Politicians have successfully raised money using social media appeals, and now Santa Clara County’s Destination: Home and Housing 1000 are nonprofit organizations that have jumped on the bandwagon. Destination: Home and Housing 1000 have turned to social media and crowd funding as a way to raise money to furnish homes for the 1,000 homeless individuals … Read more
WePay is the Bay Area start-up company providing the electronic technology for Housing 1000’s Housing One campaign to raise funds to fight homelessness. WePay’s growing success story began in Boston, where Bill Clerico and Richard Aberman co-founded the company in 2008. Nonprofits such as Housing 1000, small businesses, event planners selling tickets, and individuals such … Read more
Two questions parents ask realtors when shopping for a home are “Which schools would my children attend?” and “What are the schools like?” Frustrated with the time it took them to answer those questions for their clients, two local real estate professionals, who also happen to be moms, put their heads together to solve the … Read more
El Camino Real isn’t just sitting around waiting for a master to plan to give it a facelift—specialized small businesses are already revitalizing Santa Clara’s Royal Road. Sultana’s Modest Collection & More and Maiwand Market are two Islamic shops that draw customers from around the South Bay. The shops sit side by side on El … Read more
Ever since she can remember, 18-year-old Noama Iftekhar has begun her day with a glass of milk. Her healthy eating habits have landed the Adrian C. Wilcox High School 2012 graduate a $7,500 college scholarship awarded to athletes who make breakfast a priority. As a role model for youth, she gets to appear in a … Read more
“My little fish market is the best Portuguese fish market in Santa Clara,” Antonio Neves has been fond of saying for thirty years. “It’s also the only Portuguese fish market,” he quickly adds. Neves Fish & Mini-Market, which opened in 1982, is no secret to the Portuguese population that makes up 90 percent of its … Read more
Peacock Commons in Santa Clara is a very uncommon housing complex for homeless, transition-age youth. It was developed by Bill Wilson Center, and 50 percent of its $8,747,000 cost was funded by Santa Clara Redevelopment Agency money. “Santa Clara is a leader in providing services to a vulnerable population, and Bill Wilson Center is a … Read more
“This is the largest kickoff we’ve ever had. There are easily 450 people,” says Erin Ulrich Saturday afternoon at Central Park Library’s Summer Reading Kickoff Party. The even better news says Ulrich, the library’s acting division manager for Youth and Extension Services, is that “this community already loves reading. Today is a bonus for them. … Read more
Are you smarter than a fifth grader at Ponderosa Elementary School? Or how about a fourth grader? Can you solve this math problem in five minutes? Math Olympiad Question Hannah gives clues about her six-digit secret number: Clue 1: It is the same number if you read it from right to left. Clue 2: The … Read more
Everyone was a star in “Passion for Fashion,” Wilcox High School’s sixth annual fashion show May 17 at the Mission City Center for Performing Arts. Emcees Kim Nguyen and Teresa Sanchez described the forty-five minute show produced by the Introduction to Fashion Design and Production class as, “the collective bloom of these students’ passion for … Read more