I love the services Ayhem offers. AYHEM receives many books from the Bay Area school district and…read moreparents to ship to villages around African those who need reading books from 1st grade to 12th grade

Rivers of Chocolate is an annual charity event to benefit the youth division of EHC Lifebuilders, a…read morehousing and support service for the homeless and those at-risk. The event is in it's 13th year and was most recently held at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga, CA. This was my first time attending and I enjoyed the festival, the panoramic views, live music and the beautiful warm weather. Participants included Sent Sovi, Plumed Horse, Saratoga Chocolates, Nothing Bundt Cake, Gene's Fine Foods, Blue Rock BBQ, La Fondue, Three Degrees, Dio Deka, R&J Toffee, Dolce Spazio and more... on the beer and wine front there was Uncorked, Savannah-Chanelle, Cinnabar, Cooper-Garrod, Big Basin Vineyards, Picchetti, Martin Ranch, Tessora's, Los Gatos Brewing Co, and Rock Bottom Brewery just to name a few. The $85 (in 2009) tax-deductible entry fee gained you samples of a wide variety of food and drink, with dessert being the main theme... of course. Everything from heavenly Valencia Orange or Strawberry Balsamic Chocolates (Saratoga Chocolates) to delicious, melt in your mouth 36 hour bacon confit and braised cabbage with chocolate harissa cashew sauce (Sent Sovi), to sellout BBQ Pork mini-sandwiches (Blue Rock), and of course.. the requisite chocolate covered strawberries, chocolate fountains, gelato, cheese, baguette and crackers, etc... It was a busy event but not so much that you had to wait for very long to sample, and people were very polite and friendly. Plenty of tables were provided to rest your plate and glass and chat, or you could sit for a while in the concert seating area to relax. The other fun feature was the charity auction items and raffles, including a Tiffany charm bracelet, reserve wines, gourmet gift baskets, framed and autographed local sports paraphernalia, and big ticket items like a Harley Davidson Sportster, a Cessna tour of the bay, overnight stays in Tahoe, Sharks season tickets and more... It was a lot of fun watching and cheering for the bidders and winners. All in all it was a wonderful, well attended event and I would recommend it to anyone. What's not to love about music, wine and gourmet goodies for a worthy cause?

I don't know how Sobrato house (EHC Lifebuilders) is being funded by this place. The program has…read morenot successfully finished any youths needs, or plan for living at the program. Within a few months of living here there has been 5 residents kicked out; all with the excuse of "the program can not meet any of their needs". They falsify documents and staff have "sang" "I don't fuck with you dum-dums". Any program helping fund this place shows how professional they are and are a disgrace to us foster youth. Funding to programs that don't finish what they start don't deserve to be paid to just kick us onto the street; which is where I'm now going because of the problems this program has. Go ahead and keep funding it will just look horrible on your program. Also the money you pay for just goes to the manager she has told me that this program isn't going anywhere due to her money supply... Soooo what's that say?

Ms. Waddle recently performed an appraisal on my home for current value as well as for a date…read moreseveral years in the past. Contacting her was easy, she quickly replied by email, was flexible with scheduling, arrived on time, and produced the appraisals on time as promised. She's been very professional, friendly, and easy to work with. Very happy to have found her.

Marilyn came to our home on short notice. She was very quick and professional.Glad we were able to…read moresupport another Pacifica business.

www.baychi.org 2nd tuesday of every month at PARC's George E. Pake Auditorium. Baychi is a…read morenonprofit organization dedicated to providng free resources and amazing free monthly lectures on user experience/product design/HCI (human computer interaction)/Technology related topics. Past lecutres includesd designers from Tivo to Google. I met some of my best friends through this organization.....if you are a designer, you should come at least once. It will get you excited again. I've been a volunteer at baychi for several years now, and member for lot more. You get to meet amazing innovators and leaders from all over. No, you can't buy beer there, but you can get drunk afterwards with new friends.

CreaTV has been an amazing place to grow my professional and technical skills, while also…read moreempowering me to use my own voice. CreaTV has given me the confidence, and the skills, to create and connect in new ways. From their classes, to their programs, and especially their people, CreaTV is a highly enjoyable place to become familiar with community media.

I was there as a guest of a weekly TV show. People were super nice. The facility is clean and…read morespacey. I had to load and unload a lot of things between my van to the studio, and I have to tell you it's really inconvenient. But it has nothing to do with this studio because it is the building that had set up this security feature of the front door. Basically the front door gets locked after 6PM. You can open it only from inside, which is fine by itself, but the door is programmed so you can keep it open for 30 seconds or something. If the door is open for more than the set time, the door gets locked and cannot open again until they call the security and go through the procedure of resetting the door. People who use the facility are very happy about the facility itself, but they don't like the way the front door works. But they do have super expensive equipments so I understand it. I moved my stuff to the right in front of the front door, then put a few items at a time. Put a few items in and close the door. Then scan the motion sensor and open the door from inside and do a few more items. It really takes two persons to just load and unload because the door has to be closed so many times just to avoid the shut down of the system. You can move a lot of stuff alone, but it'll take forever. On bringing my stuff in and taking my stuff out, on both times someone helped me. I wish there's a solution to this because being have to bring equipments is common to TV productions. With all my complaints about the complicated front door, I give 5 stars because CreaTV didn't choose to have the front door situation. It seems it's a combination of the building management and regulations.

Our family used 24 Hour Home Care's services when my grandfather lost his ability to help himself…read morein the shower. Since he has Dementia, we required an experienced caregiver who could properly handle his behavior. We knew that finding a male caregiver would be challenging as well - but they were able to find us a great match for him! Our caregiver, Tazwell, was able to come in to the home and provide the assistance my grandfather needed. He also would take him on a walk down the street to Starbucks. This provided some much needed relief for the family. We received good communication from the office staff on the search for a caregiver. It was really important to us to have an agency that would be responsive and reliable.. Erik was the care consultant who came to our home and explained how everything works. After the services started, He checked in to make sure everything started off smoothly. The scheduling team is run by Amaris, who was fantastic at being responsive and transparent through the whole process. This agency will work with Long Term Care Insurance as well! Her team was able to ensure that my grandmother received reimbursement for services promptly. Thank you for everything 24 Hour Home Care!

Good service and best helping people who needs help keep up the good work and godbless ,,,read more

The Cupertino Symphonic Band is a non-profit community wind ensemble based in Silicon Valley open…read moreto all musicians with a proven proficiency on their instrument (approved by director) They rehearse Wednesday evenings, 7-9:15 p.m., Cupertino Middle School Band Room -- Room MUS-1, 1650 S. Bernardo Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94087. Rehearsals take place August thru June. They perform at several events during the year -- including Patriotic Concert honoring Veterans, Holiday Concert, Children's Concert, Spring Concert, Summer Music Series, Earth Day, and Independence Day Parade. Last night I attended my first concert with Cupertino Symphonic Band, the the Winter Concert at the Cupertino Quinlan Center and it was really wonderful! The concert is free and they had coffee and cookies. I love how they showed videos while band performed.