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Local Notebook
Rotacare in need of clinic volunteers
The San Jose Rotary Club is looking for volunteers to work in its Rotacare free clinics. Rotacare is a health service through which Rotary and non-Rotary members provide basic medical care to the uninsured working poor, the homeless, and migrant workers and their families without charge.
The San Jose Rotary Club provides these medical services at Washington School on Oak Street in San Jose. The clinic is open from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesdays. The Rotary needs volunteers for a few evening hours a month. Call 408.947.3313 for more information.
Mural adds color to shelter dining room
The Little Orchard Café of the Emergency Housing Consortium's flagship program site, the James F. Boccardo Regional Reception Center in Willow Glen, recently received and installed a mural that depicts the Santa Clara Valley during the time the area was known as the Valley of Heart's Delight.
The mural, 47 by 10 feet, was created by more than 20 students from Pioneer High School and took two school years to complete. The mural was designed by Pioneer student Veronica Graham and incorporates many physical features of the valley, with historical figures from the art world dining at café tables set into the scene.
The Emergency Housing Consortium, located in Willow Glen, is the valley's largest provider of shelter and services for homeless people, serving more than 12, 000 people each year. The nonprofit agency operates emergency shelters, transitional and permanent housing sites, youth programs and family centers from Sunnyvale to Gilroy.
Silicon Valley Charity Ball distributes money
The Silicon Valley Charity Ball in April raised approximately $1.5 million, which was recently distributed to 62 Silicon Valley nonprofit organizations. Organizations that received funds include the Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Santa Clara County, the Child Abuse Prevention Program, the Emergency Housing Consortium in Willow Glen, Multiple Sclerosis Silicon Valley Chapter and Second Harvest Food Bank.
Representatives from the 62 nonprofits received funding and recognition at an awards ceremony on July 25.
Volunteers needed for prunning garden roses
Volunteers are needed to help deadhead the more than 3,700 varieties of roses in the San Jose Heritage Rose Garden on Aug. 30 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Bring clippers if possible. After deadheading in the garden, volunteers can join the garden staff for a free ice cream sundae at the Garden Center.
The garden is located on Taylor Street at Spring Street, east of Coleman Avenue. Call volunteer coordinator Lucy Perez at 408.298.7657 for more information.
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