Sally Schapero • Joan Frank • Sheryl Nadeau • McKinsey • Marisa Alfieri, in honor of Janet Alfieri • American Association of University Women • Barbara Baer • Laura Blatt • Ellen Blustein • Darla Brazeau • Carol Burnett • Ann Butterfield • David Cahill • Cynthia Carr • Carol Casselman • Robert N. and Shirley P. Cheal • Timothy J. and Susan G. Cummings • Susan Deal • Susan Eckberg • Marianne Estournes • Theodore Feldman • Susan M. and Kenneth S. Gertz • Madeline Getts • Eleanor Goldman • Nancy Hansen • Janet Hoffer, in memory of Hilary Whiteside • Larry Houghton • Dan Hull • Lyn and Dan Jacoby • Shirley Jamison • Kathleen Jones • Susan Krawetz • Brandon Lapides • Janet Larson • David Lightfoot • Barbara Logen, in memory of M.A. Rasmussen • Donald Louie • Terence McNeill • Emily Moore, in memory of Hank Topper • Judith Moorman • Phyllis Onstad, in memory of Barbara Fisher • Laurie Parish, in memory of Barbara Fisher • Nancy Pesce • Janice Polizzi • Judy Dennis and Sheldon Reber • Anita Reeves • Sharon Renwick • Mary Ritz • Barbara Rosen • Ghassan Sarkis, in memory of Hank Topper • Luann Schend • Cindy Stearns • Jess Swartz • Joseph and Judith Tembrock • Edy Ullman • Francisco H. Vázquez • James Wolfe • Cheryl Dewey • Mike McClure • Louonna Phelps • Barbara Vestal • Justin Hein • Nola Lundy • Marianne Ellis • Jeanne Gaskin • Brace Wong • James Toste • Jack Dupre and Marsha Vas Dupre, in memory of Barbara Fisher • Judith Bernstein • Gary So • Linda Alwitt • Robinn Goldsmith • Carolyn Hossli • Maggie Luce • Susan Hatch, in memory of Barbara Fisher • Rebecca Londe • Dolores Edelstein • Melissa Kaplan • Marcia Anton • Ellen Butterman • Julia Fenner • Jill Goffstein • Laura Larqué • Susan and Donald Linch • Nancy and Robert McFarland • Tamra Park • Alex Pleasic • Rafael Rivero • Howard Stoddard • Paul Stokes • Patrick Sweeney • Morris and Roma Torres • Nancy Vineyard • Rock Weir • Clair Embry, in memory of Hank Topper • Sharon Venzke • Cassandra Zorn • Lisa Davison • Connor Halleck • Michael Hyde • John Aicega • Erin Akamine • Danielle Dugre • Mary Gomez • Gary Labriola • Paul Malaspina • Richard Maxwell • Sean Nolan • Enkhzaya Enkhtaivan • Crystal Tonelli • Debby Belansky • Michael Bon • Neil Leslie • John Sunseri • Gertrude McMahon • Anonymous Donors (5)
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“It’s our hope that the Roseland Regional Library will personify the essence of inclusivity and belonging, lifelong learning, and community that libraries create.”
Óscar Chávez, President and CEO, Community Foundation Sonoma County announcing a grant of $250,000 for the Roseland Regional Library project.
The Roseland Regional Library Campaign
Campaign goal: $3,600,000 *
Raised to date: $1,200,000 **
Balance to raise: $2,400,000 (*) Three-year campaign (**) Raised after the first full year
Goals:
FY24/25: $1,200,000
With your commitment, we are empowered to serve our community.
July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024
FY25/26: $1,200,000 Contributions:
In FY 2023/2024 we raised $1,022,508. The majority of these funds will be used to equip the new Roseland Regional Library after the building is constructed. Other gifts were also made to designated branches and projects.
Meanwhile, the library made two requests which we were pleased to fulfill:
• A grant of $10,000 to help with the cost of the library’s first in-person All-Staff Training Day since 2020. More than 200 staff members participated in the program which focused on patron services and workplace health and safety.
• A grant of $3,500 to help defray the costs of a “library family” program which updated staff and volunteers on the transformative impact of the Measure Y sales tax funds voted in 2016.
We also raised money for specific branches, programs, and projects: Adult Literacy, Santa Rosa branches, Millie Howie Patio, Petaluma*, Sebastopol, Sonoma Valley and Tasting Diversity. (*) Bequest Sources and Uses
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Gifts at every level are needed and valued
• Make a gift or pledge at sonomalibraryfoundation.org/join-us; naming opportunities are available
• Recommendations through your donor advised fund
• Anyone aged 70.5 or more may qualify to make a qualified charitable distribution from an IRA custodian
• Share the net proceeds from in-person and online fundraising events, whether big or small
• In-kind donations of professional services
• Join the Legacy Society by including SCLF in your estate plan
Volunteer
efforts help build relationships
• Host a library presentation in your home, or at a meeting of your organization or business
• Serve on one of our committees as a member-at-large
• Follow and share our social media posts at facebook.com/sonomalibraryfoundation
For more information on how to get involved, contact Craig Palmer, at cpalmer@sonomalibrary.org
707-545-0831 ext. 1530 We value your participation as a donor, volunteer, event host, and champion. PO Box 1402
Country Campaign for the Roseland Library Foundation Board Members:
“We
believe that Sonoma County deserves a world-class library in Roseland – a library that reflects the best of Roseland and serves the needs and dreams of the people who live there. We are delighted to contribute to making the Roseland Library a reality and hope others will join us in the effort.”
-Ginnie
and Peter Haas Jr. Peter E. Haas Jr. Family Fund
PO Box 1402
Santa Rosa, CA 95402-1402
Santa Rosa, CA 95402 -1402
707-545-0831 ext. 1530 info@sonomalibraryfoundation.org
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Magalli Larqué (left)
Chrissy Nelson (right)