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Hope’s Corner serves 250,000th meal
Mountain View nonprofit Hope’s Corner served its 250,000th meal earlier this month.
Hope’s Corner offers hot breakfasts, bagged lunches, showers and laundry services to people in need from its location at the corner of Mercy and Hope streets in downtown Mountain View.
On Sept. 7, the nonprofit celebrated the milestone meal with balloons, chalk art and a $25 gift certificate to Ava’s Market for the recipient of the meal.
“Our 250,000th meal today was a great milestone,” Hope’s Corner President John Riemenschnitter said in a press release. “It certainly highlights our impact, but it also illustrates how food insecurity has reached critical levels for our neighbors in Mountain View and surrounding communities.”
For more information about Hope’s Corner, visit hopes-corner.org.
Mountain View schools win health awards
Seven Mountain View Whisman schools were named to a list of “America’s Healthiest Schools,” an annual award from the nonprofit Alliance for a Healthier Generation.
Bubb, Imai, Landels, Monta Loma, Theuerkauf and Vargas elementary schools, as well as Crittenden Middle School, were among 879 schools nationally to win an award for the 2023-2024 school year.
Schools can be recognized in nine categories, according to Healthier Generation’s website. Mountain View Whisman’s schools were recognized for increasing family and community.
Mountain View hosts Teen Wellness Retreat
Mountain View’s Youth Advisory Committee is scheduled to host the fourth annual Teen Wellness Retreat on Saturday, Sept. 28.
The event is free for high school students ages 14 and older from Mountain View and Los Altos and “is aimed at promoting physical, mental, and emotional well-being among teens in our community,” according to the event description.
The retreat will include three workshop sessions, a motivational speaker, therapy dogs and a resource fair. There will also be lunch, giveaways and raffle prizes.
The event will run from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Mountain View Community Center, 201 S. Rengstorff Ave. Advance registration is required.
For more information and to sign up, visit mountainview.gov/teenwellnessretreat.
