Cal Fire 59 Donates Christmas Tree

Cal Fire 59 donated a Christmas Tree to Puente. The tree is  decorated with some ornaments made by children and is currently displayed in the childcare space. Puente appreciate’s the gift and will use the tree at future holiday events. It will also be displayed at the La Sala holiday posada and our Community posada.  

Come see the tree and enjoy our Community Posada on Friday December 16th. For more information click here.

 

Thanks to Puente’s Team Backpack

Thanks to Puente’s Team Backpack for their love and support. Together, we provided backpacks for 215 La Honda and Pescadero youth!

  • John Albach
  • Archbishop Riordan High School
  • Shirley Bier
  • David & Carrie Boesch
  • Lynne Bowman & Rodger Rheinhart
  • Shannon Bowman Sarkisian
  • Jim & Genevieve Brigham
  • A. Broughton
  • Christine Bunn
  • Barbara Cappel
  • Susy Castoria
  • Liz & Harlan Chapman
  • Brenda Christensen & Tom Barry in memory of Betty Krollpfeiffer
  • The Cunneen Family
  • Coastside Farmers Market/Erin Tormey
  • Coastside Jewish Community
  • College Heights Church, San Mateo
  • Community Congregational Church of Benicia
  • Congregational Church of San Mateo
  • Office of the County Manager, San Mateo County
  • Helen Doneux
  • Jerry & Harriet Dorf
  • Marta Drury & Kerry Lobel
  • Shirley Reusch Drye
  • Earth Links, Inc.
  • First Congregational Church of Berkeley
  • Elizabeth Flood
  • Honorable Marina Fraser, Half Moon Bay City Council
  • Friends of Half Moon Bay Library
  • Friends of Woodside Library
  • Nora Gauger
  • Genentech
  • Michelle Gill
  • Holly Himes
  • Christine Hollender
  • Jim & Shirley Holley
  • Barbara Hooper
  • Honorable Don Horsley, San Mateo County Board of Supervisors
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Richard Kirchner & Jacque Maxon
  • Knitzvah
  • La Honda Pescadero Unified School District
  • Come Lague & Charlene Li
  • Jo Lastec
  • Mary Lavigne-Butler
  • Milford Leal
  • Linda Lee
  • Donna Lindsay
  • Michael & Susan Lydon
  • Nancy Marks
  • Marie Martin
  • Mary McMillan
  • Cristopher & Pamela McReynolds
  • Greg Mendel
  • George Mozingo
  • Andrew Michael & Stephanie Ross
  • Jenni Olson & Julie Dorf
  • Hazel Olson-Dorf
  • John Owens
  • Nancy Patterson
  • Dennis Paull
  • Peninsula Metropolitan Community Church
  • Peery & Associates
  • Maya Perkins
  • Judith Peterson
  • Sarah Rarback
  • Recommind
  • Maya Rich
  • Sarah & Carl Rosendahl
  • Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory High School
  • St. Andrew Church, Pacifica
  • Gael Solos & Gene Lebel
  • Sonrisas Community Dental Center
  • Jan Stokley
  • JoAnna Strawbridge
  • Nancy Struck
  • Studio 4 Pilates
  • Greg & Ann Timm
  • Marcia Walters
  • Sarah Weihl
  • Warren Wolfeld
  • Adam & Jeanette Woodbury
  • Keith Young

Team Backpack kicks into final stretch with July 31 deadline approaching

Hazel, Maya and Sarah collect supplies for B'nai Mitzvot project

Puente’s deadline for Team Backpack is rapidly approaching on July 31. The campaign  is kicking into its final stretch, collecting backpack and school supplies to create backpacks for 200 Pescadero and La Honda students.

Three San Francisco seventh graders, Hazel Olson-Dorf, Maya Rich, and Sarah Weihl, are part of Puente’s Team Backpack, collecting school supplies and donations from their communities. They are doing this project as part of the rituals related to becoming Bat Mitzvah in the Jewish tradition. They collected supplies from their school community, friends and relatives, as well as through Congregation Sha’ar Zahav. With the donated cash, they bought supplies at Target.

Puente volunteers of the year, Angela and Courtney Cunneen,  are collecting supplies for their third year and will be receiving supplies at the Coastside Farmer’s Market in Pacifica on Wednesday, July 27 from 230-630 PM.

Volunteers from First Congregational Church of Benicia, Peninsula Metropolitan Community Church, Congregational Church of San Mateo, and Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory are also collecting supplies for the drive.

Click here for Team Backpack list of supplies needed

 

 

Drop-Off Locations:

Half Moon Bay:  Coastside Farmers Market, Saturdays 9AM – 1 PM: July 23 & July 30

Studio 4 Pilates, 213 San Mateo Road (650) 726-7200

Pacifica: Coastside Farmers Market, Wednesday, July 27: 230-630PM

Pescadero:  Pescadero Grown! Certified Community Farmer’s Market, Thursdays 5-8PM

Puente Resource Center, 620 North Street (650) 879-1691 (please call for hours)

Cash Donations: Payable to Puente, PO Box 554, Pescadero, CA  94060