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April
6, noon – 1:30 April
7, 7:30 – 9:00 April
7, 8:30 – 10:30 am April
12, noon – 4:30 April
20, 9:00 – 3:00 April
22 (Earth Day) – May
1 April
23, 9:00 – 3:00 April 28 Save the Dates May
3, 6:00 – 8:30
pm May
5, 6:00 – 9:00
pm May 18 May 18 May 26, 7:30 - 9:00 May 31 and June 3 June 4 - 12 Email michelin@plsinfo.org to submit your upcoming event for the Community Calendar. Deadline for the May issue is April 13.
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Community Calendar
A
Closer Look at the Family Survey – Family Support Indicators
April
6, noon – 1:30. This Brown Bag
lunch session, sponsored by First 5 San Mateo County, will
be a facilitated discussion on Family Survey findings regarding
San Mateo County Family Support Indicators.
Meeting Location: Connection
Room, Peninsula Community Foundation, 1700 South El Camino
Real, San Mateo. For more information and/or to register, call 650-372-9500 ext.
229.
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Peninsula
Conflict Resolution Center’s (PCRC’s) 2nd Annual
Fundraising Breakfast
April 7, 7:30 – 9:00. This
year’s theme is “Investing in Safe and Peaceful
Communities.” The keynote speaker is San Mateo County
District Attorney James P. Fox, addressing how we can help improve our county
for work and living.
Event Location: Hyatt Regency Hotel in Burlingame. For more information, call 650-513-0330.
Surviving
Closer Legal Scrutiny: Fiduciary Responsibilities and Regulatory
Requirements
April 7, 8:30 – 10:30
am. Nonprofit organizations and
their Board members interested in better understanding their
fiduciary responsibility and liability, and the processes
they should implement to properly fulfill their duties, are
invited to attend this free informative overview. Richard
P. Triolo, J.D., Senior Vice President for PIMCO Advisors
and a nationally recognized speaker is the presenter. The
event is hosted by SmithBarney, citigroup, and the Peninsula
Nonprofit Center.
Meeting Location: Peninsula Community Foundation, 1700 South El Camino Real, Suite 100, San Mateo. For more information and/or to register, call 650-358-9392 or email pnc@pcf.org.
back to calendar>>Diversity
in Our Communities and Agencies
April 12, noon – 4:30. Sponsored by First 5 San
Mateo County, this half-day workshop will focus on the importance
of diversity in our communities and how to continue to deepen
our understanding of how attitudes, biases, and assumptions
can impact our relationships with families.
Meeting Location: Imagination Room, Peninsula Community Foundation, 1700 South El Camino Real, San Mateo. For more information and/or to register, call 650-372-9500 ext. 229.
Laugh
and Level With Me - Caring for the Caregiver
April 20, 9:00 – 3:00. Peninsula
Training Collaborative (PTC) announces a day of intensive training presented
by Dr. Bill Michaelis, international leadership trainer and Professor
at San Francisco State University. Dr. Michaelis is an expert
on play and its applications to creativity, learning, development, self-esteem,
and healthy living for all ages. Laugh and Level With Me will present a sampling
of accessible, non-threatening, easily applied, fun and challenging team-building
activities. Caring for the Caregiver: Making Sure You Don’t Fall
Off the Radar Screen is an interactive, meaningful workshop
for practitioners to give them simple stress reduction ideas and techniques for
beating burnout and making time for themselves. This training is free to staff
of San Mateo County not-for-profit agencies that provide services to children
and families at risk.
Event Location: College of San Mateo, 1700 West Hillsdale Blvd., Building 5, South Cafeteria, San Mateo. Register by phone at 650-574-6180 or by email at register@ptctraining.net.
RecycleWorks
Earth Day Sports Equipment Reuse Collection
April 22 (Earth Day) – May
1. RecycleWorks
of San Mateo County will collect the following gently used
items (and only these items) and distribute them to several
nonprofits that can use them:
- Soccer balls
- Basketballs
- Footballs
- Cleats (tied together)
- Baseball gloves
- Baseball bats
- Snow boots
- Snowshoes
- Sleeping bags (clean)
Drop Off Locations: Hillsdale Shopping Center, Coastside Recycling Yard, Red Morton Community Center, Menlo Park Gymnastics Center, and Blue Line Transfer Station. Visit www.RecycleWorks.org or call 888-442-2666 for details or more information.
