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Big Help Day at Trinity School
A Trinity School student puts together a bag of school supplies for Ravenswood City School District kindergarteners. Courtesy Trinity School. 
Trinity School volunteers assemble school supply kits. Courtesy Trinity School. 
Volunteers worked on preparing dinner for 120 individuals at a transitional housing center operated by LifeMoves in Mountain View. Courtesy Trinity School.
On April 20, Trinity School in Menlo Park hosted its annual Big Help Day, an event that celebrates community spirit and generosity through volunteering.
The day started at the Brookdale Assisted Living Facility in Redwood City, where the Trinity student choir and several instrumental soloists performed musical pieces for the residents, who expressed gratitude and eagerly requested the students return.
After the concert, volunteers worked on projects that would support local and international communities. Participants assembled 148 school supply kits for Ravenswood City School District kindergarteners. Volunteers also made 140 snack kits with personalized cards to send to troops overseas in collaboration with Operation Care and Comfort.
Volunteers also sorted through boxes of books to donate to the Achungo School in Kenya and local East Palo Alto schools. Other volunteers prepared dinner for 120 individuals at a transitional housing center operated by LifeMoves in Mountain View.
Portola Valley neighborhood cleanup day is Saturday
The town of Portola Valley is hosting a neighborhood cleanup day on Saturday, April 27, from 8-11 a.m. for town residents at the Historic Schoolhouse parking lot at 765 Portola Road. Those who wish to participate will need to show proof of residency by bringing a copy of their GreenWaste garbage bill or the original postcard in the mail.
No items will be accepted after 11 a.m. GreenWaste asks that residents contain or bundle their yard trimmings and no hazardous waste is allowed.
Chipper program starts in May
The towns of Woodside and Portola Valley and the Woodside Fire Protection District are offering the Chipper Program from May 6-Oct. 28. The program aims to reduce wildfire threats to the community.
WFPD asks residents to stack all materials by 7 a.m. along the roadside no more than 14 days prior to the scheduled chipping day. The schedule is available at woodsidefire.org.
Acceptable materials include brush, tree limbs and branches with diameters up to 8 inches. The program does not take Eucalyptus bark or poison oak, nails, wires or screws. Branches must be stacked in a neat pile with cut ends facing the road. Do not stack more than a 10 feet by 10 feet pile of branches.
No registration or signup is required. For more information visit woodsidefire.org or call WFPD at 650-851-1594.
Portola Valley resident honored as 2024 Volunteer of the Year
Patty Dewes was honored by Portola Valley Mayor Sarah Wernikoff on April 19 at a Volunteer Appreciation Party for her dedication and involvement in many town committees and organization of events, according to a town press release.
Dewes has served on committees including the Parks and Recreation Committee, Historic Resource Committee and the Hawthorn’s Ad Hoc Committee.
She has served as chair of the Parks and Recreation Committee for the last four years and has helped the town organize the Town Picnic and Zotts to Tots. She has also worked on initiatives like the ADU Working Group and has pushed for committees to embrace non-Brown Act status. She is currently involved in updating the town’s committee handbook and organizing the town’s 60th anniversary tea.
Not only is she committed to serving the town through her involvement in committees but she is also dedicated to safety and emergency preparedness, according to the release. Dewes is CERT certified, a liaison to Woodside Fire Protection District, emergency preparedness leader for Westridge and more.
— Jennifer Yoshikoshi
Meet Portola Valley’s Sue Crane and Helen Park Bigelow, authors of ‘Behind the Barrels: The Women of Ridge’
Former Portola Valley mayor, and author of “Behind the Barrels: The Women of Ridge” will speak alongside her co-author Helen Park Bigelow during a reading at the Portola Valley Library at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 28.
Thee book chronicles the story of three families who started a vineyard in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Copies of the book will be available for sale after the event. Proceeds will go toward a scholarship fund for the children of employees of The Sequoias retirement community, where both women live. There will be light refreshments on the back patio after the reading.
Friends of the Portola Valley Library is sponsoring the event.
Water efficient edible gardens workshop in Menlo Park on Saturday
Learn how to select plants for your edible garden to replace your lawn at a workshop on Saturday, April 27, from 1-2:30 p.m. in Arrillaga Family Recreation Center’s Juniper Room, 700 Alma St. in Menlo Park.
The workshop will also tackle how and when to plant your seeds or seedlings, composting, watering and more. Organizers will give out free water efficient seedlings at the end of the event.
Register on Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency (BAWSCA)‘s website.
— Angela Swartz
