Pies still needed for Thanksgiving meal
Gilroy – The Lord’s Table is still in need of pies for the Thanksgiving meal that will be served to homeless members of our community. Pies can be homemade or store bought. Please deliver to The Lord’s Table, 11 First St. (in the St. Mary School Gym) from 3 to 5pm today.
Details: (408) 209-0530.
Volunteers for the Memorial Day celebration
Gilroy – The Gilroy Memorial Day Committee is looking for volunteers for the 2007 event. Team leaders and groups are needed to help the day of the event with parade and park control.
Also, if people or organizations want to be in the parade, fill out an application online. Businesses and organizations who wish to be sponsors of the event also are needed.
Details: E-mail, Pa****@***oo.com or call 710-6090, www.gilroyparade.com
Art exhibit reflects personal loss
Gilroy – Visual art will showcase the work of five accomplished artists who have suffered personal loss. “Passing Through: Life, Love, & Loss,” is generating a good deal of conversation on the campus at Gavilan College.
Jane Edberg, a long time instructor in the Art Department at Gavilan, has curated a show that is in turn sobering and uplifting, and details the emotional impact of suffering the loss of a loved one.
The show can be seen in the Gavilan College Fine Arts Gallery in the Library building through Dec. 15. Admission is free.
Class of 1987 reunion
Gilroy – Gilroy High School’s class of 1987 20-year reunion will be held June 30, 2007.
Details: reunion.tafgraphicswebhost.com or e-mail Julie at de************@*sn.com.
Help support a fallen rider
Gilroy – Mario Bonfante, a Gilroy native, had his promising AFM/AMA Road Racing career cut short by a tragic bicycle accident, which broke his neck and left him paralyzed. Mario and his family are now faced with the challenges ahead.
Mario is an active member of a youth Bible study. Members of his group came up with the idea to have a raffle to raise the funds needed to care for him through rehabilitation.
There will be five prizes announced at the raffle drawing Feb. 12: First prize is $1,000, second prize is $750, Third is $500, Fourth is $250 and fifth is $100. Raffle tickets are available for $10 each at High Gear Powersports, 7661 Monterey St.
Details: 842-9955
South Valley Ballet presents the ‘Nutcracker’
Morgan Hill – The Morgan Hill Dance Center (South Valley Ballet) will perform the first full-length ballet of the Nutcracker, this side of San Jose. There will be guest appearances from professional dancers from Ballet San Jose.
Performance dates are: Friday, Dec. 15, and two shows Saturday, Dec.16.
Give blood, help save lives
Gilroy – Help out and donate blood, 1:30 to 6:30pm, Dec. 21 at the First Baptist Church Hall, 8455 Wren Ave. Donors will receive a Red Cross fleece scarf.
Details: 1-800-GIVE-LIFE or www.BeADonor.com., code: GILROY
Send news items to City Editor Robert Airoldi. FAX to 842-2206, mail to Gilroy Dispatch, 6400 Monterey Road, Gilroy, CA 95020, or e-mail ed****@****ic.com.
