Puente premiere: La Mission

Film starring Benjamin Bratt

Tomorrow Puente will be premiering the movie “La Mission”with Benjamin Bratt doing a guest appearence at Tom Kat Ranch here in Pescadero! Thanks to our friends at Tom Kat for allowing this to happen. For more information about the movie please visit: http://www.lamissionthemovie.com/welcome.html

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Back to school!!!

South Coast students are ready for school.

Pre-K student is ready for school with her first backpack.

School is back in session and Puente handed out 200 backpacks to local South Coast students in need of materials! We’re so grateful to the many individuals and organizations that helped gather backpacks and supplies:

  • Genentech for donating all backpacks
  • Laura and Courtney Cunneen — two Pacifica high school students who led a supplies drive in Pacifica for a second year and raised over $1,000
  • Peery and Associates, who donated 50 scientific calculators
  • Community Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, Benicia
  • Peninsula Metropolitan Community Church
  • Sonrisas Dental Clinic
  • Special thanks to Rev. Teri Echelbarger for leading the Back Pack Project during her sabbatical at Puente.

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    Thank You To…

    CIVIC
    5 Stick Films – La Mission
    Alpha Delta Kappa/Gamma Beta Chapter
    Archbishop Riordan High School
    Arlington Community Church, UCC
    California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
    Camp Glenwood
    Chicana Latina Foundation
    Coastside Angels
    Coastside Hope
    Coastside Hospitality
    Coastside Jewish Community
    Coastside Mother’s Club
    Coastside Women’s Club
    College Heights Church
    Community Action Agency of San Mateo
    Community Congregational Church of Benicia
    Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto
    Congregational Church of Belmont
    Congregational Church of San Mateo
    First Congregational Church of Palo Alto,  Women’s Fellowship
    First Presbyterian Church of Palo Alto
    Helping Hands
    Institute for Human and Social Development
    Jewish Family Services of Silicon Valley, Knitzvah
    Job Train
    Kelly Avenue Catholic Worker of Half Moon Bay
    KPDO
    Loco Bloco
    Native Sons
    Our Lady of the Pillar Catholic Church, Half Moon Bay
    Overview Board for Justice and Witness Ministries, Neighbors in Need
    Peninsula Metropolitan Community Church
    Pescadero Arts & Fun Festival
    Pescadero Community Church
    Pie Ranch
    Project Outlet
    Rebuilding Together Peninsula
    San Mateo County Commission on the Status of Women
    San Mateo County Resource Conservation District
    San Mateo Food Systems Alliance
    Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties
    Sonrisas Dental Clinic
    South Coast Children’s Services Thrift Shop
    St. Anthony’s Church of Pescadero
    St. Vincent de Paul Society of Pescadero
    Stanford Alumni Consulting Team

    FOUNDATIONS
    Atkinson Foundation
    Bella Vista Foundation
    Blue Oak Foundation
    Bothin Foundation
    The Grove Foundation
    Horizons Foundation
    Kaiser Permanente
    Kauffman Foundation’s Matching Gift Program
    Bob and Connie Lurie Foundation
    Mills Peninsula Health Services
    David and Lucile Packard Foundation
    Philanthropic Ventures Foundation
    San Francisco Foundation
    Faiths Program
    Holiday Grants Program
    Koshland Program
    Safety Net Services
    Sand Hill Foundation
    Silicon Valley Community Foundation
    Census 2010 Count
    Disaster Preparedness Services
    Safety Net Services
    South Coast Rural Literacy Program
    Sobrato Family Foundation
    Morris Stulsaft Foundation
    Donald B. and Carol F. Tanklage Foundation
    Touchpoint Foundation

