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Commitment to Community
Green Valley and its employees are committed to the communities in which we live and serve. Whether given directly from the employees or as a corporate sponsorship, the team at Green Valley annually supports local and statewide non-profits, events promoting sustainable living and business practices, and individual organizations throughout our community who are in need.

Below is a partial list of organizations we have donated to in past. Should you or your organization need support in the form of a monetary or in-kind donation, please send Green Valley a written request for consideration.

10 Things You Can Do to Support our Local Regional Parks!   
Many Sonoma County residents are concerned that our parks are closing. While it is true that state parks, such as Annadel, are threatened with closure, our Regional Parks—such as Spring Lake, Ragle Ranch and Doran Beach—remain open. Funding for these parks, however, is declining. Every year since 2008, the County of Sonoma has decreased funding to Sonoma County Regional Parks. In the current fiscal year alone, funding was cut by 25%. In spite of these financial challenges, Regional Parks is determined to survive—and thrive! Sonoma County residents and visitors cherish our parks and are committed to keeping them well maintained and open, and to supporting their outstanding facilities and programs. With your help, we will develop new income sources to preserve one of the most spectacular regional park systems in the world.

Following are 10 ways you can help the parks. Some of these ideas raise money yet won't cost you anything! Please take action today. For details about any of these fundraising options, or for more information about how you can support Sonoma County Regional Parks, go to the Sonoma County Regional Parks and Foundation web site at sonomacountyparks.org.

  1. Share this flyer with your friends. Talk to your friends about our county parks.
  2. Become a Sonoma County Regional Parks Member or give a membership as a gift.
  3. Make a donation.
  4. Sponsor a park bench or picnic table. These items are a wonderful way to honor a special family member, celebrate milestone events, or memorialize a beloved friend. Call (707) 565-2041 for more information.
  5. Sign up for GoodSearch and eScrip. GoodSearch is a search engine that donates a penny to Regional Parks every time you search. eScrip donates a percentage of sales from participating merchants to the parks. Both programs are free!
  6. Buy a popular Regional Parks or Grateful Dead Regional Parks t-shirt. It makes a great gift! Call (707) 565-2041, or purchase one at Spring Lake.
  7. Grab a meal at one of our Tuesday evening Park-n-Eat fundraisers at Spring Lake. You select dinner from delicious gourmet food trucks, and 10% of proceeds benefits park programs.
  8. Attend one of our fun and inexpensive, family-friendly events, such as the Tolay Fall Festival in October or the Healdsburg Water Carnival in July.
  9. Volunteer. Check the Parks' web site for more information.
  10. Remember Sonoma County Regional Parks in your will. An online version of this flyer is available at sonomacountyparks.org. Thank you for your support!

Halloween at Howarth Park with Green Valley and the City of Santa Rosa
Join City of Santa Rosa Recreation, Parks & Community Services, Green Valley and other businesses throughout Santa Rosa for the 6th annual Halloween at Howarth Park on Saturday, October 29 from 12pm-3pm.

Come in costume and trick-or-treat around the Land of Imagination playground and the park. Ride the train & carousel with your ghostly friends! Purchase a pumpkin pass at the Train station for the train, carousel and trick-or-treating. Must be in costume!

For more information visit the City of Santa Rosa website!

Green Valley Employees Participate in Creek Week 
Hosted by the City of Santa Rosa, Creek Week is a week-long celebration of our local creeks. Throughout the Russian River and Santa Rosa Creek areas, cities, counties and other stewardship organizations have come together to declare September 17-24 as "Creek Week". It is a time of fun and adventure, with educational and restoration activities occurring all week.

Green Valley employees are donating their time and resources to the 27th Annual Sonoma County Coast and Creek Clean up event on Saturday, September 17th from 9am-12pm. The purpose of the event is to keep our beaches clean! Join Green Valley at this event (all ages welcomed!) or another event happening throughout the week to do your part in keeping our local waterways healthy.

To learn about all of the events happening during Creek Week and how you can get involved, click here.

Doggy Water Day Fundraiser at Spring Lake Park Swimming Lagoon 
Has your pooch ever wanted to swim in the Spring Lake Swimming Lagoon but has been told it is off limits? Well, now is their chance! Join President of Green Valley and Regional Parks Foundation Board Member Liz Ellis on Saturday, September 18th from 10am to 3pm for Doggy Water Day Fundraiser at Spring Lake!

Event details:
September 18, 2011 from 10am - 3pm
Spring Lake Swimming Lagoon
393 Violetti Drive, Santa Rosa, CA

For one day only the Swimming Lagoon will be turned into a leash-free dog park. Lifeguards will be on duty and volunteers will run dog games. Don't miss out on this dog-gone good time.

Suggested Per-Dog Donation
Donations will help cover the cost of pet waste bags at Spring Lake Park!

