Compassion Week
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted Sept. 6 to co-sponsor the tenth anniversary of Compassion Week, set for Oct. 15-23. Since its inception, greater than 18,000 volunteers have participated in 975 initiatives and actions at 85 organizations on the Peninsula and within the South Bay.
Compassion Week is an annual collaborative effort by the Los Altos Mountain View Group Basis, Fremont Financial institution, a number of native religion communities and Santa Clara County. Actions deliver volunteers of all ages and skills collectively to help greater than 50 nonprofits specializing in fundamental wants similar to meals, shelter, training and homelessness in addition to supporting veterans, older adults and environmental efforts. Compassion Week distant and in-person volunteer alternatives will likely be accessible in Sunnyvale. Volunteer can register at compassionweeklosaltos.org.
Companies and teams seeking to become involved with Compassion Week can e-mail information@compassionweeklosaltos.com for extra data.
NAMI Stroll set
The annual fundraising and consciousness occasion offered by the Nationwide Alliance on Psychological Sickness (NAMI), identified domestically as NAMI Santa Clara County, is about for Oct. 1 at San Jose Historical past Park.
Yearly, NAMIWalks Your Approach Silicon Valley raises funds for NAMI’s free applications and amplifies consciousness to remove stigma round psychological heath points.
This 12 months, the keynote speaker is San Francisco Big Drew Robinson. Honorary chairpersons are Santa Clara County Supervisor Susan Ellenberg and BrainsWay CEO Dr. Chris Von Jako.
To register for NAMIWalks Your Approach, go to namiwalks.org/siliconvalley. There is no such thing as a registration price, however fundraising is inspired. Individuals elevating at the very least $100 obtain an occasion T-shirt. A hundred percent of funds raised help NAMI Santa Clara County’s free native psychological well being applications, sources and providers.