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Volunteer opportunity at Huddart Park
Grassroots Ecology and San Mateo County Parks are partnering in a community project to remove invasive French broom, a woody invasive plant. The public is invited to volunteer in this restoration effort from 9:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11 at Huddart Park in Woodside.
Volunteers will be hiking on uneven and steep terrain, kneeling, squatting and standing as they pull plants. Supplies will be provided.
All attendees must register and sign an online waiver. Youth under the age of 18 must have a legal guardian approve the waiver before participating.
For more information visit grassrootsecology.org/event-calendar/2026/01/11/volunteer-in-woodside-huddart-park.
Styrofoam recycling drive
Ladera Community Church in Portola Valley is hosting a styrofoam recycling drive from 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. from Jan. 8 through 10. The church is only accepting clean, white and rigid styrofoam blocks, bubblewrap and packing pouches.
On Jan. 11, the church welcomes the community to join them in loading the collected styrofoam into a truck. Volunteers will be meeting at 10:30 a.m. for coffee and treats before the work begins at 11 a.m.
For more information visit ladera.org/event.
Short story contest for local youth
The San Mateo County Libraries is accepting short story submissions from eighth through twelfth graders for its annual Young Adult Novelists Convention. This years theme is “Fantasy vs. Reality: Escape into Fiction.” Students must reside of attend a school in the county.
Submission must be 500 words or less and can be in any genre as long as it incorporates the theme. All submissions are due by Friday, Jan. 23. Winners will be announced at the YANovCon on Feb. 28 at the Belmont Public Library.
For more information visit https://bit.ly/4iXS3si.
