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NEWSLETTER: June 2016
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Park Development Workshop
We are hosting a meeting at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, June 7th to gather input from the community on a proposed six-acre park that will be built as part of the soccer complex. Come share your ideas for the activities or features you would like to see with representatives from the Earthquakes, City of San Jose PRNS Dept., and GRPC at the GRPG Visitor & Education Center - 438 Coleman Ave.
San Jose Water Company Gift
San Jose Water Company made a major announcement recently, "In recognition of our 150th anniversary and of the community that has been central to our existence, the Company is making a special contribution to the Guadalupe River Park Conservancy to significantly expand the Rotary Children's Sculpture Walk."
Here's the nice, BIG check we got from San Jose Water Company for the children-at-play sculptures. We will be working with same artists - Steve Davis and Ryan Carrington - who did the first installations in 2012. Thank you SJWC!
L-R Sharon Whaley (SJWC staff), Jeff Lawson (VP GRPC Board), Leslee Hamilton (GRPC staff), Francois Rodigari (SJWC staff & GRPC Board), and John Tang (VP SJWC & former GRPC board)
Click here for more information about SJWC's generous gift.
Bike to Work Day
Mayor Sam Liccardo and Supervisor Cindy Chavez were among the many cyclists who stopped by our Energizer Station on May 12th. Over 600 people rolled through, a 20% increase in riders over 2015!
Staff Updates
We are pleased to introduce our new part-time Program Manager Lisa Mitchell. She will be running our membership and adopt-a-rose programs and helping with our Pumpkins in the Park and Super Guadalupe River Run. When not helping us, Lisa can be found on Fridays running the downtown Farmer's Market.
Volunteer Corner
We were lucky to have 31 Armanino employees come out for The Great Give event, in which they shut down the company and send their employees out to volunteer in the community.
SJSU's Pi Alpha Phi fraternity and Sigma Alpha Zeta sorority teamed up to work in the Historic Orchard.
A hearty thanks to all the volunteer groups that toiled to make GRPG a more beautiful place this past April:
Avalon Bay Communities
Boy Scout Troop 485
Cisco Systems
Comcast
Hope Services
Intel Corporation
Irvine Company
Jeppesen
NCL (National Charity League)
Samsung
Santa Clara County Office of Education
San Jose City College
Southwest Airlines
Target Stores
Western Digital Foundation
And that is only the groups! We also appreciate the scores of individuals who come out weekly to make a difference. We logged over 1,923 volunteer hours in April.
Upcoming Volunteer Opportunties
- Rose Garden Workdays
Weds. and Sats. 8:30-11:30 am. More info.
- Historic Orchard Volunteer Workday
Sat. June 4th, 8:30-11:30 am. Sign up.
- Monthly River Cleanup
Sat. June 18th, 8:30-11:30 am. Sign up.
- Summer Rose Garden Deadheading
Tues. June 14th, 5:30-7:30 pm. Sign up.
Meet Volunteer Shannon Lehman
 Shannon is interning with us while working on her Bachelor's degree in environmental studies at SJSU. Shannon takes great care of our garden and the compost bins in our outdoor classroom and is looking forward to converting our 180-gallon trout aquarium into an aquaponics display. When she is not studying or volunteering she likes to garden, cook, travel, and plays with dogs and babies as often as possible. She would like everyone to know how honored she is to be a part of a great organization like GRPC. Thanks, Shannon, for all your hard work! |
