2nd Annual Club One Fitness Rock on the Green
The 2nd Annual Club One Fitness Rock on the Green will be on Saturday, September 11th. It is an incredible Spinning adventure and a 2k and 5k walk/run supporting the Challenged Athletes Foundation that will amaze and inspire you! For more information, click here.
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Sixth Annual Wild Salmon Benefit and Barbecue
Pacific Environment will host their Sixth Annual Wild Salmon Benefit and Barbecue on Sunday, September 12th at the Olympic Circle Sailing Club in Berkeley. Enjoy a sunny afternoon outside with a delicious wild salmon dinner, fine wine, a silent auction and live music while helping to support some of the most challenging environmental problems of the Pacific Rim. For more information, click here.
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Restaurants With Heart
You can enjoy a delicious Turkish dinner and support children in need with Restaurants With Heart at Sultana restaurant in Menlo Park. Make reservations for Monday, September 13th or Tuesday, September 14th and help support the Palo Alto Auxiliary for Children, a volunteer organization that has been raising funds for over eighty years to benefit Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. For more information, click here.
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Save The Bay
You can help protect San Francisco Bay for people and wildlife! Save The Bay is seeking volunteers to help clean up the Bay shoreline on International Coastal Cleanup Day on Saturday, September. 25. Sign up to volunteer at www.saveSFbay.org/volunteer.
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San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design presents "FourSite"
The San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design presents their new exhibit titled "FourSite" from May 27 to September 18th. The exhibit features four sculptures specially designed for the museum by four artists using only four materials! For more information visit their website www.sfmcd.com.
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Feet for Families
In Celebration of their 35th year Anniversary, ASPIRAnet is hosting the first Feet for Families Multi-Course Fun Run/Walk on Saturday, October 2nd at Almaden Lake Park in San Jose. The fun run/walk will benefit ASPIRAnet programs, bringing innovative solutions that nurture families and strengthen communities in need. For more information, click here.
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Bay Area Rescue Mission
The Bay Area’s largest privately funded Christian Ministry – The Bay Area Rescue Mission – is in great need of donation to help those less fortunate. The Bay Area Rescue Mission provides over 300 beds and over 5,000 meals a day for the homeless. Unfortunately with funding low, even these basic necessities may be taken away from the homeless. The Bay Area Rescue Mission asks you to please look into your hearts and help these people break free from the vicious cycle of poverty by donating. For more information please visit www.BayAreaRescue.org.
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Bay Area Mentoring
Bay Area Mentoring matched more than 3000 young people with mentors last year and are looking for an additional 2000 mentors this year to mentor young people who are on the waiting list. Programs are in need of positive and caring role models to connect with children in their own communities. Research has shown that mentoring can have powerful effects on youth, including reductions in truancy, drug use/abuse, and violence while increasing interest in learning, new experiences, and hope for a better future. To get involved or learn more, please visit www.bayareamentoring.org.
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Sound Resource Management
Waste reduction and reuse are at the top of the "zero waste" hierarchy. You can help by bringing your own bag to the store, and your own coffee mug to work. It even helps to leave your grass clippings on the lawn. To see how you can help reach sustainability and Zero Waste, please visit www.zerowaste.com.
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Music for Minors
Music for Minors is a Mountain View based, nonprofit organization that is looking for volunteers interested in bringing music education to local elementary schools. No formal music background is required. Comprehensive training for this rewarding experience is provided For more information on this unique program that is keeping music alive in local K-3 classrooms, please contact Music For Minors at 650-237-9130 or visit www.mfm.org
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Three Ways to Eat Locally
In North America, fruits and vegetables travel an average of 1,500 miles before reaching your dinner table. Buying local not only saves energy used to ship produce, but also preserves flavor and nutrients. Here are three avenues for picking fresh, local produce. One, visit the local farmers' market. Two, get involved with a community garden or start one on your own. Three, join a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) group. For information on joining a CSA group near you, go to justfood.org.
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San Francisco's Community Boards
Community Boards is the leader in community mediation and conflict resolution education and is also the oldest non-profit mediation group in San Francisco. They provide no cost and competitively priced mediation, facilitation and training services. If you have a conflict with your neighbor, landlord or co-worker, you don't need to live with the stress any longer. The experts at Community Boards can help you resolve your neighborhood or workplace problems. For more information, or to make a donation please visit www.communityboards.org.
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Environmental Volunteers
Share your love of nature with kids, and become an environmental volunteer. Environmental Volunteers is always looking for energetic and enthusiastic volunteers (EV's). All year round they put on engaging and educational activities that broaden students' horizons by teaching them about the splendor and complexity of our shared environment. You'll get to work with groups of children, and involve them in "hands on learning" about the Bay Area. It's a great opportunity to make a difference. For more info, log on to evols.org or call 650-961-0545.
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Suitcase Clinic
The Suitcase Clinic at CAL offers free medical, dental and vision services to the homeless and poor of Berkeley. Find out what you can do to donate. For more information, please visit www.suitcaseclinic.org.
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Alliance for Climate Education Gives Free High School Assemblies
Alliance For Climate Education (ACE) provides free, hands on assmeblies for high school students to educate them about the environment. ACE also provides money to the students that wish to tackle any climate projects at scool! For more information or to book an assembly visit www.acespace.org.
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