This year we celebrate the 60th anniversary of Friends and its partnership with the award-winning San Francisco Public Library. Breaking with tradition on this special occasion, we bring the Library Laureate experience across City Hall Plaza to honor and celebrate the vital role the Library plays in our City’s civic life, a role displayed even more prominently throughout the pandemic.

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MAY 6, 2022

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CITY HALL, 
SAN FRANCISCO

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CO-CHAIRS
Roselyne Swig 
Luis Herrera

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Check out photo from our last Laureates event below. 

​Photo Gallery 1: CLICK HERE
​Photo Gallery 2: CLICK HERE

Since 1961, community members have gathered at Friends to help make the SFPL one of the world’s most successful and impactful libraries. By advocating for robust public funding, raising money to augment services, and championing the values of free and equitable access to resources, Friends has created the Library we enjoy today --​

a network of branches and virtual resources reaching into every neighborhood, engaging and connecting us all.

As a sponsor of Celebrating 60 Years of Friends, you will enjoy the signature experience of dining with a Laureate at your table, one of the honored authors from the constellation of Bay Area literary stars. The evening will begin with a VIP reception in the Rotunda with the Library Laureates, your Co-Chairs, Roselyne Chroman Swig and Luis Herrera, and Michael Lambert, City Librarian. Please join us in sponsoring the celebration of public library excellence and the enduring value of the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library.
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Corporate and individual sponsorship opportunities range from Lead at $50,000 through $25,000, $15,000, $10,000, and $5,000.  All sponsors who commit by December 31st, 2021 will be listed in the event invitation.

Thank you for considering an early sponsorship. Please don’t hesitate to call Barbara Alvarez, Friends’ Director of Philanthropy at 415-477-5231 or email her at barbara.alvarez@friendssfpl.org.

Honorary Committee 2022

Roselyne Swig - Co-Chair 
Luis Herrera - Co-Chair 
Daniel Handler 
Lisa Brown 
Sarah Ladipo Manyika 
Michael Lambert - City Librarian 
Mary Wardell Ghirarduzzi 
Susan Mall 
Robert Mailer Anderson 
​Nancy Pelosi​

Library Laureates 2022 Sponsorship Benefits

$50,000
​LEAD SPONSOR

• Exclusive photo shoot for 8 with
• authors in the City Hall Rotunda with framed photos delivered post-event
• Invitation for 8 to VIP reception
• with authors
• Table of 10 for dinner, which includes two seats for chosen Laureate and
• their guest
• Table placement at front with name
• or logo on table and acknowledgment from podium
• Full-page placement of name or logo in event program and on invitation
• and website
• Complimentary signed copy of author’s book for each guest​

$25,000
​LIBRARY SPONSOR

• Exclusive photo shoot for 2 with
• authors in the City Hall Rotunda with framed photos delivered post-event
• Invitation for 8 to VIP reception
• with authors
• Table of 10 for dinner, which includes two seats for chosen Laureate and
• their guest
• Table placement at front with name
• or logo on table and acknowledgment from podium
• Half-page placement of name or logo
• in event program and on invitation
• and website
• Complimentary signed copy of author’s book for each guest

$15,000
​LEADERSHIP SPONSOR

• Invitation for 8 to VIP reception
• with authors
• Table of 10 for dinner, which includes two seats for chosen Laureate and
• their guest
• Table placement in front rows with name or logo on table
• Quarter-page placement of name or logo in event program and on invitation and website
• Complimentary signed copy of author’s book for each guest

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$10,000
PARTNER SPONSOR

• Invitation for 8 to VIP reception
• with authors
• Table of 10 for dinner, which includes two seats for Laureate and their guest
• Table with name or logo on table
• Quarter-page placement of name or logo in event program and on invitation and website
• Complimentary signed copy of
• author’s book for each guest

$5,000
​INNOVATION SPONSOR

• Table of 10 for dinner, which includes two seats for Laureate and their guest
• Table with name or logo on table
• Name or logo in event program and
• on invitation and website
• Complimentary signed copy of
• author’s book for each guest

$1,500
LIBRARIAN SPONSOR

• Seating for 2 at dinner
• Invitation for one deserving SFPL
• staff member to sit at your table
• Name or logo in event program and
• on invitation and website
• Complimentary signed copy of
• author’s book for each guest