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JW House Wish List:
Linens:
Twin XL & Queen Size White Sheets, White Towels (bath, hand, washcloth)
Gift Cards:
Safeway, Lucky, Smart&Final, Bed Bath and Beyond, Target
Pantry Items:
Muffin Mix, Granola Bars, Brownie Mix, Bottled Juices, Regular Ground Coffee
Cleaning Products:
Laundry Detergent (liquid HE, fragrance free), Liquid Bleach, Disinfectant Wipes
If you have items you would like to donate to JW House, please contact us at info@jwhouse.org or 408-246-2224 for drop off instructions.
Do you have a group of up to 6 people who would like to volunteer at JW House? You can participate in our "Dinner is Served..." program where groups or local restaurants can cook meals for JW House families. For more information, contact april@jwhouse.org
Thank you for
your support!
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JW House
Board of Directors
President:
Andrew Kryder
Vice President:
Richard Caligaris
Secretary:
Diane Doolittle
Treasurer:
Patty Holaday
Founder's Representative:
Anne Marie Knapen-Asnong
Val Asbury
Steve Borkenhagen
Mary Danna
Sue Foltz
Linda Hitchcock
Geert Knapen
Katie Metzger
Sue Murphy
Issac Vaughn
Executive Director
Jill Mitsch
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 Join Us May 12
Santa Clara Spring
Garden Tour
10 am - 3pm 
Blossoms and beautiful gardens, and perhaps a few birds and butterflies, will greet visitors to the Santa Clara Spring Garden Tour! This event is hosted by the Historic Preservation Society of Santa Clara and JW House. The tour will feature four private residential gardens, plus the landscaped grounds at the Harris-Lass House Museum located at 1889 Market Street, and JW House located at 3850 Homestead Road in Santa Clara, adjacent to Kaiser Hospital. Tickets will include a map of all the locations. There will be garden and craft vendors at both the museum and JW House, and the Harris-Lass Tank House Gift Shop will be open with new merchandise.
Tickets are $15 per person. Click here to purchase tickets.
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Spotlight on a JW House Volunteer:
Meet Pam
JW House celebrated our amazing volunteers on Sunday April 22 with a brunch in our backyard in honor of National Volunteer Appreciation Week. In 2011, JW House volunteers donated over 7,100 hours of their time to the house! Over 50 volunteers were in attendance of the event and special recognition was given to Pam Phelps as Volunteer of the Year. In 2011, Pam volunteered over 253 hours to JW House! Guests of JW House are very appreciative of the warmth and hospitality of Pam. Pam also is a wonderful baker and you can always count on delicious smells coming from the kitchen when Pam volunteers on Tuesday afternoon.  "For me, after much searching, I was fortunate enough to be accepted as a volunteer at JW House. It is a lovely facility which opens its doors to local people and families who have other family members and loved ones in nearby hospitals. The loving part of this house is that it opens its doors to those families who need a day or a night's place of respite and renewal; a place where they can feel like they're in a "home away from home" for a meal, a compassionate ear, hug, or a place to lay their weary heads for a day or more.
I was drawn to it immediately. It's not that I feel I'm making a significant difference in their difficult time. I just feel that I might help to be a little buffer for them during this time and to help out where and when I can at "the House" in any way that's needed. In the end, not to be corny, but it is becoming the 'bridge over troubled waters' for me and has lifted me to a new spiritual place. It has helped take my head and thinking from 'me' to 'them. It is so rewarding to wake up wanting just to 'give.' There is never a day when I don't feel better, renewed, and fuller when I leave than when I have arrived to volunteer. There is truly something unique and uplifting about being able to step out of yourself and your comfort zone and become part of something greater than ourselves. We must never take that for granted. And, the need in so many areas is so great. "
Pam Phelps
JW House Volunteer |
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JW House
3850 Homestead Road
Santa Clara, CA 95051
(408)246-2224
info@jwhouse.org
www.jwhouse.org
JW House keeps families together during medical crisis by offering a welcoming home just steps away from the hospital, providing a caring and compassionate environment that inspires hope.
JW House is a
501(c) (3) not-for-profit organization.
Our tax ID number is 20-2034560.
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