    BUSINESSES
    Across the Divide
    Argo Group
    At Your Service
    Blue House Farm
    Coastside Farmers Market
    Cypress Meadows
    Donald McDermott Trucking
    Early Bird Ranch
    Event Savvy
    Fifth Crow Farm
    First National Bank
    Fogline Nursery
    Genentech, Inc
    Half Moon Bay Review
    Haynes, Beffel and Wolfeld, LLP
    IMB Corporation
    LensCrafters
    Mediterraneo Design Build
    Microsoft Corporation
    Microsoft Matching Gifts Program
    Microsoft Unlimited Potential
    New Leaf Community Markets
    Pasta Moon
    Payless Shoe Source
    Peery and Associates
    Peninsula Beauty Supply
    Pescadero Country Store
    Pescadero Creek Inn
    Pure Beauty
    RayTana and Associates
    Rosenthal and Company
    Safeway, Half Moon Bay
    SageCoach
    Studio 4 Pilates
    Sullivan’s Restaurant and Bar
    Taqueria de Amigos
    Twice as Nice
    The San Gregorio Company
    Union Bank
    Verizon Matching Gifts Program
    Weller O’Brien Insurance Services
    Wells Fargo Bank

    GOVERNMENT
    Emergency Food and Shelter National
    Board Program, United Way of Bay Area
    Half Moon Bay Library, English Language
    Literacy Intensive Program
    Institute for Mexicans Abroad, Becas
    Fellowship, University of California
    La Honda-Pescadero Unified School District
    Migrant Education Program,
    Santa Clara Office of Education
    San Mateo County Transit District: SamCoast
    San Mateo County
    American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
    Green Jobs Corps Program
    Subsidized Employment
    Summer Youth Employment
    County Manager’s Office
    Economic Emergency Assistance Program
    Department of Health
    Behavioral Health and Recovery Services,
    Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention
    Children’s Health Initiative
    Get Healthy San Mateo
    H1N1 and Seasonal Flu Clinics
    Department of Housing
    Community Development Block
    Grants: Safety Net Services,
    Puente Facilities Improvement
    Homelessness Prevention and
    Rapid Re-housing Program
    Human Services Agency
    Children’s Collaborative Action Team
    Core Services Network
    Workforce Investment Board
    Year-Round Youth Employment Project

