Nonprofits

Thousands of residents and visitors lined Monterey Road July 4 to watch the 151st Morgan Hill Freedom Fest parade, as the city joined communities across the nation in celebrating the 250th anniversary of American independence. The parade featured 124 entries and 2,600 participants, making it...

Dozens of residents got behind the wheel of electric vehicles for the first time June 27 at a free ride-and-drive event in Gilroy, the first of its kind held in the city. Silicon Valley Clean Energy and Breathe California partnered to sponsor the event at...

Nine local students who wrote about dreamers, believers and doers will lead this year’s Morgan Hill Freedom Fest parade as Grand Marshals, escorted on a hayride through downtown in honor of America’s 250th anniversary. The designation marks a departure from the event’s traditional approach to...

Victims of the 2019 Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting and their families have less than one month remaining to apply for financial reimbursement from the California Victim Compensation Board (CalVCB).  The deadline to apply for compensation is July 28—seven years after the tragedy in Gilroy that...

Teen leaders at Boys & Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley have transformed an idea into a lasting community resource with the launch of Kailey's Corner, a new family resource hub at the Morgan Hill Clubhouse designed to provide essential items such as food, school...

When Sheila Murphy set out to rescue three sick goats in 2019, she figured she would nurse them back to health and hand them off to a local farm animal rescue. There was just one problem: no such rescue existed in the area. Seven years...

ReachOut Food Pantry marked the completion of a sweeping renovation project with a ribbon-cutting ceremony June 7, drawing city officials and dozens of community members to the Morgan Hill nonprofit’s facility on the grounds of St. Catherine of Alexandria Catholic Church. More than two years...

The annual Friday Night Music Series kicked off June 12 at the Morgan Hill Community and Cultural Center, where hundreds of residents and visitors packed the amphitheater to capacity to enjoy the first in a 10-week lineup of local and regional bands hosted by...

The Gavilan College Educational Foundation has appointed two new members to its board of directors. Longtime community leaders Manny Bhandal and Evelia Morales Rosso will serve on the nonprofit board for the next three years starting on July 1.  “On behalf of the Gavilan College...

The Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority announced June 9 that Measure D, a voter-sponsored parcel tax to fund open space conservation across Santa Clara County, has received enough votes to pass. The announcement came as updated tallies from the June 2 California statewide direct...