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NEWSLETTER: September 2018
In this issue:
Pumpkins in the Park
Save the date! Pumpkins in the Park, our annual, family-friendly harvest festival, returns to Discovery Meadow on Saturday, October 13th from 10 am to 4 pm. Free admission!
Giant Pumpkin Patch
Costume Parade
Carnival Games
Great Food
Fresh Apple Cider
Guadalupe River Education
Children's Concert
and more!
Interested in participating as a vendor, sponsor, contributor? We need volunteers Friday afternoon and all day Saturday, too!
Click here for more information.
Help spread the word by sharing our Facebook event.
Outdoor Learning
We are grateful for the support of Adobe, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority, and the Shortino Family Foundation for funding our education programs. During the last school year, we provided programming for nearly 6,000 students. The majority came from Title One schools and received program fee and transportation scholarships thanks to our generous funders.
Our weekly Beginning Environmental Explorers (BEE) program resumes September 5th and is held in the Rotary PlayGarden amphitheater. This FREE program is designed for children ages 2-6 years old and acts as an introduction to environmental science. Classes are taught by the Conservancy's environmental educators.
Click here to learn more about our programs.
Volunteer Corner
A spirited group from Adobe helped us add a fresh layer of weed-suppressing mulch to the Rotary PlayGarden flowerbeds.
A hearty thanks to all the volunteer groups that toiled to make GRPG a more beautiful place this past July:
Adobe Systems
Apple
Hope Services
Intel
Mission Bay
Morgan Autism Center
Palo Alto Networks
South Bay Heritage Rose Group
UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County
And that is only the groups! We also appreciate the scores of individuals who come out weekly to make a difference. We logged 1,268 volunteer hours in July.
Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities
- Heritage Rose Garden Workdays
Weds. and Sats. 8:30-11:30 am. More info.
- Historic Orchard Workday
Sat. Oct. 6th, 8:30-11:30 am. Sign up.
- Coastal Cleanup Day
Sat. Sept. 15th, 9:00 am-12:00 pm. Sign up.
- Pumpkins in the Park
Fri. and Sat. Oct. 12-13th; Various shifts. Sign up.
- Front Office Reception Support
Shifts available Tuesday mornings, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons, and Fridays. E-mail volunteer@grpg.org for more information.
Meet Volunteer: Pat
 Pat has been volunteering at the Heritage Rose Garden for "at least 12 years" after seeing an advertisement in the San Jose Mercury News for pruning classes. She enjoyed the class and decided to volunteer her time in the garden. She enjoys the people she volunteers with, seeing the results of the work she does, and the garden itself very much. Thanks, Pat, for your dedication! |