    INDIVIDUALS
    Katherine Acey
    Emily Adams and Carmen Arick
    Sarah Adams
    Marsha Nye Adler
    John Ahlbach
    Ken and Nancy Ahnemann
    Terry and Ken Ajuria
    Paul Albert
    Cirilo Aleman
    Greg Allen
    Carina Amezcua
    Weston and Jeannette Anderson
    Juan Anguario
    Anonymous Donor of the Peace Development Fund
    Anonymous Donor of The San Francisco Foundation
    Sarah Ansari
    Susana Arias
    Judith Arias
    Gayla and Gordon Armstrong
    Michael and Kaylyn Armstrong
    Angelika Arutyun
    Todd Arvis and Allyson Willoughby
    Jean Atkinson
    John and Erica Baccus
    Sally Bachman
    Nancy Baker and Cathy Hauer
    Julie Barney
    Frances Barnsley and Patrick Brown
    Rick Bartow
    Julie Batz and Jhos Singer
    Alvin Baum
    Norka and Guillermo Bayley
    Ken and Phyllis Beatty
    Elias Beckett
    Jacobson Bell Family
    Julia Benello
    Kathleen Bennett and Tom Malloy
    Ann Benson and Iris Harrell
    Wendie Bernstein Lash
    Judy Berthiaume
    Larry Best
    Shirley Bier
    Arlene and Stephen Billy
    Martin Binion
    John Black
    Sylvia and Robert Blake
    Chela Blitt
    Dorianna Blitt
    Beatrice Boland
    Maureen Boland
    Teresa Boland and James Brogan
    Cecilia Boland-Walsh
    Marty Bollman
    Lynne Bowman and Rodger Reinhart
    Robert and Laura Bradfield
    Brancart Family
    Bob Bredel
    Sabrina Brennan
    Rachel Brodie and Adam Weisberg
    Rosa Brody Family
    Elizabeth Brookes
    Lorry Bunes
    Laura Burtness
    Gail and Robert Buschini
    Tessa R. Callejo and William J. Black
    Lorena Calvillo
    Jose Calvillo
    Pablo “Tito”
    Cathy Campbell
    Carmen Carmona
    Susy Castoria
    Danny Cauble
    Liz and Harlan Chapman
    Elizabeth Chavarain
    Maryann and John Chwalek
    Jeff Clarke
    Shannon Clarke
    Mark Claycomb
    Shawnie Coffey
    Nancy Cohen and Jordon Russell
    Geralyn Cole
    Christy Conklin and Richard McCluney
    Claire and Chris Consentino
    Barbara Correia
    Nancy Correll
    Juan Corona
    Elia Jaimes Cortez
    Paul and Mary Cosper
    Stuart and Liza Cristol-Deman
    Joshua and Adrienne Crockett
    Anne and Jon Cross
    Margaret and Peter Cross
    Cynthia Crowe-Urgo
    Thomas and Judith Crump
    Araceli Cruz
    Candice A. Cunha
    Wallace and Angela Cunneen
    Courtney and Laura Cunneen
    Rob and Allison Curcio
    Alix and Neil Curry
    Marjorie and Robert Daehler
    Michele Horn Davis
    Jessica de Haro
    Gayle Dee
    Meg Delano
    Karen Delee
    Jesus Delgado
    Anna Delmage
    Les and Leslie Deman
    Karen deMoor and Tom McCook
    Sky Demuro
    Rev. Sophia Dewitt
    Mary Helen Doherty and Lindi Ramsden
    Jennifer Dorwin
    Marta Drury and Kerry Lobel, girls just wanna have funD
    Ron and Lynn Duarte
    Loma Eaves
    Gabriel Echeverria
    Terri Echelberger and Eileen McCree
    Alison Elliott and Steve Blank
    Jutka Enochs
    Vladamir Escobar
    Robert Ewell
    Robert Fall
    Pat Farquhar
    Debi Fernandez
    Christina Fiske
    Jean and John Fiske
    Sandy Fornesi
    Laura Franco and Scott Hayes
    Marivee Frayer
    Fern Friest and Michael Williams
    Nancy Frost
    Thomas Furlong and Ann Chang Williams
    Robin Galas
    Darcie and Greg Galle
    Reinier Gamboa
    Linda Garber and Barbara Blinick
    Pedro Garcia
    Velia Garcia
    Michael and Sherri Garoutte
    May Gee
    Dan Geraci
    Rachael Gershenson and Dana Lynch
    Rita Giannini
    Michelle Gill
    Dr. Chip B. and Linda B. Goldstein
    Armando Gonzalez
    Carlos Gonzales
    Sandra Gomez
    Janet Gray
    Wayne and Kelly Greenwood
    Antoni Greippi
    Betsy Gressler
    Sergio Gutierrez
    Roma Guy and Diane Jones
    Raymundo Guzman
    Alan and Lori Haffner
    Andrew and Sandra Hall
    Austin Hall
    Barbara Hall
    Donna Hall
    Mary Hamill
    Eileen Hansen and Denise Wells
    James Hanson
    Marian Hardin
    Vaughn Harrison
    Rowan Hayes
    Erica and Alex Hays
    Lou Heine
    Connie and Jonathon Heller
    Margaret Henderson
    Kris A. Hermanns and Merri Baldwin
    Guadalupe Hernandez
    Laura Herrera
    Deb and Marc Hershon
    Marjorie Hill
    Myrle Hillback
    Taara Hoffman
    Jim and Shirley Holley
    Lana Holmes
    Barbara Hooper and Terry Mahoney
    Gay Howard
    Julia Howe and Gary Gogol
    Emily Hoyer and Bonnie Faigeles
    Jackelyn Huerta
    Tom Hughes
    Janet Jarvis
    Lars and Chanda Jensen
    Christina Johnson
    Hurlbut-Johnson Charitable Trust of  the Silicon Valley Community Foundation
    William R. Johnston
    Earle Jones
    Lona Jupiter
    Lani Ka’ahumanu
    Kaufa Kalava
    Shoshanna Kaplinsky
    Douglas and Rebecca Karlson
    David Katzenstein, MD
    Hugh Kelley
    Rachel Kelley
    Linda Ketner
    Jung J Kim
    Glenn Kimmel
    Richard Kirchner and Jacque Maxon
    Lori Knittel
    Eva Knodt
    Amber Kraver
    Bruce Krempetz and Heather McAvoy
    lin Krollpfeiffer
    Celeste Langille and Brian Gaffney
    Sterling and Linda Lanier
