Home | Education | The Park | Volunteer | Contribute
NEWSLETTER: November 2017
In this issue:
Gratitude
Our heartfelt thanks go out to the sponsors, partners, supporters, contributors, and volunteers who made Pumpkins in the Park a great success! Save the Date for next year - October 13, 2018!
We are particularly thankful that Cortese Brothers Farms supplied our pumpkin patch again!
Event Sponsors - Air Systems Foundation, Bay FM/Mix 106, Cortese Brothers Farms, First 5, Martinelli's, NBC Bay Area, RXBAR, VTA, Watershed Watch
GRPC Partners - Acosta Sheet Metal Manufacturing, Adobe, Air Systems, Mike & Christy Akatiff, Armanino, Terry & Carol Austen, Blach Construction, Boston Properties, BrightView, Cilker Family Businesses, Eco Bay Services, Ferguson, Heritage Bank of Commerce, Insight Realty, Lewis & Tibbits, Linda Lester, PG&E, Francois & Beth Rodigari, Samaritan Medical Center, San Jose Water Company, Santa Clara Valley Water District, California Service Tool, Sharks Sports & Entertainment, Silicon Valley Law Group, A Slice of New York, John Michael Sobrato, Swenson, West Valley Construction
Event Supporters - Terry & Carol Austen, Office of Councilmember Raul Peralez, Joan & Sheryl Hinshaw, Johanson & Yau, and Marguerite Lee.
Super Guadalupe River Run 
Kick off Super Bowl Sunday with the annual Super Guadalupe River Run (10K/5K/Kids' Fun Run) at 9 AM on Sunday, February 4th.
Save 10% on 10K or 5K registration through Nov. 30th with promo code ENEWS.
Don’t fumble the opportunity to burn some calories. Whether you go long for 6.2 miles or tackle the 3.1 mile quarterback sneak, you’ll earn your game-time guacamole on the Guadalupe. Huddle with family, friends, training partners, neighbors, co-workers to run a 10K or 5K -- cross the goal line to score guilt-free indulgence during the game.
You won’t want to miss the second in our series of collectors’ shirts (graphic above)! Proceeds benefit our education and stewardship efforts.
Click here to register.
Education Program Update
We are grateful receipients of multi-year support from the David & Lucile Packard and Shortino Family Foundations, underwriters of our outdoor environmental education programs.
Grateful for Volunteers! 
Thanks to support from local corporate teams and many individuals, GRPC Volunteer Coordinator Ricky Davis is setting records. October saw our highest ever monthly volunteer-hours total, and we broke the 20,000-hour yearly mark for the first time, with two months to spare!
We appreciate everyone who has contributed to these records through their work in the gardens, staffing our office or events, participating in a river cleanup, or serving on our board and/or committees.
Volunteer Corner
Silicon Valley Community Foundation and two groups from Samsung joined us for workdays in the gardens.
A hearty thanks to all the volunteer groups that toiled to make GRPG a more beautiful place this past September:
ARM
Bellarmine College Preparatory
California San Jose LDS Missionaries
Cisco
The Fairmont Hotel San Jose
Friends of Children with Special Needs
Hope Services
Intel
Mission Bay
South Bay Heritage Rose Group
Wells Fargo
And that is only the groups! We also appreciate the scores of individuals who come out weekly to make a difference. We logged more than 1,890 volunteer hours in September.
Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities
- Heritage Rose Garden Workdays
Weds. and Sats. 8:30-11:30 am. More info.
- Historic Orchard Workday
Sat. Dec. 2nd, 8:30-11:30 am. Sign up.
- River Cleanup
Sat. Nov. 18th, 8:30-11:30 am. Sign up.
- Education Program Intern - Ongoing
We are looking for positive, go-getters who enjoy the outdoors and are passionate about education for a program support role. We would also love to have someone who is computer savvy, creative, and detail-oriented. E-mail us for more information.
- Rotary PlayGarden Support - Ongoing
Attendant Assistant and gardening support opportunities. E-mail Ricky for more information.
- Front Office Receptionist - Ongoing
Shifts available Wednesday afternoons, Thursday mornings or afternoons, and Friday mornings. E-mail Ricky for more information.
Meet Volunteer: Isabel
 Isabel is one of our office volunteers and is recovering from a work injury. When not covering the front desk or helping with projects around the office, you will find her either knitting or playing with one of her 17 grandkids or two great-grandkids. Thank you Isabel! |