  • Parks Members - $3 per dog
  • Non-Members - $5 per dog

With your donation, dogs will receive a commemorative 9-inch, dog-safe flying disc. For more information call Spring Lake at (707) 539-8092 or click here.

Special Note: Only dogs will be allowed to swim during this event.

Supporting Our Communities 
Green Valley is always looking for different ways we can support the communities we live, work, and play in, especially during this challenging economic times. That is why this summer Green Valley has stayed focused on doing what we can, where we can! Here are a few ways we’ve offered a helping hand; perhaps you might be interested, too..

Green Valley is a Proud Sponsor of the 2011 Town of Windsor Summer Nights on the Green music series 
Every Thursday from June 16th through August 25th live concerts will be enjoyed during the annual Summer Nights on the Green music series in the Town of Windsor. Green Valley is a proud sponsor of the event and is thrilled to be a part of such a festive and supportive community experience. In addition to great music, family lawn games, food vendors and farm fresh produce will be available during the Windsor Farmers Market.

For more information on the concert series please visit the Town of Windsor website.

Green Valley Sponsors Sonoma County Regional Parks Annual Parks Celebration 
Green Valley is thrilled once again to be a sponsor of the Sonoma County Regional Parks Annual Parks Celebration.

Working in partnership with California State Parks and the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation & Open Space District, the Sonoma County Regional Parks Celebration is April 22 through June 21. Beginning on Earth Day and ending on the Summer Solstice, the Parks Celebration brings 100 free and budget-friendly recreation, entertainment, leisure, education and service programs into the extraordinary parks and open spaces of Sonoma County! Many events are presented in Spanish as well.

The Parks Celebration offers events and activities for everyone: running & boat races, natural science activities, sand castle & kite festival, fish festival, historic hikes & tours, plant & animal walks, previews of future parks, outings for teens, stewardship projects, treasure hunts, geocaching, lifesaving, tide pooling, photographing, marshmallow roasting and more.

Over 27 agencies, organizations and businesses are working with Sonoma County Regional Parks to create this incredible 60-day celebration of the outdoors. More information about the Parks Celebration is available on Sonoma County Regional Parks' website - sonomacountyparks.org, or by calling (707) 565-2041.

SAVE THE DATE! May 14th and 15th—Green Valley to Participate in the Annual iGrow 350 Home and Garden Challenge! 
On May 14th and 15th, Green Valley Consulting Engineers will once again join thousands of people across Sonoma County by rising to the challenge of creating a more sustainable community by participating in the 2011 iGrow Home and Garden Challenge. Last year, as one of the 628 garden actions, Green Valley entered the City of Sebastopol Hwy 116 center median as our garden challenge. The goal of the project was to transform this very prominent entry point into the City that was over-run with weeds into a beautiful, water-wise and pollinator friendly native landscape. Green Valley's garden project this year is to transform a thirsty, local business park lawn into a thriving, water-wise native landscape. Stay tuned for more details on our project and how you can join our team! The goals of the 2011 iGrow 350 Home and Garden Challenge is to inspire 1,000 actions to grow food, conserve water, and save energy. To learn more about the Challenge or to enter your own garden click here.

Green Valley Employees Volunteer Their Service in Honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 
A handful of Green Valley employees and their family members were amongst dozens of people Monday morning helping remove invasive blackberry brush at Foothill Regional Park in Windsor. Foothill Park is a popular 211-acre park off of Arata Lane offering beautiful hikes amongst the oak trees, access to a pond, and more. Green Valley employees took a short hike into the park led by one of the Park Rangers and dug in for three hours tackling the tricky blackberry brush near the pond.

Green Valley Adopts City of Sebastopol Medians 
Located at the gateway to the City of Sebastopol on Hwy 116 in front of the famous Screaming Mimi’s ice cream shop, Green Valley has adopted and donated design and construction of two city landscape medians. Currently under construction, the project was a collaborative effort between Green Valley and Earthscapes Design. The landscape renovation took careful consideration of the unique and special aspects of the community and includes a traditional Knot Garden with herbs that will provide long-lasting and interesting color and texture throughout each season, a complement to the area that the children and families of Sebastopol will truly enjoy. Plant selection was based on including plants that were pollinator and water-wise friendly and will include lavender, roses, rosemary, calendula, and other medicinal and culinary herbs. All design, construction materials and labor were donated by Green Valley.

Two of Green Valley's Own Judge the Sonoma County Science Fair 
More than 100 students from 16 Sonoma County schools participated in the annual Sonoma County Science Fair sponsored by the Sonoma County Office of Education. Green Valley's own Joe Gaffney and Paul Lescure were two of the honored judges who were involved in selecting the top 2011 projects. Some of the incredible winning projects included Rocket Fuel Performance and Aerodynamic Structures. The Sonoma County Science Fair gives grade 6-12 students the opportunity to study a topic that interests them and apply their scientific knowledge to a real-life question. Students participate in the Science Fair by creating a project individually or in a group of two or three students. Local scientists, businesspeople, teachers, and others serve as judges and interact with students about their projects. On the day of the Science Fair, students present their projects to the judges and participate in science workshops. For a complete list of 2011 science fair winners please visit scoe.org.

