Gunn Service Day 2011 
March 3, 2011
Welcome to Gunn Service Day 2011 Registration for Gunn High School Students Deadline March 1, 2011 at midnight, sharp!
Please follow this procedure:
1. Read the descriptions below for each service site.
2. Choose your preference for service site and click on the Registration hyperlink Mysignup.com at the bottom of this webpage.
3. Follow the instructions for registering your site preference through Mysignup.com. *Note: You may only CHOOSE ONE service site, and you MUST fill in your FULL NAME when you register so that we can get you excused from classes that day!
4. Download the permission/waiver forms; one form for your preferred site (if required) and one form for YCS and the Palo Alto Unified School District. Bring a signed copy of each of these forms to Gunn Service Day. You will need to submit a signed copy of each form to participate in GSD.
5. Have a great time at GSD!
SERVICE SITE DESCRIPTIONS
Service site: Half Moon Bay Restore
Mission: To provide for the health, inspiration and education of the people of California by helping to preserve the state's extraordinary biological diversity, protecting its most valued natural and cultural resources, and creating opportunities for high-quality outdoor recreation.
Location: 95 Kelly Avenue, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
Website: http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=91
Project Description: The students will participate in Half Moon Bay State Beach’s Habitat Restoration Project which consists of removing non-native invasive plants, using hand tools, in order to protect and support the native plants and wildlife which live in the area. All gloves and tools will be provided. All participants must wear long pants, closed toed shoes, and warm layers.
Project Capacity: 10-50
Click Here to download Half Moon Bay Waiver
Click here to download GSD Permission Slip
Service site: Lytton Gardens
Mission: To provide quality senior communities, encompassing housing, assisted living, and social and health care services. We enable seniors with different needs and abilities to age with dignity, regardless of their means.
Location: 437 Webster Street Palo Alto, CA 94301
Website: lyttongardens.org
Project Description: Because we normally have scheduled morning activities for our residents, we’ve created a service activity that the students will help us with. We’ve been collecting travel size toilette items to be sorted and bagged in decorative paper sacks that will donated to a local homeless shelter, In Vision. After students would help staff with a cooking project and join the residents in our “Make a lunch” special lunch. We would like volunteers here 10:30am- 1:00pm. Our residents have lunch at 12:00pm. We would like the students to join us for a special lunch, 12- 1pm
Project Capacity: 1-10
Click here to download GSD Permission Slip
Service site: Magic Inc
Mission: Magic is people learning and communicating how humans can further common good by practicing valuescience—scientific methods and principles applied to questions of value.
Location: 381 Oxford Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306
Website: ecomagic.org
Project Description: Restore and maintain California Oaks and other native species on University open space lands.
Project Capacity: 10-50
click here to download the Magic Waiver
click here to download the GSD Permission Slip
Service site: Creative Montessori
Mission: Creative Montessori Learning Center (CMLC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit community agency where we celebrate diversity. CMLC welcomes children age 2-6 from all backgrounds to work, play, and learn together.
Location: 1421 Bay Road, East Palo Alto, CA 94303
Website: http://cmlcepa.org/
Project Description: Students will be able to work with children on their projects, help teachers prepare projects for students, join them in free play and socializing.
Project Capacity: 1-24
click here to download the GSD Permission Slip
Service site: Milpitas Food Pantry
Mission: We are an emergency food box program that distributes food to low, very low and no income residents of Milpitas and Alviso. We are part of the Second Harvest Food Bank network and we follow their eligibility guidelines as well as those of the city of Milpitas.
Location: 196 South Main Street, Milpitas, CA 95035
Website: www.milpitasfoodpantry.org
Project Description: We could be sorting food, restocking shelves or working with the clothes in our Clothes Closet
Project Capacity: 1-10
click here to download the GSD Permission Slip
Service site: Midpeninsula Regional Open Space
Mission: The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District's purpose is to purchase, permanently protect, and restore lands forming a regional open space greenbelt, preserve unspoiled wilderness, wildlife habitat, watershed, viewshed, and fragile ecosystems, and provide opportunities for low-intensity recreation and environmental education
Location: 330 Distel Circle
Los Altos, CA 94022-1404
Website: www.openspace.org
Project Description: Deer Hallow Farm Area- Students will perform various farm maintenance and clean-up tasks to help staff prepare for the busy spring season.
Project Capacity: 8-12
click here to download the GSD Permission Slip
Service site: Raft
Mission:
RAFT is a non-profit organization that provides educators with the tools they need to engage their students in powerful hands-on learning experiences. We offer a selection of innovative hands-on activities, educational resources and inexpensive supplies (many donated by local businesses) to enrich pre K-12 education and community programs.
Location: 1160 Kern Avenue, Sunnyvale, ca, 94085
Website: http://www.raft.net
Project Description: Sorting donated materials, packaging educational supplies (pens, pencils, markers, crayons, etc.)
Project Capacity: 5-30
click here to download the MidPen Open Space waiver
click here to download the GSD Permission Slip
Service site: Ecumenical Hunger Program
Mission: EHP provides food, clothing, household essentials, support and referral services to those in need.
Location: 2411 Pulgas Avenue in East Palo Alto
Website: http://www.ehpcares.org/
Project Description: Sorting clothes, sorting food, and working in the garden.
Project Capacity: 1-15
click here to download the GSD Permission Slip
Service site: Abilities United
Mission: Each day, every person at Abilities United is dedicated to provide people with developmental and physical disabilities the rights, resources, and opportunities they need to lead the lives they choose. Abilities United champions community values of dignity and respect for people of all abilities. We strive to be a model of how society can be barrier-free to enable the full participation of people with disabilities and their families.
Location: 525 E. Charleston Road, Palo Alto CA 94303
Website: http://www.AbilitiesUnited.org
Project Description: Remove soil from one raised garden bed and replace the soil with new soil. Job will require students to work with shovels and wheel barrows.
Project Capacity: 3-6
click here to download the GSD Permission Slip
Service site: InnVision
Mission: We are dedicated to empowering homeless and at-risk families and individuals in finding…the way home! We accomplish this by offering various levels of housing and day programs in a safe and supportive environment that promotes self-worth and independent living
Location: 33 Encina Avenue, Palo Alto, CA
Website: innvision.org
Project Description: Clean and organize the family center, and prepare snack for the after-school program.
Project Capacity: 10-15
click here to download the GSD Permission Slip
Service site: Acterra
Mission:
To bring people together to create local solutions for a healthy planet. Acterra was formed in 2000 by the merger of two of the region's most respected and effective environmental organizations: the Peninsula Conservation Center Foundation (founded in 1970) and Bay Area Action (formed in 1990). Our long history of innovation and partnership enables us to draw on the wisdom and experience of two generations of environmental leaders.
Location: 3921 E. Bayshore Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Website: http://www.acterra.org
Project Description: Volunteers may do any of a variety of habitat restoration projects such as weeding invasive species, planting native plants, mulching, building brush piles, etc. Please have volunteers wear sturdy clothes–they may get dirty or damaged. Long pants, closed–toe shoes such as sneakers or boots, and layered clothing are recommended. Weather can change rapidly–be prepared for heat, sun, cold, and rain! They should also bring a water bottle, sunscreen, a hat and a raincoat.
Project Capacity: 6-25
click here to download the GSD Permission Slip
click here to download the Acterra Permission Slip
