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Peet's participates in many community fundraisers and cultural events year-round. Please join us in supporting these upcoming events.
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Northern California
AIDS Walk San Francisco 2010
July 18, 2010
On Sunday, July 18, a Peet’s team of 90 Peetniks, from our home office and Northern California retail stores, will join thousands of individuals to walk and raise money in Northern California's largest AIDS fundraising event. Peet’s Mission Street will provide brewed coffee for AIDS Walk SF event organizers and volunteers for the week leading up to the event to keep them fueled while preparing for this very important day. For more information on AIDS Walk or to learn more about how you can participate in an AIDS Walk in other cities, please visit www.aidswalk.net.
Stern Grove Festival
June - September, 2010
Stern Grove Festival is San Francisco's celebration of community, nature, and the arts. Since 1938, The Festival has shared world-class performing arts with hundreds of thousands of visitors in one of the country's most beautiful and unique natural settings. For generations, every performance at Stern Grove Festival has been presented to the public, completely admission-free. www.sterngrove.org.
California Shakespeare Festival
Through October 17, 2010
Founded in 1974, the award-winning California Shakespeare Festival presents more than 100 performances of Shakespeare and classic plays each summer. This year's season includes productions of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, John Steinbeck’s Pasteurs of Heaven and George Bernard Shaw’s, Mrs. Warren’s Profession. www.calshakes.org.
Eden’s Run to the Lake 10K/5K
July 11, 2010
Benefiting Eden Medical Center’s Trauma Center. The course begins and ends at Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley and run to Lake Chabot Park. The 5k course is flat and fast. The challenging 10K course runs along the rolling, hilly west trail of Lake Chabot, with paved and trail surfaces. Eden Medical Center participates in a series of community events, where the hospital is on hand to offer free health screenings and information. Tri Valley and Contra Costa Peetniks will be on site sampling coffee and engaging with participants. For more details, call Community Health Education at (510) 889-5078.
Livermore Shakespeare Festival
Through August 7, 2010
Inspired by William Shakespeare, who through the rhetoric and poetry of the English language gave voice to the deepest experience of being human, the Livermore Shakespeare Festival is committed to producing professional theater in the local Tri-Valley community. This season will feature productions of Romeo & Juliet and Tom Stoppard’s, The Real Thing. www.livermoreshakes.org.
Peet’s Joins Friday Nights at the de Young
July 23, 2010
To celebrate the Birth of Impressionism exhibition at the de Young Museum, come visit the one-night-only La Café Peetnik during Friday Nights after hours programming on July 23, from 6 to 8:30 pm. Sample select signature Peet’s coffees, and French-inspired goodies while enjoying live music, Impressionist painting demonstrations and art making for the whole family. Don’t forget to use your Peet’s advance adult ticket discount to view Birth of Impressionism after hours. Buy tickets at deyoungmuseum.org and use coupon ID: MPEETS to receive your 20% discount.
For more info about Friday Nights, click here.
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
July 23 – August 7, 2010
Founded in 1980, the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival is the first and largest of its kind in the world. This hallmark program is a renowned three-week summer festival screening in four Bay Area venues, featuring the highest quality Jewish films from around the world. As the first of more than 100 Jewish film festivals worldwide—and still the largest, with some 30,000 attendees—SFJFF is an influential showcase bringing together filmmakers and audiences to celebrate Jewish cinema and explore its new frontiers. www.sfjff.org.
Eat Real Festival
August 27-29, 2010
Now in its second year, The Eat Real Festival believes that good, fresh and delicious food is something to be celebrated. With a focus on food craft, artisan beers and local wines, the event will showcase food in all its different forms. Oakland District Peetniks will be on site serving coffee to attendees of the festival’s Fundraising Dinner and Literary Festival. www.eatrealfest.com.
Southern California
The Saban Free Clinic’s “Extravaganza for the Senses”
July 17, 2010
This premier tasting event features top Southern California restaurants and wineries.
All proceeds benefit The Saban Free Clinic. Celebrating its 43rd Anniversary, the Clinic provides a full range of high-quality free medical, dental and social services to the homeless, the uninsured, the working poor, runaway and high-risk youth. This year, the Clinic will provide nearly 90,000 patient visits to the men, women and children who need them the most. Greater Los Angeles Peetniks will be on site tasting Peet’s signature coffees with attendees. www.thesabanfreeclinic.org.
Bike the Bay
August 29, 2010
“Bike the Bay” is an annual fundraising/community event that brings residents of all over San Diego County. The 25-mile ride takes cyclists of all abilities on a scenic and primarily flat ride around the San Diego Bay via the recently improved Bayshore Bikeway. Along the way, riders will travel through surrounding cities and ride across the Coronado Bay Bridge. San Diego Peetniks will be on site serving coffee to participants prior to the ride. Proceeds from the ride will benefit the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition, a non-profit organization dedicated to making bicycling better in San Diego. www.bikethebay.net.
Pacific Northwest
Portland Race for the Cure®
September 19, 2010
On Sunday, September 20, thousands will join together at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in downtown Portland for the third largest Komen Race event in the country. Proceeds benefit the Oregon & SW Washington Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure®. Portland Peetniks will be on site at the Pre Race Expo and day of Race events sampling coffee. www.komenoregon.org.
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