(1) Sacramento Regional Council members performed clean-up and
beautification at Cristo Rey High School.
(2) The Peninsula Silicon Valley Regional Council partnered with
St. Anthony’s Padua Dining Room in Menlo Park to prepare food
and serve lunch to senior citizens and families in need.
(3) The Southern California Regional Council partnered with St.
Robert’s Center in Venice to prepare and serve food and to
assemble and distribute personal hygiene kits to clients of the
center.
(4, 5) The North Bay Regional Council carried out projects with the
Marin County Parks and Open Space District to do clean-ups of
Bothin Marsh in Mill Valley, and with Giant Steps, a therapeutic
equestrian center serving children and young adults with physical,
behavioral, and developmental challenges in Sonoma County.
Giant Steps was founded by Robert Pope ’61.
(6) The Pacific Northwest Regional Council partnered with People
for Puget Sound in Seattle for environmental clean-up of the
Duwamish River North Wind Wier.
(7) The San Francisco Regional Council partnered with University
Ministry and Urban Sprouts to plant a vegetable garden at Ida B.
Wells School in San Francisco.
(8) Yard clean-up was the order of the day for the East Bay Regional
Council volunteers, who partnered with the North Pleasanton
Rotary and R.E.A.C.H., a nonprofit providing housing and
supportive services to families and young adults with developmental
disabilities.
For information on the 2012 April Action Day, contact Kevin
Leong at (415) 422-5491 or kmleong@usfca.edu.