10^th Annual The Great Tomato Tasting Festival

Elk Grove Community Garden & Learning Center
10025 Hampton Oak Drive

Saturday, August 22, 2015
9 a.m. to 12 Noon

Free Event!

 *Taste dozens of different varieties of tomatoes

 *Information Booths by: Master Gardeners, Master Food Preservers, Worm Composting, Elk Grove Water District, City of Elk Grove recycling, Elk Grove Food Bank, and Green Acres
(Please bring plant/bug samples for Master Gardeners in zip-lock bags or closed jars.)

*Children’s Craft Table sponsored by Gardeners of the Grove

 *Garden Tours

Click here for a copy of the flyer -> Tomato Tasting Poster 2015

As you might guess, everyone generates a lot of paper documents that we stuff into boxes, especially tax records and receipts. That is taking up room in your garage and today you can get rid of it, clean and simple.  Of course, the solution to the build up of files is to have them shredded.

The small paper shredder in my home officer is fine for daily bills and such, but not for several boxes of files from past years. And, don’t forget, as you have upgraded computers over the years, you probably pulled out the hard drive before getting rid of the old computers, so that your info is not available to other people. You may be surprised to find that shredding is the perfect solution to those old hard drives as well!

To help you deal with the accumulation of documents and hard drives that need to be shredded, a Shred-Event will be available to the public at the Coldwell Banker office on Saturday,  July 11th, 2015 between 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM. The truck will be in the parking lot at 9250 Laguna Springs Drive.
This event is free, but we do ask in return is to help us support the U-16 Girls Soccer Velocity soccer team by bringing a check along with your boxes of documents to be shredded.

I have attached a flyer with all of the information so that you will have it in hand when you come by to drop off your documents.

Shred-Event-Flyer

As you might guess, real estate agents generate quite a lot of paper files over the course of their business. Often times, a file for a single transaction can amount to several hundred pages. That’s a lot of paper! In the past, most agents maintained a copy of each file and their brokerage did the same.  Each agent kept copies for 7 years just in case the information was needed later. As we move toward paperless transactions, the need for the duplicate files will soon be a thing of the past because the brokerage will keep the only file in an approved electronic format. But, what to do with those files, many with confidential information regarding the transaction. Of course, the solution to the build up of files is to have them shredded.

The small paper shredder in my home officer is fine for daily bills and such, but not for several boxes of files from past years. And, don’t forget, as an agent has upgraded computers over the years, they have pulled the hard drives to protect that same confidential information before getting rid of the old computers. You may be surprised to find that shredding is the perfect solution to those old hard drives as well!

To help agents deal with the accumulation of documents and hard drives that need to be shredded, Coldwell Banker will host a Shred-Event at their office on Saturday, May 30, 2015 between 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM. The truck will be in the parking lot at 9250 Laguna Springs Drive.

As a public service, the Shred-Event is open to our friends and clients as well. All we ask in return is that you help us support the Elk Grove Food Bank by bringing a check or a bag of non-perishable food along with your boxes of documents to be shredded.

I have attached a flyer with all of the information so that you will have it in hand when you come by to drop off your documents. Shred-Event-Flyer

The Elk Grove Youth Sports Foundation makes it possible for kids to play sports even if their parents cannot afford to pay the cost of registration.  Each year, they put on  the Annual Running of The Elk event to raise funds.

Next week, Jack’s Urban Eats is supporting the Elk Grove Youth Sports Foundation.

During their pre-grand opening event, from 12:00 to 2:00 on Tuesday May 19th, Jack’s Urban Eats will donate 100% of the receipts generated to the Elk Grove Youth Sports Foundation.

Join us at Jack’s for lunch on Tuesday and welcome them to Elk Grove and thank them for supporting Elk Grove’s Youth.