All Castro Valley and nearby community residents who are 21 years or older are welcome to attend the Spring for Education celebration! Space is limited, so we recommend you purchase tickets for you and your guests today.

Each $60 ticket includes:

• An evening under the stars celebrating the CVUSD community (dressy casual attire appropriate for indoor/outdoor weather recommended).
• Small plates and specialty food.
• 2 drink tickets (champagne, wine, beer, or non-alcoholic drinks).
• The opportunity to “spring” for education during the silent and live auctions.

Proceeds from the event will go toward program materials at the Wellness Centers across Castro Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) schools to help address the physical and mental challenges students continue to face. You may be able to receive a tax write-off for the cost of the tickets due to CVEF’s 501(c)(3) status (see confirmation email for more information).

The Shuffle is a fun, free, and family-oriented community event where the proceeds benefit FESCO families. The community is invited to sponsor the event, and walk or run that day. Team Captains lead the fundraiser by rallying supporters to join their teams, pledge donations, and walk for their team. Businesses can also get involved in the event by sponsoring The FESCO Shuffle. The walk is a great way to get out and enjoy a family-oriented day while also knowing you are supporting the unhoused population in your area. FESCO welcomes single mothers with children, single fathers, and two-parent families with children. Additionally, FESCO provides opportunities for families to stabilize the lives of their children while they seek permanent housing. FESCO helps provide financial planning, job skills, and employment recommendations and supports emotional wellness for both children and parents. FESCO also provides resources to families to prevent homelessness and continues to provide alumni families with support services so that they can continue to thrive.

You are invited to walk the track, or just relax and enjoy the entertaining events and activities. All participants will enjoy a fun-filled day for all ages with music provided by a popular Bay Area band, a Kids-Zone with fun games and prizes, food, raffles, interesting vendors, and much more!

Learn More Here.

Dear Friends and Community Members,

I am excited to announce the theme is “Let’s Ride!” for the 2023 Rowell Ranch Rodeo Parade on May 13, 2023, in Castro Valley. Please forward this email to anyone you think would be interested!

If you want to enter your float, car, equestrian act, or troupe in the parade, please head over to the parade website: http://www.rowellranchrodeoparade.com/rowell-ranch-rodeo-parade-registration/ and complete your entry form today! We want local youth sports teams, dancers, jugglers, classic cars, horses, wagons, stilt walkers, musicians and all other parade entries!

For those of you who are interested in sponsoring the event this year, please contact Dwight Perry at: dwight@pinthis.com or you can register on the website at: http://www.rowellranchrodeoparade.com/parade-sponsorship/

You can even register your Castro Valley Students in the Art-Essay-Poem Contest. To learn more, visit the parade website here: http://www.rowellranchrodeoparade.com/art-essay-poem-contest/

Please see the attached registration information also. As always, you can reach out to me with any questions. Here’s some more information for you:

The parade will begin at 10am and will feature floats, marching bands, and a variety of other entertaining performances that will travel along Castro Valley Boulevard.

I am inviting you to enter your float, classic cars, equestrian performers, marching band, dancing troop, community service organization, youth sports teams and athletic leagues. The Rowell Ranch Rodeo Parade is always a great opportunity for us to come together as a community and celebrate the things that make Castro Valley so unique.

To make this parade a success, we need you! Your participation, talents, your creativity, your enthusiasm, are all in need for the parade to be successful! If you are interested in entering in our parade, please let us know and we will be happy to provide you with more information. Reply to this email with your interest and we will send you the details for signups!

In addition to volunteers for the day of the event, we are also looking for sponsors to help cover the costs of the parade. If your business or organization is interested in becoming a sponsor, please contact us for more information about the various sponsorship opportunities available.

Please mark May 13, 2023, in your calendars and plan to come out and celebrate with us. We are looking forward to seeing you there!

Sincerely,

Christian Carr

President-Elect/Treasurer

Rowell Ranch Rodeo Parade Coordinator

The Rowell Ranch Rodeo is actively seeking vendors to showcase their business on May 20 & 21! To learn more visit their website HERE.

Are you an aspiring food business or agricultural entrepreneur? Do you have an idea for a food business that you’re interested in exploring? If this sounds like you, than we invite you to learn about Mandela Partners virtual 6-week Food Business Pathways workshop series to support early-stage food and agricultural businesses located in the East Bay.

Mandela Partners Food Business Pathways Workshop is geared toward entrepreneurs of color with the goal of helping you learn and apply business concepts that will support your business' sales and planning. In the workshops, business owners should expect to gain confidence in making the next steps to grow their business, such as identifying their online branding and marketing, developing a budget and pricing their menu, and knowing their customers and audience.

Each workshop will prepare you to complete the following documents by the end of the workshop:

1. Lean business plan (first and easier step toward building a business plan)

2. Ideal customer profile (helps to support branding, marketing, and sales strategy)

3. Price out 3 menu items completely

4. Personal and business budget

5. ONE token to complete Food Handlers or Managers certification

Register Here