ROP
Open House and Auto Show
April 23, 9:00 – 3:00.The
ROP (Regional Occupational Program) of the San Mateo County
Office of Education Open House includes an auto show, ROP
course booths, on-the-spot career counseling, and tours.
Event Location: 1800 Rollins Road, Burlingame. For more information, call 650-802-5400.
Workers
Memorial Day
April 28. Decades
of struggle by workers and their unions have resulted in
significant improvements in working conditions, but the
toll of workplace injuries, illnesses and deaths remains
high. The unions of the AFL-CIO remember these workers on
April 28, Workers Memorial Day. For more information about
this International Day of Mourning, visit http://afl-cio.org/yourjobeconomy/safety/memorial/index.cfm.
Save the Dates
Landlord
and Tenant Rights
May 3, 6:00 – 8:30
pm. This free workshop,
sponsored by the Landlord and Tenant Information and
Referral Collaborative and the City of San Mateo, will
discuss community resources for landlords and tenants.
Specific questions from the audience will be welcomed.
The event will be presented in English and Spanish.
Event Location: Central Park Recreation Center, 50 East 5th Avenue, San Mateo. For more information, call 650-802-7504, email info@landlordtenantinfo.org or visit www.landlordtenantinfo.org.
4Cs
Leadership Awards – Honoring Outstanding Work
in Support of Children
May 5, 6:00 – 9:00
pm. 4Cs (the Child
Care Coordinating Council) hosts its 4th Annual Leadership
Awards. Tickets for the evening are $100 per person; sponsorships are available.
The evening’s events
include entertainment by youth mariachis and folklorico
dancers, silent and live auctions, and dinner. The
honorees include State Senator Joe Simitian, Mr. Al
Teglia, The Peninsula Partnership for Children, Youth
and Families, and the to-be-announced recipient of
the Mary Elizabeth Griffin Children’s Award.
Kristen Sze of ABC7 News will emcee the event.
Event Location: South San Francisco Conference Center. To request an invitation, call Maryanne at 650-655-6770 ext. 261 or email info@thecouncil.net. Information is online at www.thecouncil.net.
Childhood
Overweight and Obesity Conference
Wednesday, May
18. This all-day conference,
hosted by the San Mateo County Health Department,
costs $50 without CEUs, $75 with CEUs and CMEs.
Fee includes breakfast, lunch and snacks. The theme
is "A Pound of Prevention is Worth a Ton of Cure!" This
session is designed for family physicians, health
educators, community workers, youth counselors,
nurses, school staff, and pediatricians. Topics
include:
- Motivating Families Toward Health
- Counseling Diverse Populations
- Cultural Obsession with Thinness
- The Power of Physical Activity
- Best Practices at the State and Local Level
Event Location: South San Francisco Conference Center. For more information, call 650-573-2303.
Daly
City Youth Health Center’s 15th Anniversary
Celebration
May 18.
The event will include dinner, guest speakers,
an awards ceremony, entertainment by youth and
a silent auction. Contact
Tracey Heather at 650-985-7014 or theather@co.sanmateo.ca.us
for more information.
Annual
Jobs for Youth Fundraiser Breakfast
May 26, 7:30 – 9:00. $40 per person or $350
per table of 10. The Jobs for Youth Program offers free
employment services to youth age 14 - 21. The Program is
affiliated with PeninsulaWorks, the one-stop employment
centers throughout San Mateo County.
Event Location: Radisson Villa Hotel, 4000 South El Camino Real, San Mateo. To RSVP, contact Al Teglia at 650-301-8444.
Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder in Children - Intervention in Sexual Issues
and Behavior in Children and Adolescents
May 31 and June 3.
Presented by the Peninsula Training
Collaborative (PTC), this training is free to staff of San
Mateo County not-for-profit agencies that provide services
to children and families at risk. Check out the PTC Web
site for details at www.PTCtraining.net.
