Baubles Bangles and Bags November 8, 2010

Over 200 beautiful new, gently used, premier designer and celebrity-owned handbags will be available at Peninsula Volunteers, Inc.'s second annual Baubles Bangles and Bags to be held on November 8, 2010 at the Menlo Circus Club. The first Baubles Bangles and Bags sold out before invitations were mailed and raised over $89,000 for Peninsula Volunteers Programs.

Fashions and jewelry by Prestige, Town and Country Village, and Jackie Jones highlight the event which is chaired by Pat Grillos and Darlene Woodson of Atherton and Linda Drew of San Carlos. Tickets are $125 and available by calling Cathy Duhring at 650-326-0665, ext. 238 or [email protected]. Proceeds will benefit Peninsula Volunteers programs: Meals on Wheels; Little House, The Roslyn G. Morris Activity Center; and Rosener House Adult Day Services.

Celebrity bags include those from Dancing with the Stars' Cheryl Burke, Designer Michael Kors, and American Idol Runner up Katharine McPhee.

Peninsula Volunteers, Inc. is a pioneer in senior services and was the first volunteer organization to receive a HUD grant to develop and build low income senior housing in the United States. For more than 60 years, Peninsula Volunteers has created and provided high quality and nurturing programs for the aging in South San Mateo County, allowing them to pursue long and useful lives. Each year Peninsula Volunteers delivers over $4 million in services, including over 150,000 hot meals to seniors and the homebound, and touches over 4,500 households through its programs: Meals on Wheels; Little House, The Roslyn G. Morris Activity Center; Rosener House Adult Day Services; and Peninsula Volunteers Properties, Inc. The latter provides 82% of the affordable senior housing in Menlo Park at Crane Place and Partridge/Kennedy Apartments.
For more information please visit our web site at www.peninsulavolunteers.org or call Bart Charlow, Executive Director, at 650-326-0665.

Official Website: http://peninsulavolunteers.org