Giving Back

East Bay Real Estate: Paying It Forward During The Holidays!

The phrase we are focusing on during the Christmas and Holiday Season is, “To whom much is given, much is required!”  I believe that all of us want to give back to the needs of our local communities.  What we have noticed is that most people don’t know where to start, so it gets complicated, [...]

East Bay Real Estate: Wine & Equine Event – Wente Winery Supports SonRise Equestrian!

This Friday night, September 16th, enjoy a fabulous three course dinner from the award winning Wente Restaurant at the “Wine & Equine Event” at Wente Vineyards. There will also be dancing under the stars to the Jack Pollard Band, and a very fun auction.
The “Wine & Equine Event” is the biggest fundraiser of the year [...]

East Bay Real Estate: 21st Annual Blackhawk Food, Wine & Film Festival!

For the past 21 years our Danville/Sycamore Rotary Club has presented the best party of the year in the East Bay – The Blackhawk Food, Wine & Film Festival.  Well over $500,000 have been raised and re-invested back into the needs of our communities over the past 21 years.  The event is May 5th starting [...]

East Bay Real Estate: Capt. Sully & Lorrie Sullenberger To Lead Hike July 24th

Obviously, all of the Bay Area knows that Capt. Sully and Lorrie live in Danville. The are avid supporters of the projects that Maria Shriver leads, one of which is Best Buddies Challenge September 11th at Hearst Castle. This is a major fundraiser with Audi as the sponsor. Sully and Lorrie will be participating in [...]

East Bay Equestrian Update: SonRise Equestrian Foundation Changing Kids Lives!

If you love horses can you imagine the impact a horse could make in the life a child at risk or who is disabled in some way?  Well, that dream is coming true every day for some very special kids in the East Bay everyday!  Melanie Buerke had this idea several years ago and [...]

East Bay Real Estate: Earth Day – 40th Anniversary!

Who could imagine 40 years ago that the idea of Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson’s “environmental teach-in” had it’s beginning in a few key communities, including the Bay Area.  After decades of focusing our world’s awareness about environmental issues that ALL of us experience each day, has now created a modern 21st century world that understands [...]

The Bay Area Team: 2010 Sponsors Of Tassajara Valley Little League

The Bay Area Team’s motto regarding community service is, “To whom much is given, much is required.” We are constantly looking for opportunities to give back to our community. For the first time in 40 years we decided to address the decreasing revenues of little league program and become the corporate sponsor of Tassajara [...]

Help Haiti NOW! Text 90999 And Message The Word HAITI!

The capital city of Haiti, Port-au-Prince, and surrounding communities are almost gone.  Last Tuesday, most of the structures were erased because of the 7.3-magnitude earthquake.  Tens of thousands have died and millions are fighting for their lives.  The human suffering is beyond anything we could imagine.  My friend, Gov. John deJongh, Jr., of the U.S. [...]

Forward Motion Sports: A Wednesday Night Tradition!

Jim Walberg has known Marty Breen for 15+ years.  They have participated in many running events during those years – from ultra events such as Hood To Coast, to just plane fun ones like Bay To Breakers. Marty is a business owner who is passionate about serving the needs of the running community in [...]

Danville Sycamore Valley Rotary’s Annual Dictionary Project!

For the past several years the Rotary Club that I have been a member of since it was chartered in 1989 has distributed dictionaries to the 3rd-graders of the San Ramon Unified School District. There were over 30 of our Rotary club members who participated in the distribution last week.  David Behring, president of [...]

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