The “Recycle, Reuse, Repeat” Program, where our clients collect toiletries from East Bay hotels, clean, and refill them to take to homeless shelters announces a heart-warming new partnership. At the request of the Family Resource Center at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, Oakland, the Las Trampas team prepared 130 bags of sundries to resupply the diminished resources of the Center. We are grateful to Eric Rudney for initiating this program and to the following hotels who continue to support this community service project: Lafayette Park Hotel & Spa; Claremont Hotel; Marriott Walnut Creek and Courtyard, San Ramon; and Hyatt and Holiday Inn, San Ramon.

Our client-managed vegetable garden is getting a facelift! Thanks to the generosity of two $500 grants…one from the Lafayette Community Foundation and the other from the Lafayette Garden Club, we are partnering to renovate the garden with Orinda Girl Scout Troop 31797, who chose Las Trampas’ program as the focus of their Silver Award project. We are especially thrilled that their plans include a path for wheelchair access! We’ll have a Grand Opening when the plantings are completed. So…stay tuned.
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Superstar Chris Morikawa beams with pride after winning medals in Long Jump (1st place) and 100 meter Run and Shotput (3rd places). Of course, winning medals is nothing new to Chris. He has participated in Special Olympics for 10 years and recently brought in a staggering collection of medals won over the years. When Chris was interviewed about how he feels when he achieves such success, he replied, grinning from ear to ear, “very happy” and gave two thumbs up!