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Making a Difference Mentoring Celebration – Eighth Annual Mentoring Conference - January 25 and 26
Breast Cancer Q&A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Fresh Ideas: Improving the Health of Immigrant and Refugee Communities – Grant Appplications due January 15 A Message from RecycleWorks, a Program of the Public Works Department Online Court Survey Community Service Project (CSL) with SFSU MBA Students Prevention of Childhood Obesity Task Force Tips Agency Updates The Peninsula Conflict Resource Center (PCRC) has announced a new CEO, Gemmie Jones, who is replacing the retiring Patricia Brown as of January 8.
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Community Calendar
Making a Difference Mentoring Celebration
January 21, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm. Celebrate mentoring in San Mateo County and learn about mentoring opportunities at this Second Annual Recognition and Recruitment Event of the Mentoring Coalition of San Mateo County. See the article on page 1 for complete details.
Location: Foster City Recreation Building, 650 Shell Blvd., Foster City. For more information contact Debra Pomeroy at DPomeroy@co.sanmateo.ca.us or 650-802-3329 or Sarah Kremer at sarah@friendsforyouth.org or 650-559-0200.
Thrive Committees and Membership Meetings
January 23, 8:00 am - 11:30 am. Committee meetings begin at 8:00 am. Thrive's first membership meeting in 2007 will include a conversation with the new Silicon Valley Community Foundation CEO, Dr. Emmett Carson. The new foundation was created by the merger of the Community Foundation Silicon Valley and the Peninsula Community Foundation and marked its first official day on January 2. It is among the top community foundations in the nation, with more than $1.5 billion in assets under management and 1,400 philanthropic funds. For more information on Dr. Carson and the new foundation, visit www.siliconvalleycf.org.
Location: Peninsula Community Foundation (PCF) Imagination Room, 1700 South El Camino Real, Suite 100, San Mateo. For more information visit www.thrivealliance.org/meetings/20070123/index.htm.
The Center for Excellence in Nonprofits Best Practice Exchange Presents
Building Your Board Capacity
January 24, 8:00 am - 10:30 am. The Center for Excellence in Nonprofits (CEN), which is dedicated to bringing local nonprofit community leaders opportunities to hone their leadership skills, presents this session facilitated by Mary Hiland, Ph.D., of Hiland and Associates. An organizational consultant specializing in working with nonprofit leaders, she has served on many nonprofit boards and has 30 years of experience in the Silicon Valley nonprofit sector.
Location: Silicon Valley Community Foundation, 60 South Market Street, Suite 1000, San Jose. For more information contact Loretta Gallegos at 408-945-4505 or loretta@cen.org. To register visit www.cen.org/site/cen/section.php?id=14547. For CEN members, the first participant is free; additional participants are $20 each. Non-CEN members are welcome at a cost of $30 per participant.
Redwood City Human Service Agencies Meeting
January 24, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm. The topic this month will be the Veterans Affairs' Domiciliary Care Programs for Homeless and/or Substance Dependent Veterans, presented by the Menlo Park Veterans Affairs, as well as Home Improvement and Minor Home Repair Programs of the City of Redwood City. There will be time for agency information and resource sharing.
Location: Fair Oaks Community Center, 2600 Middlefield Road, Redwood City. Lunch will be sponsored by Veterans Affairs. RSVP by January 22 by contacting Norma Lomeli at 650-780-7509 or nlomeli@redwoodcity.org.
8th Annual Northern California Mentoring Conference - Mentoring: Art or Science?
January 25 – 26; 9:00 am - 4:00 pm for pre-conference courses on January 25; 9:00 am - 4:30 pm on January 26; registration begins at 8:00 am both days. The 2007 Annual Mentoring Conference will help participants attain a greater understanding of the balance between mentoring as art or science to make their programs more effective and ultimately benefit the youth they serve. See the article below for complete details.
Location: TBA for pre-conference courses. General Conference Proceedings on January 26 will be held at the Oracle Conference Center, Redwood Shores. For more information, call 650-559-0200 or contact Sarah Kremer, Program Manager, at sarah@friendsforyouth.org. To register visit www.friendsforyouth.org. Registration fee for one day is $100 ($90 for Bay Area Mentoring members); $175 for both days ($155 for members). All fees include continental breakfast and lunch.
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Eighth Annual Mentoring Conference - January 25 and 26Friends for Youth of Redwood City is sponsoring the 8th Annual Mentoring Conference on January 25 and 26. Mentoring: Art or Science? will address crucial questions involved with making quality mentoring programs work, such as How much of the success of mentoring relationships can be attributed to intuition or chance and how much to research and standards? How can you establish your program as a vital part of your community by being in the right place at the right time and how much pavement do you need to pound to make it happen if you're not?
Through a variety of presentations, pre-conference courses, panel discussions, workshops with mentoring experts and keynotes by knowledgeable speakers, attendees will gain a greater understanding of the balance between the two concepts to make their programs more effective and successful and, ultimately, benefit the youth they serve.
The conference will be held in Redwood City and will consist of four pre-conference courses, ten workshop sessions and panels covering a wide variety of mentoring topics. Two keynote presentations by Renee Spencer, Ed.D., LICSW, Assistant Professor at Boston University School of Social Work, will discuss research in mentoring. Humorist Michael Pritchard, a Bay Area-based motivational speaker and educator who draws upon a 30-year career will speak about youth development.
Registration fees are $100 for one day attendance and $175 for both days; discounts are available for Bay Area Mentoring members. All fees include continental breakfast and lunch.
To view the conference flyer and register online, visit www.homestead.com/prosites-ffy/conference2007.html or www.friendsforyouth.org. For more information, contact Sarah Kremer, Program Manager, at sarah@friendsforyouth.org or 650-559-0200.
