Elves in coaching
Members of Brownie Troop 60125 volunteered on the Household Giving Tree warehouse in Sunnyvale on Dec. 7, sorting, wrapping and organizing presents and getting them prepared for bagging for the nonprofit’s Vacation Want Drive. The troop additionally hosted a Digital Giving Tree together with Junior Troop 60174, adopting 25 want playing cards, and used cookie sale proceeds to buy presents at Pennyland Toys in Campbell, which provided the troops a reduction. Donations to the Digital Giving Timber may be made till 9 p.m. on Jan. 15, 2026, at https://wishdrive.org/girlscouttroop60125
Based in Milpitas and now situated in Santa Clara, Household Giving Tree has already collected greater than 24,000 presents this season and is working towards serving to 50,000 kids and households throughout the Bay Space, in keeping with Evelyn Huynh, director of group useful resource improvement.
Peninsula Symphony live performance
Grammy-nominated pianist Joyce Yang will carry out with the Peninsula Symphony Jan. 17, 2026, in a program balancing the First Concerto of Beethoven with three orchestral visions of the story of “Romeo and Juliet.” Works by Strauss, Prokofiev and Diamond full this program, to be carried out at Campbell’s Heritage Theatre, situated at 1 W Campbell Ave.
The live performance begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $35-$50 at https://peninsulasymphony.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket. Kids and college students are admitted without spending a dime.