    Jorge Lara
    Mary Lavigne-Butler
    Peggy Law
    Aaron Lechuga
    Nellie and Paul Lee
    Joanne Lehner
    Mary Lemmon Fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation
    Patrick Letellier and George Collyer
    Kathy Levinson and Naomi Fine
    Frank Leykamm and Lois Dunn
    Emma Louie
    Jonell Lucas
    Connie Lurie
    Michael and Susan Lydon
    Reeba Lynn
    Anne Magee
    Catherine Malaspina
    Melissa Manson
    Maribel Marin
    Valerie Markham
    Denise Marks
    Michael, Dorothy, and Dianne Marquez
    Ken Martin
    Marie and Michael Martin
    Rob and Doe Martin
    Bob and Kathy Martinez
    Christian Martinez-Antonio
    Leah Daly Mastromatteo
    Jane Mauss
    Deborah McCarthy
    Kerry and Don McClure
    Wendy and Jim McConachie
    Pam and Mike McDevitt
    Greta McElroy-White and Mike White
    Julia McKeon
    Jack McKinnon
    Mary McMillan
    Virginia McShane
    Teresa Mejía
    Jennifer Melrose
    Luis Mendez
    Ricardo Mendez
    R.D. Meyer
    Barbara S. Miller
    Honora Miller
    Linda Bea Miller and Philip Chapnick
    Sandra Miller
    Josh and Jill Milnes
    Andrew Montoya
    Ellen Moore
    Hilary Morgan and Nobby Riedy
    John and Eda Muller
    Kelly Munoz and Web Barton
    Lois Murdoch
    Janet B. Murphy
    Mary and Roger Murray
    Gaspar Najera
    Esteban Narjera
    John Neale
    Margaret Neale and Alfred Lindahl
    Paul and Tess Niedermeyer
    Karin Nelson
    Kay Nelson
    Regina Neu and Robert Thompson
    William Nevin
    Ellen Newberry and Georgine Balassone
    Mary Newcombe
    Barbara and Poul Nielson
    Chuck and Ginny Nile
    Lela Noble
    Judith Norberg
    Billie Norman and Beverly Thames
    P. K. and Suzanne O’Brien
    Kevin and Barbara O’Reilly
    Javier Ortega
    Eloy Ortiz
    Eleanor Palacios
    Linda Parnham
    Cheri and Barry Parr
    David and Mimi Pasternak
    Mary and Donald Patterson
    Payne Family Fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation
    Logan Payne
    Emma Pease
    Deborah B. Penrose
    Janet Perkins
    Maureen and Owen Perron
    Ellen Perry
    Judith Peterson
    Ruth Peterson
    Judy Pfeil
    Bernadette and George Plotnikoff
    Michael and Ana Polacek
    Beverly Potts and George Dutina
    Sheryl Pounds
    Carol Prentice and Michael Ryner
    Rita Prigan
    Larry Purcell
    Nancy Quickert
    Nancy Ragey
    Allison Rak
    Margarito Ramirez
    Ruben Ramirez
    Marcia Rapozo-Hilo
    Catherine Raye-Wong
    Kathleen Redmond
    Kathy Rehm
    Meredith and Jim Reynolds
    David Richardson and Dan Neumann
    Betsy and Jack Rix
    Karyn and Joseph Roark
    Aron Roberts
    Susan and James Roberts
    Jackson Robertson
    Randy and Debra Robinson
    Teresa Rodriguez
    Eduardo Rogel
    Rebecca Rolfe and Susan Mooney
    Martin Romero
    Dianne Ronk
    Maria Roschelle
    Anthony William Ross
    Delores Rotterman
    Kim and Jennifer Rowden
    Cristian Rubio
    Jim Rudolph
    Gordon Russell
    Sara and Storm Russell
    Chris Rutledge
    Alix Sabin
    Joseph Sablon
    Jesse Salgado
    Remedios (Remy) Sarmiento
    Helen Saunders
    Ellen and Robert F. Sawyer Fund of  the Silicon Valley Community Foundation
    Ed Sawyer
    Holly Scarabosio
    Werner and Marisa Schaer
    Rev. Ted and Lorraine Schapp
    John Scharpen
    Kathryn Schutz
    Mike Scott
    Becky Seaton
    Jane Grabowski Seifert
    Sharon Shapiro
    Ben Shefftz
    Damaris and Forrest Shigley
    Paul and Dana Shigley
    Len Shustek and Donna Dubinsky
    Andrea Sigetich
    Megan Simmons
    Shawn and Paige Singh
    Cotton Skinner
    Mitch Slater
    Joy Sleizer
    Brett and Kirsten Smith
    Elinor Smith
    Peggy Smith
    Gael Solos and Gene Lebel
    Spring Tide Foundation/Kim Gassett-Schiller  and Philip Schiller of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation
    Dee St. Clair
    Jean Stafford
    Meredith Steiner
    Charles Stickney
    Deanne Stone
    Marnye Strand
    Desiree Strauss
    Lynnette Ben Sushan Vega
    Ellen Sweetin and Rev. Wendy Taylor
    Eleanor Swent
    Rich Tafel
    Marilyn Tagatac
    Anne Talbot
    Pat and Rob Talbot
    Kat Taylor and Tom Steyer
    Karen and James Tetrud
    Amy Thompson
    Sarah Thompson
    Ruth Thorsett
    Erin Tormey
    Orlin and Onnalee Trapp Fund of  the Silicon Valley Community Foundation
    Linda and Baylor Triplett
    Larry Trujillo
    Barbara and Franklin Turner
    Marcus Turner
    Randy Vail
    Karen Valentine
    Minna Vallentine
    Dianne Vantomme
    Jorge Vargas
    Alfredo Vergara Lobo
    Ruth Waldhauer
    Lee Walzer
    Stephen B. Ward
    Wendy Wardwell
    Lisa Warns
    Patricia Ann Washington
    Ed Watkins
    Joann and Jerry Watkins
    Kathy  Webster and Bill Milliot
    Mary and James Weersing
    Dale and Joan Weideman
    Sandy Weil
    Paul  Werner, MD and Patricia Werner
    Emily Whitmore
    Karen Wibbenmeyer
    Warren and Joanne Wolfeld
    Amy and Patrick Wooliever
    YLC Camp
    Keith Young
    Rebecca Zavala

