| Action | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Creating a Block Welcome Wagon | PA - Palo Alto Family YMCA |
Come to our Y's free family events held seasonally to meet new neighbors and enjoy activities in your neighborhood! When you also become a Y member, members can refer their friends or family and have their joining fee completely waived! |
| Creating a Healthy Block Club | PA - Palo Alto Family YMCA |
Enjoy the free community programs offered at our Y and the other group exercise classes, swimming pool, or gymnasium to meet new people in your neighborhood. |
| Planting Gardens Together | PA - Palo Alto Family YMCA |
Our YMCA is always looking for volunteers to help beautify our garden by planting or ripping out weeds. Email Patty Doolittle at patty.doolittle@ymcasv.org for more volunteer opportunities. |
| Living a Low-Car Lifestyle | PA - Palo Alto Family YMCA |
Our YMCA rewards our members who bike, walk, take public transportation, or use other alternative means to get to our YMCA with our Alternative Transportation Program. Grab a stamp everytime you come in using alternative transportation and redeem collected stamps for great YMCA merchandise! |
| Walking or Biking to Your Destination | PA - Palo Alto Family YMCA |
Our YMCA rewards our members who bike, walk, take public transportation, or use other alternative means to get to our YMCA with our Alternative Transportation Program. Grab a stamp everytime you come in using alternative transportation and redeem collected stamps for great YMCA merchandise! |
| Preventing and Responding to the Flu and other Viruses | PA - Palo Alto Family YMCA |
Research shows that moderate amounts of exercise during cold and flu season can boost the body's defenses against viruses and bacteria. Come to our YMCA and utilize our abundant resources to keep your family prepared for the flu season. |
| Planting Trees | MV - Canopy |
Information from Canopy about planting and requesting trees. |
| Planting Trees | MV - Arbor Day Celebration |
Information on Mountain View's Arbor Day Celebration. |
| Planting Trees |
MV - Arbor Day - Free Tree Types MV - Arbor Day - Sign Up for a Free Tree |
Free Tree Types: Information on free tree types available for planting on your property. Sign Up for a Free Tree: Use the form at the bottom of this website page to sign up for a FREE tree. The City will deliver the tree of choice to eligible residents in late April or early May. |
| Planting Trees | MV - Street Tree Brochure |
Information on the City's street tree program. If you have any questions or would like to sign up for a street tree, please call the Community Services Department, Forestry |
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“Cities are the platform for change in our world today. The Cool Block links the challenges facing our planet to the intimate, personal, social scale of the city block. This program starts and ends with the premise and promise—that the individual, household, and neighbors are the way forward in the face of seemingly insoluble global problems.”
