14th Annual
Arts & Olive Festival
Sunday
October 2, 2011
10am-5pm

Cañada College
4200 Farm Hill Blvd.
Redwood City, CA

 "One cannot overestimate the importance of the Arts and Olive Festival. The money raised goes directly to scholarships for students working hard to complete their degrees, a more critical matter than ever before. Volunteers are at the heart of the festival. They come from every component of the Cañada community and make certain that Arts and Olive Festival is a joyful, fun and rewarding experience."

Thomas C. Mohr
College President 2005-2011

2011 Arts & Olive 1st place poster contest winner

2011 Multimedia Program
Student Poster Contest
Kadializ Solis

Cañada College Families & Community

Thank you to all who made the 14th Annual Arts and Olive Festival an immense success! Due to teamwork,commitment, humor and great support from our college community, a substantial amount of money was raised for scholarships. Quite importantly, the community's families spent a lovely afternoon visiting and enjoying our campus.

Faculty, staff and administrative college district volunteers pitched in and made certain that everyone, adults, children, and families were welcomed and served at every station.

The vendors complimented site placement throughout our newly renovated campus, and the enthusiasm and helpfulness of our volunteers is much appreciated by all. Major donors and sponsors were cared for appropriately and every booth was staffed with generous Faculty, Staff and Administrators for day long activities.

A long term volunteer is in charge of the Kids’ Corner and the Early Childhood Education students staffed the Kid’s Corner, providing crafts, art projects and face painting for the children.TRIO Program Coordinator and students provided supplies and games for the children.  ECE volunteers helped with the entertainers and family groups attending the performances. The Interior Design and Fashion Department faculty and students provided displays at the college bookstore.  Phi Theta Kappa represented our students environmental concerns. Medical Assisting partnered with Sequoia Healthcare District nurses and staff to provide health updates and blood pressure information.

Last year, our Science Division provided information on olive trees and campus wide conservation project. And the City of Redwood City linked residents to participate in our Multimedia Student Poster Contest.

Kudos to all! And our heartfelt thanks.

Faculty, Staff & Administrator Event Volunteers

Maggie Souza, Office of the President
Linda Hayes, Chair, Planning Committee,         
Julie Mooney, Vendor Coordinator, 
Mike Tyler, Entertainment,       
Robert Hood, Marketing, Advertising  
Katie Beverly, Photography

Volunteers consisted of:  Alicia Aguirre, Lorena Abdallah, Elizer Ayala-Austin, Ari Alvarez, Regina Blok, Steven Bradley, Glory Bratton, Leanor Cabrera,  Ignacio Carlos, Nick Carr, Margie Carrington, Jenny Castello, Ronda Chaney, Kate Charlton, Martha Chavez, David Clay, Dora Collado, Gloria Darafshi, Loretta Davis, Kurt Devlin and women’s soccer  team, Patty Dilko, Allen Domenic, Sue Eftekhari, Denise Erickson, Mike Ferrari, Catherine Fraser, Romeo Garcia, Anissa Gawad, Val Goines and ECE Students, Midge Graham, Jeanne Gross, Mike Habeeb, Sarah Harmon, Robert Hood, Brian Horwitz, Maria Huning, Debbie Joy, Carolyn Jung, Sharon Kasser,  Jai Kumar, Hyla Lacefield, Ray Lapuz, Christine Li, Kim Lopez Monica Malamud, Barbara McCarthy, Sally McGill, Dave Meckler, Sandra Mendez, Ana Miladinova, Tom Mohr, Bill Morales & Art Students, Joan Murphy, Barbara McCarthy,Paul Naas, Anne Nicholls, Vicky Nunes, Kay O'Neill, Dave Patterson, Gloria Peña, Sarah Perkins, Debbie Peterson, Jonna Pounds, Robin Richards, Joel Rivas, Bonnie Roberts, Christine Rodriguez, Paul Roscelli & Phi Theta Kappa, Jose Romero,Joan Rosario,  Rita Sabbadini, Dottie Shiloh, Kathy Smith, Steven Soler, Maggie Souza, Jeannie Stalker, Janet Stringer, Charlene Suda, Peter Tam, Elsa Torres, Susan Traynor, Ron Trugman, Mike Tyler, , Terry Watson, Nancy Wolford, Helia Ying.

Raffle Committee:  Terry Watson, Vicky Nunes, Maggie Souza, Stephanie Samuelsen, Dora Collado


Wine/Beer Booth: Dennis Arreola, Ret, Dean of Admissions, Skyline College

Go Team Devlin! 


Website -Roberta Chock – Original design by: Dorothy Mertz.  Update by: Goodstein Foundation     

College Families and Community: Johan Blok, Roxanne Brewer,  Drago Family, Dan Glass Family, Grace Gulli, Russ Hayes, Janelle Hayes, Brendan Mooney, Alana Ridge, Evelyn Peña-Bench,  Veronika Veres, Bill Waterman,

 Medical Assisting Program & Sequoia Hospital BSN Nursing Volunteers

TRIO,  Upward Bound & Early Childhood Education Students

Tom Mohr, Retired College President; Patricia Miljanich & Karen Schwarz, SMCCCD Board of Trustees   

Jim Keller, Interim College President


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