Lafayette Chamber of Commerce was formed in 1947 to support the city's business community. Today, the organization includes more than 600 members from Lafayette as well as its neighboring cities and towns.
Annual chamber events include the Taste of Lafayette, the Lafayette Reservoir Run and the Lafayette Art and Wine Festival, a popular outdoor festival that runs on consecutive days each year and draws visitors from throughout San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. Along with its usual meetings and mixers, the chamber offers an Entrepreneur's Club meeting on the third Thursday of each month at 8:30am. Participants attending the meeting need not be chamber members.
The Los Altos Community Foundation was formed in 1991 to the promote community-building of Los Altos and Los Altos Hills.
Since then, it has been a strong force behind many of the city's institutions, including the Bus Barn Theater, Los Altos History Museum, Leadership Education and Advancement Program and the Community Scholars program for Mountain View Los Altos students who are the first in the family to attend college.
As a community foundation, it makes grants that broadly strengthen the community and it provides fund management for others. It operates four grant programs and supports its own programs, for students development, teaching philanthropy and providing mediation. Mindful of the changing demographics, it has the Aging in Place committee, which researches and disseminates information on services that may allow Los Altans to stay in their homes longer.
It has also played a leading role in convening and facilitating discussions of community-wide interest, such as the closing of Bullis School and issues of mutual interest between Mountain View and Los Altos.
It owns and operates out of the Richard Neutra House, where the 28-member board of directors meet on the third Wednesday of the month, at 181 Hillview Avenue, as well as the Los Altos Community House.
The Marbella Golf and Country Club is located within the exclusive and private gated community of Marbella Estates. The 18-hole course was designed by pros Jay Morrish and Tom Weskopf. The Club is nestled in the landscaped rolling hills of this area with man-made lakes and waterfalls. The facility is also a premier destination for weddings and private events. The club is accessible to members and their guests only.
The CK-12 Foundation is a nonprofit organization with a unique mission: to create online collaborative environment for the production of free digital textbooks, which they call flexbooks. The organization is working to ensure the books meet curriculum guidelines and can be customized to individual needs.
St. Baldrick's Foundation is a volunteer-driven charity for funding research to cure childhood cancers. It started on St Patrick's Day 2000, when 17 volunteers agreed to shave their heads to fundraise. The event brought in more than $100,000, and the founders knew this was a successful venture. Today, more than 144,000 volunteers have gone hairless for charity, raising in excess of $87 million.
This organization provides fundraising events throughout the country and internationally. Visit the website or call the number provided for more information about involvement and other opportunities.
The Allied Arts Guild is a historic park area featuring beautiful gardens, shops, artists' studios and the Cafe Primavera restaurant. It is owned and operated by The Allied Arts Guild, which hosts public events and holiday celebrations throughout the year. The area is also available for weddings, receptions and other private affairs.