At Rosener House the Fun Never Stops!

Yes, Virginia, there is an Easter Bunny, and he is busy entertaining the members at Rosener House.














Can't beat the cookin' and the company!

Oh, and the golf is pretty good too....

Little House Hosts Silicon Valley Open Studios

On May 21 and 22, Little House will host a 13 artist group site during Silicon Valley Open Studios weekend. For a preview of the artists on display, try the link:  http://www.svos.org/searchSite.php

On Sunday only, May 22, there will be a fixed price luncheon available, open to visitors to the Open Studios and to our Vital Aging Conference.

Come in early for the studios and enjoy the best coffee on the Peninsula in our Little House Cafe. Doors open at 9:30 AM and close at 4 PM.

Little House galleries will also be open for free viewing.


Little House has a wide range of art and craft classes to fit every taste and budget. Check out the class schedule and our re-opened ceramics program while you're here. 

There's always more going on at Little House!

"In the Galleries" Section Launched on our Website

People have been asking us how to find out who is exhibiting in the Little House art galleries. So we've added a new section on our main Website (www.penvol.org) on the homepage toward the bottom, and a separate page entitled, "In the Galleries" (http://penvol.org/in-the-galleries.html).

Take a look each week and come by and visit. We think you're going to like this picture....

20th Annual Authors Salon was a Smash!

We laughed, we were enlightened and we were amazed.


Keith Raffel did a bang up job as Master of Ceremonies. All 5 of our authors were utterly fascinating. (You should have heard Barry Eisler on "Contingency Cannibalism".) With 250 in attendance, the Summit Center was bright and cheerfully decorated to usher in the season. A terrific lunch (no, Barry was not talking about the cuisine!) and lots of good company.

Best of all, people who had never attended our Authors Salon before were really excited. Our regulars said it was our "best ever".

Now that's a very tall order, considering that so many of our authors go on to become best-sellers and to win top awards in every genre of literature.


Start looking forward to the 21st Annual Authors Salon next year.

Our Volunteers Are a World Themselves

Visitors to Menlo Park Volunteer at Peninsula Volunteers, Inc.

Rei Fujita of Japan and Mary Hyodo McCracken of Canada connect while volunteering at Little House, The Roslyn G. Morris Activity Center. Rei, a student at Language Pacifica ESL Language School in Menlo Park, wanted to incorporate volunteer work into her schedule while studying English. Mary, a second generation Japanese Canadian, is an active volunteer at home and even when she visits friends on the Peninsula. Both women enjoyed helping out the Community Volunteer Program office while practicing their second languages.  Thank you Rei and Mary for volunteering!

Feeding Hungry Seniors Is Like Stone Soup

It does take a village, if you remember the old folk tale about "Stone Soup". It's the same at Peninsula Volunteers Meals on Wheels and our Nutrition Services overall.

"If I only had a carrot...," the soldier cried beside his cauldron of water and a stone in the village courtyard. Then one villager ventured forward cautiously with his carrot and added it to the Stone Soup. "If I only had an onion....," cried the soldier, and so forth until all the ingredients to the soup were bubbling away in the cauldron, and all the villagers were happily gathered around awaiting their soup.

We'd like to thank especially the Second Harvest Food Bank (serving San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties) for their immense contribution to our Nutrition Services and Meals on Wheels. Every week they donate over 1200 pounds of food to us, so that we can send out 1300 meals to homebound seniors and disabled adults, plus 6 congregate food sites. We couldn't do it without their help!

We'd also like to thank two other food partners in ending senior hunger: Safeway on El Camino and Middle Avenue in Menlo Park, and the Menlo Park Farmers Market. Both donate food every week that we can give away free at Little House: Safeway donates bread and baked goods (very very tasty!), and the Farmers Market donates surplus fresh fruit and vegetables in season. We have a free food table at Little House for seniors who are financially struggling. No one is asked anything; they just quietly come and smile as they leave with a loaf and something to cook.

And that makes us smile at Peninsula Volunteers.

Stone Soup indeed!
Second Harvest Food Bank
Menlo Park Farmers Market

GROWING URBAN EDIBLES with the UCCE MASTER GARDENERS

CLASSES AT LITTLE HOUSE

Little House, The Roslyn G. Morris Activity Center ▪ 800 Middle Ave. ▪ Menlo Park, CA 94025

GROWING URBAN EDIBLES

with the

UCCE MASTER GARDENERS OF SAN MATEO COUNTY

Each month, UCCE Master Gardeners will teach a workshop to help beginning and intermediate gardeners learn how to grow edibles and garden sustainably. Each workshop will be offered on Saturday mornings.
You can sign up for one session, or more - learn the joys of eating a meal fresh from the garden. For more information on the workshops listed below go to: http://ucanr.org/sites/MGsSMSF/classes/Edibles_Workshops/

Dates and Time: Saturdays, 10 AM to 12 PM
• April 16, Water and Compost
• April 30, Growing Tomatoes and Peppers
• May 21, Integrated Pest Management and Succession Planting
• June 25, Low Water Gardening, Native Plants and Wildlife habitats: Pollinators
• July 30, When and How to Harvest, Food Preservation
• August 27, Starting Fall Gardens
• September 24, Seed Saving, Crop Rotation, Selecting and Planting Fall Bulbs
• October 29, Renewing the Soil, Dividing Plants
• November 19, Fruit Trees and Berries, Tool Care and Frost Protection

Location: Little House, The Roslyn G. Morris Activity Center
Cost: $30.00 per workshop
Registration: Julie Scales, (650) 326-2025 ext. 231

www.peninsulavolunteers.org