    GIFTS IN HONOR OF
    Julie Batz for Kerry Lobel
    Ken and Phyllis Beatty for Michael Beatty
    Sylvia and Robert Blake for Lucy Blake
    Rachie Brodie and Adam Weisberg for Kerry Lobel and Andrea Banbury
    Rosa Brody for Julia Wilson
    Brenda Christensen for Millie Dosh
    Mark Claycomb for Laura and Courtney Cunneen
    Jonathon Cross for Peter and Margaret Cross
    Laura Franco for Judy and Bill Valladao
    Betsy Gressler for Kerry Lobel
    Gillian Herbert for Marjorie J. Telfer
    Shoshanna Kaplinsky for Rachel Stern
    Richard Kirchner and Jacque Maxon for Kerry Lobel
    Wendie Lash for Kerry Lobel
    Reeba Lynn for Laura and Courtney Cunneen
    Ellen Newberry for Liz Chapman
    Teresa Rodriguez for Trinadad Rodriguez
    Dianne Ronk for Ann Marie Bergold
    Sara and Storm Russell for Chris Pritchard
    Lesli Sachs for Patino Choco
    Werner and Marisa Schaer for Cheryl and David Casseres
    Becky Seaton for Kerry Lobel
    Paul and Dana Shigley for Forrest and Damaris Shigley
    Marilyn Tagatac for Wendy Wardwell
    Stephen B. Ward for Ruth and Arthur Ward
    Stanford Memorial Church Congregants
    TomKat Productions
    UCSF Children’s Hospital
    United Way of Bay Area:  Earn it! Keep it! Save It!  Dia de los Niños
    Visión y Compromiso
    YMCA Camp Jones Gulch
    Youth Leadership Institute