Love and Faith Celebration Dinner

On April 1st, Hillside Church had a Celebration Dinner starting off their Love and Faith Stewardship Campaign. They asked Ruben to cook the meal so he had some Farm Drive kids help with food preparation but more importantly, to serve the food. Below is the group getting last minute instructions.


We had two lines of people getting food.

Cristina was doing an outstanding job of serving. She was talking to everyone by name. Many were surprised that she knew their name not realizing they were wearing name tags!

Cristina and Jessica were in charge of drinks for the dessert.

Lupe and Dariela like to bake. They both would like to make a career out of baking. We asked them if they would like to bake the desserts for the Celebration. They did lots of different types of cookies, cupcakes, and cakes. They did an excellent job.

Since Farm Drive is one of the recipients of some of the money raised during this campaign, they asked if we had somebody who would share about their experiences. Jose, below, shared how the Center has made an impact on his life and on his family too!

Group picture! We had a very long and hard day with preparation, serving, and cleaning up. But it was well worth it! What a great team!

A Couple of Park Days

A couple times a year the kids have a day off due to a holiday or a teacher in service day. With the kids not having much to do, we schedule different events. Even with the lousy weather this past winter, we had a couple of park days where we got fortunate with the weather. The next two pictures are from Alamaden Park.


The next group of pictures were from another day at the park. This is at Hellyer Park. Beautiful Park.

Played a little Bocce Ball. A few of our helpers - Lee, Kay, and Amanda with Michael.

The whole gang. Taking the picture is Gary's friend from Kosovo who was visiting him. He is currently in college in Texas.

Crystal's Quinceanera

Crystal who is a part of the Center had her Quinceanera last week. A few of us were involved as Padrina's. Below is Crystal with Ruben and Gary. One of the things they do at a quinceanera is Crystal picks kids to be a part of a special dance. They are called chambelanes. They practice a special dance, in Crystal's case, a waltz, with the birthday girl. Below is some of the chambelanes actually performing the waltz during the ceremony. Two of the chambalenes were Sergio and Jose who are here pictured with Rocky Martinez. Lesley, Jose, Sergio, and Crystal's brother Fidel were all Chambelanes. The next little guy is Crystal's other little brother, Danny. Rocky and Crystal. Rocky is Crystal's mentor in the CRAM program at the Center. It was a fun evening down in Morgan Hill. Us American's are not used to a slow relaxing pace for an event! It is supposed to be a time of just enjoying the moment with friends and family and if it takes a long time to get through the planned events, that's ok. Just need to be out of the place by one in the morning!