NEW EVENING CLASS - CERAMICS FOR FUN

Handmade ceramics and pottery can be a very gratifying hobby that produces fun and satisfying results. For many people, it's an enjoyable release that is created by working an inanimate mound of clay into a beautiful work of art that you made through your artistic abilities.

Our instructor, Margie Starr Calabretta, has been working with clay for over 40 years. She has taught classes up and down the Peninsula and is well-known within the community.

Please call Little House for more information on this incredible opportunity to use your hands and bring the images in your mind to life.

Date: 4 weeks, begins October 4, 2011 and ends October 25, 2011
Time: Tuesdays, 5:00 – 9:00 PM
Location: Little House, The Roslyn G. Morris Activity Center
Cost: $60.00 per session, or $15.00 per class
Info: Julie Scales, (650) 326-2025 ext. 229

NEW CLASS - GETTING TO KNOW YOUR FAMILY

We get great satisfaction and fun from knowing 

the history of our ancestors 

— where they lived, how they managed their challenges, and why you have that family heirloom. This series of genealogy classes will get you started and well on your way to a delightful excursion of a life time.

Instructor: Richard D. Rands, Director of the Los Altos Family History Center

*** Bring your laptop to class if you own one. WiFi available. ***

Date: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:00 to 11:30 AM
            October 11 - December 22, 2011, 10 weeks
Location: Little House, The Roslyn G. Morris Activity Center
Cost: $90.00 members/$99.00 non-members

For more information call: Julie Scales, (650) 326-2025 ext. 229

Alzheimer's Walk is a Huge Success

We don't know the final figures on how much was raised at the annual Walk to End Alzheimer's Disease this past weekend. Nor do we yet know how much was raised on behalf of our Rosener House in particular.

What we do know is that tens of thousands of people in the Bay Area responded to all the publicity and showed up to "walk the walk"!

Here is a cute picture of our own "Team Rosener House".

Yes, that is Shayna our wonderful Pet Therapist in the bottom of the picture. She wouldn't hear of leaving her Rosener House friends behind!

Walmart Donates Emergency Generator

Thanks to a generous donation (and much help) from Walmart, through our association with Meals on Wheels Association of America, we now have an emergency generator for our Peninsula Volunteers Meals on Wheels program!

People's lives depend on our daily delivery of hot, nutritious and SAFE meals to their homes. For home-bound seniors and disabled adults, who cannot shop, cook, or store food for themselves, this is often the major  nutrition they get each day. For some it's their ONLY meal each day! That makes our Meals on Wheels deliveries a life-saver (along with the daily personal safety check our drivers make at each home.)

So what would happen if the electricity at our kitchens at Little House were to stop or brown out? Our refrigerator and food-safe packaging machinery wouldn't run and we would have to cancel that life-giving meal.

Now, thanks to Walmart, that won't ever happen. THANK YOU, WALMART!

For more information visit our Peninsula Volunteers Meals on Wheels page, or call: 650-323-2022.

For your further reading: Mercurynews.com and the Palo Alto Daily News ran an article on September 21st about the donation: http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_18942100?IADID=Search-www.mercurynews.com-www.mercurynews.com

Peninsula Volunteers Wants YOU to Volunteer!

 The Community Services Desk at Little House offers information and resources to family members and care givers of older adults. It also schedules appointments for Little House services such as podiatrist, acupuncture and massage and provides SamTrans and Menlo Park Shuttle schedules.

Volunteers like Helena (shown here) look forward to helping others in a relaxed and comfortable setting every Monday- Friday 10am-2pm.  Come visit and see for yourself!

TO VOLUNTEER FOR LITTLE HOUSE, ROSENER HOUSE OR MEALS ON WHEELS PLEASE CONTACT: Mary Rached, Director Community Volunteer Program at mrached@peninsulavolunteers.org   650-322-0129

Luau at Rosener House - the Tongan Connection

Peninsula Volunteers Rosener House’s annual Luau was the perfect opportunity for volunteer Lousiale Uasike to share her Tongan culture and dance. Lou is an assistance minister for the Tongan Free Wesleyan Church - Tapanakkale, Redwood City and willing to extend her ministry to the community and specifically, at Rosener House. For over a year, she has been a calm and caring presence- giving her time each week, extra help to the activities staff and many smiles to the participants. To more information about volunteering visit www.penvol.org