The Willow Glen Resident Around The Glen Sacred Heart gets grant, opens new community center Sacred Heart Community Service has earned a $650,000 Kresge Foundation challenge grant, successfully reaching its $7 million capital campaign goal for a new 20,000-square-foot center to assist the working poor, providing tools for self-sufficiency and provisions for basic needs. The new center opened Oct. 19 at 1381 S. First St. at Alma. It has the capacity to distribute more food, to educate more children and adults in language and computer courses, and to assist more families in finding housing, jobs and other services. --Sharon Parks Tricks--and maybe a few treats--at high school auction Presentation High School is hosting a Trick or Treat Extravaganza Oct. 30 at the Fairmont Hotel. The event runs from 6:30 p.m. until midnight and features silent and oral auctions, with 800 items up for bid. Tickets for this costume or black tie- optional affair are $125 per person. For information or to make reservations, call Presentation's Development Office at 264-5110. --Sharon Parks LWV hosts college candidates forum The League of Women Voters of Saratoga, Los Gatos and Monte Sereno will hold a forum for candidates for the West Valley-Mission Community College Board of Trustees on Oct. 21 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Saratoga High School Theater, located at the corner of Herriman Avenue and Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road in Saratoga. Candidates for the 15th district of the U.S. House of Representatives and the 24th district of the California State Assembly will also be on hand to answer questions. The forum is free and open to the public. For more information, call 867-VOTE. --Metro Newspapers Volunteers see red at Glen's Ed Park Willow Glen High School freshman Scott Cluff and friends spent a recent Friday afternoon painting approximately 2,500 feet of curb at the Willow Glen Educational Park. The Sept. 25 effort wasn't a creative form of detention but a prerequisite to Cluff's earning his Eagle Scout rank. Cluff and his volunteer force painted red safety zones along Varsity Lane, which runs through the Ed Park. Cluff is a member of Troop 225, sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Willow Glen. The materials for the project were donated by Orchard Supply Hardware and Kelly Moore Paints, and volunteers munched on pizza donated by Pizza Hut. Willow Glen High School principal Patrick Day authorized the project. --Anne Gelhaus Elks seek valuable students--object: scholarship funds High school seniors voted "Most Valuable Student" by the BPO Elks of the USA get more than just a squib in the yearbook: They get a piece of almost $2.1 million in scholarship moneys. Applications for the 1999 Elks scholarship contest will be available online at www.elks.org or at the San Jose Elks Lodge No. 522 after Nov. 1. The Elks National Foundation, the charitable arm of the BPO Elks of the USA, will award scholarships to the top 500 applicants. The top male and female student will each receive scholarships of $7,500 a year for four years. The second-place winners will both receive $4,000 a year and the third-place winners $3,000. The remaining 494 winners will each receive $1,000 a year for four years. Applicants will be judged based on financial need, leadership and scholarship. Completed applications must be turned in by Jan. 15 to the San Jose Elks Lodge, 444 W. Alma Ave. Winners will be announced in May. For more information, call 298-3880. --Anne Gelhaus Schallenberger seeks library volunteers It's never too late to go back to school. Schallenberger Elementary School is looking for volunteers to help with checkout and shelving in the school library. Available time slots are Tuesdays and Fridays, 1:40-3 p.m. For more information, call Jill Miller at 535-6253. --Anne Gelhaus Mentors, case aides needed for child- abuse prevention The Child Abuse Prevention Center is recruiting volunteers for its mentor and case-aid programs, which offer assistance to children and their families in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. The time commitment is four hours a week for a minimum of six months. Training classes will be held in San Jose on Nov. 14, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. For more information, call 650/327-8120. --Anne Gelhaus [ Back to Contents Page | Willow Glen Resident Home Page | Archives ] This article appeared in the Willow Glen Resident, October 21, 1998. ©1998 Metro Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.