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The annual Make A Difference for Pleasanton Festival, like so many other events during the pandemic, will be online this year. Instead of gathering in person to explore dozens of booths hosted by nonprofit organizations, those seeking ways to “Get Connected and Stay Connected” through community service are encouraged to visit www.mad4p.org.
The festival traditionally falls on the weekend of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, which has become the international focus of helping others, so the website will offer a variety of ways to provide community service, starting this Saturday (Jan. 16).
Click on “Festival” to see participating nonprofit groups, or click on the name or logo of an organization to find its mission statement and need for volunteers or donations. The site will remain active until Sept. 1.
In addition, a Zoom invitation on the site will enable visitors to tune in at 11 a.m. to hear live commentary from festival chairman W. Ron Sutton. Representatives from various organizations are then scheduled to speak as follows:
11 a.m. — Welcome
11:03 a.m. — Sandra J. Wing Healing Therapies Foundation
11:06 a.m. — Pleasanton Cultural Arts Council
11:09 a.m. — Pleasanton Partnerships in Education
11:12 a.m. — United Methodist Church
11:15 a.m. — Sunflower Hill
11:18 a.m. — Assistance League of Amador Valley
11:21 a.m. — Livermore/Amador Valley Garden Club
11:24 a.m. — The Go Green Initiative
11:27 a.m. — AGAPE Villages
11:30 a.m. — American Association of University Women
11:33 a.m. — Stanford-ValleyCare Hospital Volunteer Services
11:36 a.m. — Girls’ Soccer
11:39 a.m. — The Planting Love Project.
More may be added by the day of the event.
“We invite you to find out about organizations that make our community a better place,” Sutton said. “There are opportunities for adults, for families and for teenagers to volunteer.”
“COVID-19 has limited some in-person volunteer activities, but there still are ways in which you can help, including many new projects from Make A Difference for Pleasanton,” he added.
Those wishing to drop off requested items for donations, such as used baby clothing for Loved Twice, can do so in front of the ACCUSPLIT office, 1262 Quarry Lane, Suite B (off Valley Avenue) in Pleasanton between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. this Saturday, the launch date of the volunteer festival.