You can make a difference in Burlingame by donating a special service or item that isn't funded in the city's normal budget. If you wish, you can make a contribution in soneone else's honor or to commemorate a family or neighborhood celebration. Community groups are also invited to consider donating there improvements.
PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT - Contact Parks & Recreation Director Randy Schwartz by email or call 650-558-7307 to learn more about donating the following items:
- Street Trees - Estimated cost: $35 per tree - The Burlingame Beautification Commission and City Council have adopted a new program to add trees to those streets that have few or no trees and have identified locations where over 100-trees can be planted. Donations for materials can be made for any number of trees, with the Parks & Recreation Department providing the planting and administrative costs.
- Park Benches & Picnic Tables - Benches $1000; Tables $1400 - Burlingame has many beautiful facilities and settings, including the main library, City Hall and numerous public parks. Park benches and picnic tables give visitors to these setting a chance to relax and enjoy a conversation or observe nature. City benches and picnic tables are made from a very durable recycled plastic. They measure 6 to 8 feet long and the tables are wheelchair accessible.
BURLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY - Contact City Librarian Al Escoffier by email or call 650-558-7474 to learn more about donating the following items:
- Children's Poetry Workshops - $300 per workshop - To enjoy the joy of reading and writing poetry, a talented California post leads one workshop for grades 3-5 and another for grade 6-8 at the library. Children write their own verses, read with a microphone and even create a group poem.
- Family Fun Nights - $350 per program - Six summer evening enrighment programs for the whole family feature high-quality performers, including "Magic Dan," puppeteers, folk singers and theater groups that bring art, imagination and wonder to enthusiastic audiences.
- Multicultural Program - $250 each - Recent programs have included Persain folk tales and Irish songs and country dancing.
- Children's Book Week - $350 - A storyteller will spin lively tales from popular children's books. With humorous asides and handicraft projects.
- Children't book replacement - With a circulation of 12,000 children't books per month, the Children's collections wear out quickly. A contribution of $3,000 would allow us to update our science and technology books.
- Enhance the Children's and Adult Media Collections - Our library has one of the lowest numbers of DVD's for public for a library our size. We would like to increase the collection significantly over the next 2-years. Contributions in any amount would be welcome! Total need: $10,000
- Adult Author programs - The library has begun adult programming once again. We would like to bring local authors into the library twice a year. To bring two major authors to the library per year would cost $3,500 for two programs.
- One Community/One Book - Last year, the Peninsula Library System and the San Mateo County Library partnered to bring the community a series of programs over 4-months surrounding the book by Kahaled Hosseini "The Kite Runner." The program was a huge success attracting over 3,000 prople. This year our author will be Isabelle Allende speaking October 11, 2007! The book will be "Daughter of Fortune," a compelling novel of immigration to California during the Gold Rush. Our portion of funding for this program is $3,000. The funding is used for local programming, publicity and multiple copies of the book. Book plates can be insertin in donor supplies books.