THANK YOU! The Community Advocates Leadership Academy (CALA) class of 2017-2018 appreciates your support so that we might offer scholarships to all participants who requested one. Here’s what this year’s class had to say about your support: “I am very grateful for the opportunity to participate in CALA. I could not have done this without...
The 31 graduates of the Community Advocates Leadership Academy (CALA) Class of 2017 celebrated their graduation on June 3. Graduates of all ages had taken 10 Saturday classes, one a month, to learn to make a difference in the environmental and social challenges of our time. “We had wonderful guest speakers,” said graduating student Doreen Villemaire....
Check out Megan’s Letter to the Editor published in Sunday’s Mercury News: I recently came across a quote from a 1981 article we published in response to a development threat in Coyote Valley that was fought back: “We recommend that the city (of San Jose) work with industrial representatives to study Edenvale and other redevelopment...
We just released our 2016 annual report and I’m thrilled. Check out my video if you want to learn more. To celebrate, our board of directors has put up a $20,000 match. All gifts made during the month of April will be doubled! Make yours today.
[thermometer raised=33394 target=40000 width=150px align=left alt=‘Thanks for the donations!’ trailing=false] Thanks to the generous gifts of our board members, we have a $20K matching gift for the month of April. That’s right, all gifts made to Committee for Green Foothills this month will be doubled (up to $20K)! To support our work in protecting local...
Dear Friends, Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 8, is International Women’s Day and a “Day Without A Woman” Strike. For those of you going on strike that day – all the power to you! It’s no secret that the local environmental movement has a super-majority of women as staff and volunteers. In fact, our entire staff at Committee...
With just hours left in the year, I want to tell you how proud I am of what we accomplished together in 2016. As I ring in the New Year tonight, I’ll give my husband and daughter a kiss and then raise a glass to you. You are the only reason local open space has a...
Today I’d like to share our final story of #PeopleWeLove, Lucrecia and Ricardo Rivera. Lucrecia and Ricardo are two of the many wonderful people who make our work possible. Join them and make your year-end gift to Committee for Green Foothills today. Lucrecia and Ricardo were first introduced to Committee for Green Foothills when Lucrecia participated...
Today I’d like to introduce you to Bill and Kathy Korbholz, two more #PeopleWeLove who are standing up to protect local nature. Join them and make your year-end gift to Committee for Green Foothills today. Residents of Redwood City, Bill and Kathy were a key part of the team that ensured Edgewood Park would become one...
Dear Friends, As I look back on 2016, I am in awe by all that we have accomplished together. The good work you make possible never ceases to amaze me. Let’s take pause to celebrate the many wins for local open space that you made possible in 2016: Gilroy: Citizen-led Measure H, urban growth boundary...
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