Anda Chu/Daily Review
With a matching $5,000 donation challenge from Zocalo Coffeehouse, our customers showed their community spirit donating $5,275 dollars to hit our $10,000 goal donation to San Leandro’s Davis St Family Resource Center.
Thanks to all who donated and spread the word far and wide. From the $5 hearts to the $500 tree toppers, you folks pulled it over the top and made a big chuck of difference that just wouldn’t have happened without you.
Tim Holmes, proprietor
The Daily Review recently did a piece on Zocalo Coffeehouse reporting on the $10,000 matching fundraiser we held for The Davis Street Family Resource Center.
My favorite quote:
“My entire goal,” he said, “was to build a community space, and sell a little coffee, too.”
With only hours to go until the end of year deadline, there’s only $615 needed to hit our $10,000 goal!
Consider a donation to day to have Zocalo match your donation. We’re open until 6pm today and open 10am to 6pm New Year’s Day.
Before there was Zocalo I worked in high tech in the south bay for Apple. Now 7 years later, there’s MacHEADS, a documentary about the Apple fan base (or fan boys if you will) and not only am I in it, but so is my brother, nephew, wife, son, and dad!
MacHEADS is showing on CNBC the following times (for some reason listed in Eastern Time…)
Tuesday, 1/5 at 10pm & 1am ET
Thursday, 1/7 at 9pm & 12am ET
Saturday, 1/9 at 7pm ET
Sunday, 1/10 at 10pm ET
Zocalo’s Fundraiser for Davis Street Family Resource Center is booming! Thank you to all who have been so generous to date. We’ve had so many $5, $25, and $100 donations it’s amazing, and we’ve now received our third $500 Tree Topper donation!
At the moment we’re at $4000, or $8000 with matching funds from Zocalo. We’re hoping to reach $10,000 by the end of the year and only have 6 days left. That means we need only $170 a day in donations! Can you make our day?
It’s as simple as bringing cash or check (made out to “Davis St.” to Zocalo. We’ll match whatever you donate automatically and you can, if you choose, decorate and hang your own ornament! From $5 up, it all ads up… hopefully to $10,000 by the 31st!
Merry Christmas to all.
Photo Anda Chu, Daily Review
Thanks to the Daily Review and reporter Jason Sweeney for doing a story on the Davis Street Fundraiser we’re doing. It’s a great story and was front and center in Wednesday’s local section!
San Leandro coffeehouse a fundraising hotspot
“Until Jan. 1, customers can purchase ornaments for the shop’s 9-foot Christmas tree with proceeds going to Davis Street. Holmes is matching the donations until the combined total reaches $10,000.”
We’re having a fundraiser!
Decorate the Zocalo tree by donating ornaments and all the money goes to San Leandro’s own Davis Street Family Resource Center!
Davis Street has helped tens of thousands of families in their nearly 40 years serving us. This past year the demand for their services was up five fold.
Ornaments range from $5 hearts to the $500 for the tree topper! Zocalo will match all donations up to a total of $5000 for a total of $10,000 to Davis St. combined.
Come down to Zocalo starting Tuesday and buy one for your family! A donation to Davis Street is the perfect gift to your community.
SLCAN’s First Thursday event is tonight at 7pm! Local experts Kinkini Banerjee, MS, and Jill Rodgers-Quaye, Ph.D. are presenting. Here’s the writeup from SLCAN:
Children’s early years are critical in shaping their physical, emotional and social well-being. Reinforce lifelong eating habits to help them develop a healthy lifestyle. Toddler or a teen, you can encourage them to eat smarter, move more, learn better and grow up to their full potential.
We’ll review the factors that make your child vulnerable to developing a negative body image and a range of eating and weight related problems and discuss what you can do to help buffer your child from these risk factors.
State Senator Ellen Corbett is holding a town hall on the fate of San Leandro Hospital. With the purchase by Sutter now denied by the Eden Township Medical Board, what will happen to our hospital and ER?
Corbett’s Town Hall will be held Thursday, August 27th at 6pm at the San Leandro Main Library.
San Leandro Bytes reports the Eden Township Healthcare Board voted to not approve Sutter Health’s purchase of the San Leandro Hospital last night.
This is great news as it opens up new avenues for saving the hospital and ER. The board also voted to get legal council on the lease and other aspects of the deal, as well as look into the financial and other numbers provided by Sutter.
