The San Jose Mercury News
February 26, 2018
By Sal Pizarro - Bay Area News Group
The Silicon Valley Leadership Group Foundation’s Heart & Soles run was started with the goal of raising money to put salad bars in Silicon Valley public schools. And in its three years, the race — sponsored by Lam Research — provided funding to purchase high-end salad bars for 192 schools serving 145,000 students.
Mission accomplished, right? Not for Silicon Valley Leadership Group CEO Carl Guardino. “As we met the needs of almost every school in Silicon Valley, we began transitioning last year to support valued organizations that serve underserved students after school and when school is out of session,” Guardino said.
So this year’s 5th annual race on March 24 will benefit groups that encourage kids to exercise and make good food choices: the YMCA of Silicon Valley, Santa Clara County Office of Education, the San Jose Earthquakes Community Fund, the Specialized Foundation and Boys & Girls Clubs in the Bay Area.
More than 2,000 people are expected to participate in the run/walk, which includes a 6K — that’s right, not a 5K — and a 10K course that begins at Santa Clara University and loops through Avaya Stadium. The event finishes up back at Santa Clara with a post-race festival at Franklin Mall. You can register to participate at heartandsoles5k.com, and you’ll want to do that before March 9 when prices go up.
SHE’S A LOCK FOR YALE HONOR: California Primary Care Association CEO CarmelaCastellano-Garcia is the recipient of the Yale Law School’s Award of Merit, joining such luminaries as U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, former Presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Gov. Jerry Brown.
A graduate of Leigh High School in San Jose, Castellano-Garcia attended San Jose State and UC-Berkeley and received her law degree from Yale in 1991. She’s also the president of the board of trustees for the Castellano Family Foundation, which was founded by her parents after their record-setting California Lottery win. She’ll receive her honor at Yale’s Alumni Weekend in October.
“The true value of me receiving this award is it highlights what can be accomplished when a community comes together and unites around an important issues such as the human right of healthcare access,” Castellano-Garcia said. “My goal is to use this opportunity to demonstrate to other young women, and particularly young women of color, what can ultimately be achieved through advocacy, leadership and dedication.”
VOICES RAISED: The Orchard City Community Chorus’ annual “For Love” concert, which benefits Next Door: Solutions to Domestic Violence, is taking place Friday night at the Campbell Methodist Church at 1675 S. Winchester Blvd.
The Orchard City Chorus will be joined at the 7:30 p.m. show by Opera San Jose’s Veterans Chorus, the Rainbow Women’s Chorus, Resounding Achord and Serendipity. Tickets are available for $20 at orchardcitychorus.org or at the door.
A COMEDY FOR OUR TIMES?: A group of working women getting revenge on their sexist boss? That plot sounds like a natural for today’s #MeToo environment, but you probably already recognize it as “9 to 5,” the 1980 movie that spawned a musical featuring tunes by Dolly Parton. Foothill Music Theatre is gearing up for its production of “9 to 5 The Musical,” which opens March 1 at the Lohman Theatre at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills.
Allie Townsend, Glenna Murillo and Rachelle Abbey are making their Foothill Music Theatre debuts in the show, which also stars Foothill veteran Aaron Hurley as the chauvinistic boss. The show runs through March 18, and tickets are available at www.foothill.edu/theatre or by calling 650-949-7360.
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