Holiday Giving 
This Holiday season Green Valley has decided that in lieu of spending money on Holiday cards for our clients and friends that we would donate the money to community organizations that are in need of our support. Our contributions include a sponsorship of the Town of Windsor's Charlie Brown Christmas Tree Grove Decorating extravaganza. Over 100 trees were decorated during the event and Green Valley sponsored one tree decorated by Mrs. Matoe's 2nd grade class of 22 students with the donation of markers, paper, paint and wooden dog ornaments. The decorating was part of the children's art curriculum during school. The tree was finished off by Green Valley's 2010 Dog Postcards which were laminated in-kind by Digital Prints and Imaging in Santa Rosa.

The Redwood Empire Food Bank is hosting their annual Food Drive. Green Valley's employees are gathering up their extra goods from their kitchens and donating them to this great cause. Nearly 1 in 5 Sonoma County residents faces food insecurity and any support the Food Bank will receive will help to ensure that 78,000 children, families and seniors receive the food assistance that they deserve during this critical time of year. To learn more, go to refb.org.

Fort Bragg Welcomes New Skate Park to the Community. Green Valley Honored During Grand Opening Ceremony 
After thirty years of planning and fundraising, the Mendocino Coast Recreation and Park District and community members along the Mendocino Coast welcomed a new recreational addition to their community, the Fort Bragg Skate Park. The new skate park features steps, rails, boxes, benches, and walls for skaters to grind and slide their way around nearly 10,000 SF of skate heaven.

Green Valley had the pleasure of attending the Grand Opening Ceremony for the new skate park on November 20th. We were recognized during the festivities for our donation of 42-hours of construction inspection personnel time to ensure the successful construction of the project as well as for our monetary donation for construction materials.

The new Fort Bragg Skatepark is located at the C.V. Starr Community Center on Lincoln Street in Fort Bragg. To learn more about the Fort Bragg Skate Park, join them on Facebook!

Green Valley Donates to USA New Horizons Project in El Salvador 
USA New Horizons, a small local non-profit in Sonoma County, is sponsoring a project to raise $20,000 to fund the shipment of desperately needed medical supplies and equipment, valued at up to $250,000, to the Benjamin Bloom Children's Hospital in El Salvador. The Hospital, located in the capital city of San Salvador, is the only children's hospital in the country. It provides medical treatment to children not only from El Salvador, but also from the neighboring countries of Nicaragua and Honduras.

Although the Hospital has well-trained and highly dedicated physicians on staff, their efforts to treat children are hampered by their lack of adequate medical equipment and supplies. As a result, much of the medical treatment available to the children is primitive compared to contemporary standards, dating back to the early 1900's in many instances. To donate, go to usanewhorizons.org.

Green Valley Sponsors Ripple the World Fundraising Breakfast hosted by Daily Acts 
Thursday, November 04 2010, from 8:00am - 9:30am over 550 people from across the North Bay and beyond will gather together with a common goal: to deepen and broaden our impact of creating and growing sustainable lives and communities. Green Valley is a proud sponsor of Daily Acts' third annual Ripple the World Fundraising Breakfast.

This event is free to attend, includes a delicious organic locally-sourced breakfast, and is filled with hundreds of green leaders and engaged citizens. Invite friends, join us and be a part of this inspiring movement to ripple the world.

To learn more about the Ripple the World Fundraising event hosted by Daily Acts, please visit: dailyacts.org

After Hours with Green Valley at the Redwood Empire Food Bank Green Valley partners with the Redwood Empire Food Bank to End Hunger 
Green Valley's employees are a passionate group of people committed to supporting the communities in which they live, work, and play. Recently, employees rallied together and volunteered their time after-hours to help prepare food packages for the Redwood Empire Food Bank. A monthly volunteer effort for Green Valley, the Redwood Empire Food Bank (REFB), is Sonoma County's largest hunger-relief organization. Its mission is to acquire food and distribute it in Sonoma County through its own food assistance programs. REFB makes food available to a network of community-based charitable organizations and also provides food to Lake, Mendocino, Humboldt and Del Norte counties through local organizations. For more information please visit their website: refb.org

Bridging the Doyle Scholarship: Santa Rosa Junior College 
Each fall semester, nearly 2,000 recent Sonoma County high school graduates enroll at SRJC and received the benefit of a Doyle Scholarship of at least $1,000. But this will not happen this fall. With double digit unemployment, dwindling summer jobs, and fewer and fewer slots available at all colleges, Sonoma County's high school graduates are facing unprecedented challenges. That is why Green Valley has made a donation through the "Bridging the Doyle" campaign to help bridge the gap made by the temporary loss of the Doyle Scholarships. Learn more.

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