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NEWSLETTER: January 2020
In this issue:
- Rotary PlayGarden Expansion
- Adopt a Rose for Valentine's Day
- Summer Camp Program Support
- Now Hiring
- Volunteer Corner
Rotary PlayGarden Expansion
Thanks to support from the County of Santa Clara's All-Inclusive Playground Grant Program and the City of San Jose, the Rotary PlayGarden is expanding! The first community meeting was held on Thursday, January 9th. Please consider sharing your feedback on proposed designs via the online survey (open January 10th-24th).
You can also join us and partners--City of San Jose Dept. of Parks, Recreation, and Neighborhood Services and PGAdesign--for the second community meeting on Tuesday, February 25th from 6:30-8:00 pm at the Visitor & Education Center (438 Coleman Ave). A survey will be available after the meeting for those unable to attend.
More information here.
Did you know you can reserve a seating area in the PlayGarden for a birthday party or other special occasion? Proceeds help us continue to provide a clean, safe, and welcoming place to play. Learn more about reservations.
Adopt a Rose for Valentine's Day
Looking for a distinctive Valentine's gift? A bouquet of roses will last a week, but a rose bush will bloom throughout the year. With your donation of $60, we will help you select the perfect rose from the Heritage Rose Garden and prepare a gift box for your Valentine.
Order or renew an adoption.
Summer Camp Program Support
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors approved on December 17, 2019 recommendations to expand summer camp and enrichment activities for vulnerable youth in the region. Thank you Supervisor Cindy Chavez for your leadership on behalf of our youth, and for valuing the programs of GRPC for inclusion in your initiative. Pictured above, a student participating in a physics lesson during last summer's Camp Guadalupe.
Read more about the referral.
Volunteer Corner
Intuit helped us continue surrounding the Heritage Rose Garden perimeter with an environmentally-friendly preventative barrier to suppress weeds and reduce the use of herbicides in the Gardens.
We also welcomed 12 volunteers for the annual Christmas Bird Count in Guadalupe Gardens, logging over 1,000 birds representing 40+ species.
A hearty thanks to all the volunteer groups that toiled to make GRPG a more beautiful place this past November:
Alpha Phi Omega, Gamma Beta, SJSU, APO
Andrew Hill High School
Bellarmine College Preparatory
Branham High School
Gensler
Gunderson High School, Interact Club
HandsOn Bay Area
Hope Services
Intuit
Leland High School
Lynbrook High School, CSF
Monte Vista High School
Morgan Autism Center
National Charity League
Notre Dame High School
Pioneer High School
Presentation High School
San Jose State University
South Bay Heritage Rose Group
UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County
Westmont High School, CSF
And that is only the groups! We also appreciate the scores of individuals who come out weekly to make a difference. You helped us log 711 volunteer hours in November.
Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities
- Heritage Rose Garden Workdays
Weds. and Sats. 8:30-11:30 am. Join us to help with winter pruning! More info.
Meet Volunteer: Aleta
Aleta found our front desk volunteer opening on VolunteerMatch and has been with us since August of 2019. She chose to volunteer with us because we are close to her home, staffing the front desk seemed like a task she could manage, and she likes anything environment-related. Aleta enjoys working with the staff (she says we are nice and fun!) and that she is given a variety of things to do when volunteering. Thanks for all you do, Aleta! |