Category Archives: Current Events

It has begun!  Now is the time to donate to the Annie B’s fund drive.  You can click on the above Annie B’s logo to donate online.  If you would rather send a check, make it out to

“Annie B’s/Chico Friends of the Butte County Library”.

Mail to:
North Valley Community Foundation
240 Main Street, Suite 260
Chico, CA 95928.

If you have shares of stock to donate, call the North Valley Community Fund finance office at 530.891.1150 ext. 25 for routing information.

We sent a letter to all CFOL members explaining the fund drive and including a donation envelope.  We hope you increase the value of your dontation by taking advantage of this opportunity to have the North Valley Community Fund and the Chico Community Fund match your donation with a contribution of their own.

So yesterday I was in town and got a text message saying that the DVD I’d been anxiously awaiting was ready for pickup at the library. Yeah! I would go right over and pick it up–Not! Why? Because it was Monday, and the library was closed. Grrrrr. I did go pick it up on Tuesday and observed the “tsunami Tuesday” in effect as people swarmed the library and staff were hustling after the Monday closure. How can we get those hours back?

NEW LIBRARY HOURS

Those of you who have been following the discussions of library funding that has enabled the Chico branch library to stay open seven days per week will know that both the Chico City Council and the Butte County Board of Supervisors have declined to provide the necessary $100,000 in supplemental funding. The Chico branch library will now be open 14 fewer hours each week, starting July 5. New hours have been posted on the home page of this website and at the library.

SUMMER READING PROGRAM CONTINUES

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