Affordable
Housing Week San Mateo County
June 4-12. Sponsored
by the Housing Leadership Council. Check their Web site
at http://www.hlcsmc.org/event_detail.php?eid=319
for more information about public events, community outreach,
housing advocacy, and first-time homebuyer seminars to be
held during that week.
Complete Articles
National Library Week is April 10 – 16Join Susan Wooldridge, author of poemcrazy, at the West Orange Library Auditorium, 840 West Orange Avenue, lower level, on Friday, April 15 from 4 - 5 pm for a poetry workshop that will help you free your life with words! The target audience for this event is 5th – 12th grade students. For more information, call 650-829-3861 or visit www.ssf.net/library.
Fatherhood
Involvement Program
The Fatherhood Involvement Program
(FIP) is a new program sponsored by the Child Care Coordinating
Council (4C) and First 5 San Mateo County. The program was
created to provide comprehensive, father-focused programs
and support services through referral, parent education, and
support groups for fathers. FIP is designed to assist and
encourage fathers and male caregivers to become more involved
in the lives of their young children and families. FIP also
has stipends for participating fathers to help with court
filing fees, hair folic testing for dads in recovery, and
visitation fees. For
more information contact Mario Castellanos, Fatherhood Involvement
Coordinator, at 650-655-6770 ext. 268.
Domestic
Violence Restraining Order Clinic
Bay Area Legal Aid in partnership with the Court and
CORA (Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse, formerly the Center for Domestic
Violence Prevention and Sor Juana Ines) recently opened a Domestic Violence Restraining
Order Clinic. The Clinic will operate in a workshop format and is staffed
by 2 bilingual attorneys. Workshops are currently offered
on Mondays and Wednesdays at 9 am and at 1:30 pm and on Thursdays and Fridays
at 9 am. The Clinic will provide assistance with applications for Temporary Restraining
Orders (TROs) as well as provide information and referrals and give general information
about the court process. The Clinic will not provide direct representation for
litigants. The Clinic is located at 707 Bradford Street, Redwood City, just 3
blocks from the County Center. Their Grand Opening will be held on April 19.
Call 650-701-0850 for more information.
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Health
of California’s Adolescents
A new report from the UCLA
Center for Health Policy Research, “Health of California’s
Adolescents: Findings from the 2001 California Health Interview
Survey,” presents a public health profile of California
adolescents age 12-17. Topics covered in the report include:
- Adult supervision and parental monitoring
- Adherence to safety standards
- Diet and physical activity
- Tobacco, alcohol and marijuana use
- Sexual activity, including pregnancy and disease prevention
Many of the findings are shown by gender, age, income and race/ethnicity. This publication provides data that will be of interest to public health professionals who work with adolescents, educators and parents.
A copy of the report can be downloaded at http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu from the “What’s New” section.
Children’s
Health and Well Being
A program of the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s
Health, kidsdata.org is
a new gateway to information about children’s health
and well being in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. It offers
fast access to children’s data, from asthma and weight
to school readiness and foster care. Data can be customized by year, locale,
ethnicity, age, and more, and the results can be viewed as graphs, tables or
maps. Kidsdata.org
is continuously updated, offering the latest data on key topics,
plus community resources, news, and research.
San
Mateo County READS
The adult literacy program once
known as Project Read in East Palo Alto and Half Moon Bay
has changed its name to San Mateo County READS and expanded
its services to residents throughout San Mateo County, focusing
especially on the unincorporated areas in the following cities:
San Carlos, Foster City, San Mateo, Redwood City, Millbrae,
Belmont, Pacifica, Half Moon Bay, Atherton, Daly City, Burlingame,
Portola Valley, Woodside and South San Francisco.
San
Mateo County READS provides one-to-one tutoring to English-speaking adults age
16 or over who are reading at or below the 8th grade level. The program also
offers life and job skills workshops, as well as group classes.
For more information about the program, call 650-323-0362 ext. 231 or visit www.smcl.org (under “Services”).
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