Giving Back

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 [...]

BuyWell Coffee: Is The Coffee You Are Buying Changing The World?

So, we were in Colorado last week  attending several real estate conferences.   The last one was the Who’s Who In Luxury Real Estate Fall Conference  in Vail as one of their conference presenters regarding our internet marketing strategies for our customers.  After the conferences we visited our friends who provided us a little R&R at their home for two [...]

The Last Lecture – A Jim Walberg “Must Read”!

Randy Pausch was an American professor of computer science and human-computer interaction and design at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  Randy learned that he had pancreatic cancer, a terminal illness, in September of 2006. He gave an upbeat lecture entitled “The Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams” on September 18, 2007 at [...]

Jim Walberg Hosted The 34th Annual Men & Boys Campout

For the past 34 years, Jim Walberg  has hosted a campout for any men and boys who want to attend.  The location of this event is Leavitt Meadows Wilderness Campground  along the West Walker River on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California at 7,500 feet.  This year we had 52 men [...]

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