The “Big Read”
Peninsula Library System (PLS) won a competitive grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to participate in the NEA’s “Big Read” program. PLS was one of only 72 communities nationwide chosen for this award.
The month-long program will launch in April. Youth and adults throughout San Mateo County will read To Kill a Mockingbird, the classic book chosen by a committee at the Peninsula Library System. Program highlights include a countywide “Get Caught Reading” raffle, screenings of the 1962 movie, book discussions, an inter-generational “Lessons and Memories” panel, a legal-defense forum led by noted trial attorney John Keker and involvement of local restaurants and music venues.
Community partners include San Mateo High School, The Fatherhood Collaborative, Art in Action, Hillbarn Theater, Community Gatepath and Redwood City Library’s Project Read Inmates Peer Tutoring program.
The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. The NEA presents the Big Read in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and in cooperation with Arts Midwest. The Big Read brings together partners across the country to encourage reading for pleasure, enlightenment and community building. For more information visit www.neabigread.org.
Breast Cancer Q&A
Every Thursday evening from 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm, the Community Breast Health Project (CBHP) hosts an Open House/Question and Answer session for women with breast cancer. Each week a doctor from a different field of medicine (i.e., medical oncologist/geneticist, radiation oncologist, breast surgeon and plastic surgeon) is available to answer questions that a woman facing breast cancer may have. These drop-in sessions are free and family members and friends are welcome to attend. For more information call CBHP's Helpline at 650-326-6686 or visit www.cbhp.org for a list of scheduled doctors.
CBHP also offers a free on-going drop-in support group for women newly diagnosed with breast cancer on Saturdays from 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm, beginning January 6. The group will be facilitated by Marcie Pais, MFT. Women diagnosed with breast cancer often feel helpless and have significant emotional distress. This group will offer women the opportunity to express concerns in an atmosphere of warmth, sensitivity and understanding. Support group members may use the library which houses an extensive collection of breast cancer reference materials, journals, circulating books, videos, audiotapes and learn about the many programs and services CBHP has to offer. Call before attending the group for the first time.
The Community Breast Health Project is located at 390 Cambridge Avenue, Palo Alto. They can be reached at 650-326-6299; their Helpline number is 650-326-6686.
A Post-Holiday Message from RecycleWorks
Following are tips for a greener post-holiday season, courtesy of Danielle Lee, Dianne Anderson and Miriam Reiter from the County of San Mateo RecycleWorks:
ReUse Guide
RecycleWorks has recently updated its ReUse Guide: Where to Donate Unwanted Items. The Guide lists local charities, with contact information, that accept furniture, clothing, books and household items. An electronic version is available at www.recycleworks.org/pdf/Reuse_Guide_2006.pdf. For hard copies of the Guide, contact Miriam Reiter at 650-599-1405 or mreiter@co.sanmateo.ca.us.
Electronics
If you upgraded electronics this holiday season, make sure to handle your old electronic equipment responsibly. All electronics, working or not, can be dropped off for free at most Goodwill Donation Centers or stores in San Mateo County. Visit www.sfgoodwill.org or call 1-888-446-6394. For additional assistance on what to do with that old computer, television, cell phone, fax machine, stereo or other electronic equipment, visit the RecycleWorks Web site at www.recycleworks.org/ewaste/index.html or call 1-888-442-2666.
Household Batteries - DO NOT THROW THEM IN THE TRASH!
Millions of batteries were used during the holidays and the State of California mandates that used or run down batteries be taken to a battery recycling center or household hazardous waste (HHW) facility because they contain corrosive or toxic substances. To find a battery collection center near you, search the RecycleWorks database at www.recycleworks.org/cgi-bin/bin/user/searchdatabases.pl under Hazardous Waste, sub-category Batteries. To reduce battery waste, use rechargeable batteries in place of disposables whenever possible.
For more information visit RecycleWorks at www.recycleworks.org or call 1-888-442-2666.
Online Court Survey
The San Mateo County Superior Court recently announced the creation of a new online survey for San Mateo residents to solicit input from the public on how the court can better serve the community. This information will then be used to help plan for future service enhancements.
Judge Mark R. Forcum, chair of the court’s Community Outreach Committee said that by having the survey easily accessible online, more citizens would offer their views about the court. The survey invites open-ended comments about jury service, traffic court or any issue pertaining to the court’s operations. Residents can also leave suggestions on a phone line set up specifically for this purpose. The phone number to call is 650-363-4884.
The survey is the foundation for the court’s strategic plan which is being updated. According to incoming Presiding Judge Robert D. Foiles, the court is also in the process of setting up meetings in January and February to obtain additional feedback. The original court strategic plan, developed in 1999, led to improved services for jurors, an online Help Center, EZLegalFile, Community Law Night and Court in the Schools Day. The survey can be found at www.sanmateocourt.org/survey.
Community Service Project (CSL) with SFSU MBA Students
A service learning component will be integrated into the organizational behavior course in the College of Business at SFSU during the spring semester. Service-Learning is a teaching method in which students better grasp the course curriculum by actively engaging in community work and then integrating their experiences into the course material through reflection activities.
This course explores the primary functions of management including planning, leadership, job design and employee/volunteer motivation. The primary goal is for teams of graduate students to assist organizations with improving a self-identified function of the agency, much like the role of business consultants. Student teams will be asked to work with a designated agency throughout the semester and to produce a consulting report that will include an analysis of the challenges addressed.
If you think your agency could potentially benefit from this type of CSL partnership please contact Amanda Hing Kangas at amandahk@sfsu.edu.
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