Nonprofits

Imagine—it’s 1942, the second World War is raging, and you’ve got one night in New York City before you ship out to serve your country.  In the basement of Broadway’s 44th Street theater, Marlene Dietrich and Lauren Bacall are serving free hot dogs to hundreds...

Apply for city commissions The City of Morgan Hill is seeking applications from residents interested in serving on the Library, Culture, and Arts Commission (LCAC) and the Parks and Recreation Commission.  The city is recruiting to fill five upcoming vacancies on the LCAC. There are four...

Celebrate National Friends of The Library Week Oct. 19 Join the Friends of the Morgan Hill Library 4-5pm Oct. 19 for a Zoom presentation with Dorothy Lazard, former Oakland librarian and public historian. The presentation will take place in the program of the Morgan Hill...

Economic Mobility in Morgan Hill The City of Morgan Hill will host two upcoming open house public meetings to discuss the recently completed ELEVATE Morgan Hill Economic Mobility report. The sessions will take place 9:30-11:30am Aug. 8 and 5:30-7:30pm Aug. 27, both at the Morgan...

Rebekah Children’s Services, a South Valley nonprofit that serves about 14,000 children and families annually, is getting ready to collect and distribute donated gifts for their annual holiday toy drive.  Members of the community who are able to donate are encouraged to drop off new...

Scouts earn Eagle rank Morgan Hill Scout Troop 799/2799 members Hayden Taylor, Elizabeth Rodriges and Anastasia Truong recently achieved their Eagle Scout rank. Eagle is the highest rank in scouting, and its recipients devote considerable time and effort into attaining the achievement.  “This mulit-year journey to...

Scores of student-athletes, parents and school staff spent their Saturday this past weekend spreading mulch, pulling weeds and sprucing up Live Oak High School’s campus on East Main Avenue.  About 75 people—most of them Live Oak students—came out to volunteer for the campuswide work day...

Hundreds of students and families packed the Live Oak High School gymnasium Jan. 24 for the third annual Explore STEAM Fair, a free event designed to make science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics accessible to children of all ages and backgrounds. The fair drew about...

When Alyssa Scholes brought drones to an elementary school field a decade ago, she gave her students an experience many of their families couldn’t afford at home. The children at her Catalyst Family after-school program had been buzzing about the emerging technology, so Scholes turned...