Networking Mixer
GILROY
– The Leads Club of South County will host a Networking Mixer,
sponsored by Heather Pedersen of the Clay Habitat Studio, on
Wednesday, April 28, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Wise Owl Bookstore,
8060 Santa Teresa Blvd.
Professionals are invited to bring business cards for networking
and learn more about this valuable nationwide organization.
Refreshments served free. Details: (831)726-3153.
Networking Mixer
GILROY – The Leads Club of South County will host a Networking Mixer, sponsored by Heather Pedersen of the Clay Habitat Studio, on Wednesday, April 28, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Wise Owl Bookstore, 8060 Santa Teresa Blvd.
Professionals are invited to bring business cards for networking and learn more about this valuable nationwide organization. Refreshments served free. Details: (831)726-3153.
Keep Property Valuable
GILROY – The City of Gilroy presents “Invest in Your Property and Obtain Prosperous Rewards,” a free workshop for landlords and property managers on Wednesday, April 28, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the Senior Center, 7371 Hanna St.
The workshop – hosted by the Gilroy Police Department – will educate landlords on the responsibility of providing a safe, crime free property and the consequences of failing to do so, show how to effectively invest management time and provide community resources to enhance the quality of life in neighborhoods. Details: Rachel Munoz at 846-0524.
Help a Child
GILROY – Child Advocates of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties is looking for volunteers to mentor and speak up for abused and neglected children/youth who have been placed in the foster care system. Orientation will be held on Thursday, April 29. To find out how you can make a difference in the life of a child, call 416-0400 or e-mail in**@ca********.org.
Christian Scholarship
GILROY – Christian Fine Arts Society is offering a $1,000 grand prize in a religious poetry contest. Free to everyone, there are 50 prizes in all. Poems may be written on any subject, using any style, as long as there is a spiritual inference.
To enter, send one poem 21 lines or less to Free Poetry Contest, 9588 Thornbush Lane Fishers, IN 46038, or online at www.freecontest.com. Deadline to enter is Friday, April 30.
Advertise on TV free
GILROY – Local television station Community Media Access Partnership (CMAP) will host their quarterly PSA Day from noon to 6 p.m. on Friday, May 7.
This is a free service designed for creating general Public Service Announcements that have a long air-play lifetime for non-profit and government agencies in Gilroy, Hollister and San Juan Bautista.
The goal is to help those organizations get the word out about what they do or help deliver important community messages to viewers. PSA Day is not for specific events.
To sign-up for a 30-minute PSA Day production slot complete a registration form and turn it in by 5 p.m. on Friday, April 30. Registration forms are available at www.mycmap.org/products_services/psa_day.html. Appointments are first come, first served. Details: 846-4983 or www.mycmap.org.
Have an event you would like to share with the community?
GILROY – If there is an event you would like to photograph for publication in your daily newspaper, we’ll loan you an easy-to-use digital camera!
Just come down to our office at 6400 Monterey St. in Gilroy and sign out the camera. Photos will be published every Friday in the Lifestyles section.
For details contact the photo department at 842-6400 ext. 283
News items: Please fax local news items to City Editor Robert Airoldi 842-2206, e-mail to ed****@ga****.com or mail to 6400 Monterey St., Gilroy, 95020.
