20 Aug 2011

Puente marks another great year at PAFF

Puente staff, board, volunteers and friends were well represented at the Pescadero Arts and Fun Festival this weekend. We were also proud to help launch the South Coast Prevention Partnership which made its first PAFF debut. Puente thanks the PAFF volunteers for 21 years of service to the Pescadero Community. Thanks for all you do and thanks for your financial support for Puente’s youth programs.

20 Aug 2011

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
06 Aug 2011

This week at Pescadero Grown! Paula Brisker on August 11

Pescadero Grown Community Certified Farmer’s Market, sponsored by Pescadero nonprofit Puente, features the music of Paula Brisker this week, on August 11 from 5-8 PM at 620 North Street in Pescadero.

A Pescadero resident, Paula is a vocalist, songwriter & guitarist. San Francisco born and raised in the Bay Area, Paula has toured all over the country promoting her music and debut CD Narrow Road. Ross Hogarth – Producer, Engineer for Melissa Etheridge, Jewel and Ziggy Marley, writes  “Every now and then I get the opportunity to be involved in making records that are and will be timeless in quality. Narrow Road is one of those for me. I am pleased with the result and loved the process of sharing in its creation. I look forward to what the future holds for Paula and feel that the best is even yet to come for her and her fans.”

Producers at Pescadero Grown!
Addwater Farm
Blue House Farm
Blue Ocean Smokehouse
CSM Beekeepers Cooperative
Del Sur Farm
Echo Valley Farm
Farmageddon
Fifth Crow Farm
Fly Girl Farm
Fogline Nursery
Harley Farms
La Honda School
Leftcoast Grassfed
Westland Nursery

Thanks Puente Team Backpack
Thanks to everyone for your donations of school supplies. 200 backpacks will be distributed to La Honda and Pescadero students next week.
 
CalFresh and Pescadero Grown! Tokens at the Market
To help fill the gap and get more farm-direct produce into the hands of our low income neighbors, Puente and many individual donors have partnered to create Friends of Pescadero Grown! a token matching program for recipients of CalFresh, WIC as well as other low income participants that reside in Pescadero, La Honda, Loma Mar,and San Gregorio. 
 
Pescadero Grown! Tokens may be used to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables at the Pescadero Grown Certified Community Farmers’ Market. They work just like cash. If you receive WIC, CalFresh (food stamps) or your income is below the 133% FPL, Puente will match a maximum of $10 worth of your purchases each week if you enroll in the program. For more information about the program, click here. To enroll in the program, contact Lorena Vargas at 650.879.1691. For our friends that live outside the South Coast, your CalFresh card is welcome at the Market. 
 
For Children at the Market
HMB Library staff continues messy science experiments with glob