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WATCH THE SPARKS FLY FRESH & FLAVORFUL STAY OUT OF THE KITCHEN!
METALWORKS MAGIC GULINO GELATO PICKLEBALL MANIA
SPIRIT OF THE PENINSULA
brush of beauty
JULY 21
KORI SHAW CONJURES UP A SWIRL WORKS ART OASIS
10+ REASONS WHY WE LOVE THE PENINSULA!
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PHOTOGRAPHY: COURTESY OF MIDNIGHT SUNDAY (MENLO TAVERN) / ANNIE BARNETT / COURTESY OF VIVIAN JOHNSON
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Peninsula Culture
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Swirl of Creativity IN EVERY ISSUE
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Perfect Shot Editor’s Note
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Heart of the Community 17 Sloane Citron
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Diary of a Dog: Jake
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Travel & Wellness
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Ahoy! Angel Island
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Oh, What a Pickleball!
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Cover: Photography by Annie Barnett (Page 17)
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INTERVIEW
heart of the community
words by EVA BARROWS • photography by IRENE SEARLES
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have,” professes Heather. “I really corporate world again.”
appreciate how they tell a story, Heather began her tenure
through what I call the language at Peninsula Family Service as
of accounting, about an orga- chief financial officer in 2010.
nization.” Heather attended Cal As a mother of two living in San
Poly San Luis Obispo, where she Mateo, she says the organiza-
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earned her BS in business admin- tion’s support of children and
orking in an office is istration. She went on to work at parents resonated with her, and S
not everyone’s idea of Arthur Andersen and became a as a CPA, she identified with PFS’
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a dream job, but for certified public accountant. mission to support adult financial
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Heather Cleary, CEO of Peninsula After Arthur Andersen, Heather literacy. “One of the things that I
Family Service (PFS), it definitely briefly worked in the dot-com love most about PFS,” she says,
was. Heather grew up in the East industry before purposefully “is the potential to grow and
Bay town of Orinda and, as a shifting course in 2001 into the adapt and do the work of the
teenager, loved spending time nonprofit sector, which she says community in the community.”
at her father’s computer rental is one of the best professional Founded in 1950, PFS
and service business doing moves she’s ever made. “I found was created to support
accounting and data entry. She it so much more rewarding to returning GIs and their
recognized that people in nearby support a team that’s working families after WWII. Since
communities were less fortu- on community needs rather than then, PFS has been provid-
nate than herself and, over time, earning money for somebody ing community-based pro-
found ways to use her interest in else,” she says. “Once I started grams to secure wellness
business for the public good. in the nonprofit world, I knew and stability in San Mateo,
“I enjoy numbers. I always I would never go back to the Santa Clara, Santa Cruz
Compa
for infor
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and San Benito counties. Careers and Mature Workers pro- the management side of the
Services offered change grams have found opportunities organization. She decided to
over time in response to to work at PFS and can give back go back to school and earn a
community needs. Cur- to their community through their Master of Public Administration
rently, PFS is focused jobs. Another way PFS directly degree. Heather learned the skills
on early learning, adult impacts the community is through of evaluating program success,
financial empowerment grant funding—such as a family community and government
and older adult services. of five using an ice cooler to keep advocacy and obtaining public
As an example, Heather their food cold receiving a grant to funding. This education and
explains that a new community buy a refrigerator. PFS also helps experience prepared Heather to
need arose during the stay-at- people struggling with homeless- take on the role of CEO in 2017.
home orders when older adults ness to rebuild their credit so they “I see my work here as
could not access the internet and can eventually rent an apartment. an opportunity to give
stay connected with their sup- As CFO, Heather focused on back to the community
port system. “The digital divide strengthening the back office. that I’ve lived in and ap-
became very real, very quickly,” “Understanding the finances preciated for more than
observes Heather. “That’s an of this organization has been a 20 years now,” says
easy, somewhat low-hanging fruit huge asset,” she says. “All the Heather, who first moved
to give them a tablet—they’re not funding sources for each pro- to the Peninsula in 1999.
that expensive—and give them gram have different requirements As CEO, she’s grown
training, as well as a place to and restrictions, and we run a PFS in both revenue and
come back for more training.” significant number of programs.” services and has added
In turn, PFS services often deliv- In 2015, Heather stepped new programs like Got
er a ripple effect. Older adults who in as interim director of early Wheels, providing on-
have gone through the Second learning and began moving into demand rides for older
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Heather became CEO, she ac- opportunities for her
knowledges that it is still too low. children. Still, she
As chair of the workforce com- recognizes that the high
mittee with the San Mateo Child cost of living has led
Care Partnership Council, Heather to increased rates of
goes to Sacramento to advocate homelessness within the
for PFS teachers—and ensures community. “In this area,
that their needs and voices are we have the resources,
represented during meetings. and we have the talent
PHOTOGRAPHY: COURTESY OF PENINSULA FAMILY SERVICE
Outside of PFS, Heather vol- to improve the shared
unteers with several community experience,” she says.
organizations and encourages her Getting involved is a simple
two teenage sons to give back step—and as Heather points out,
as well. “What’s really important opportunities are everywhere.
to me is to show my children Just at PFS, for example, numer-
that they need to participate and ous programs and special proj-
volunteer in the community that ects rely on volunteers—whether
they want to live in,” she says. it’s individuals, families or teens
Her son’s teachers shared how seeking community service hours.
he has been supporting a student Like PFS’s logo of a heart sup-
adults, and Help@Hand, a who’s been struggling in class. ported by a hand, Heather believes
calming activities app. “That’s really the culture I’m Peninsula communities can
The biggest challenge PFS fac- trying to create,” she confirms. express love for their neighbors
es is finding qualified teachers for “It doesn’t always have to be a by holding each other up. “If we
its early learning program. “There formal volunteer thing, but just respect everyone in our community,
just aren’t enough early educa- help out your neighbor.” know that everyone goes through
tors,” says Heather. “The pay is Heather loves the difficulties at times and have excel-
lend a hand so low there’s not a pipeline of
new people going into the field.”
dynamic lifestyle the
Peninsula offers, with
lent programs to provide a helping
hand when people need it,” she
peninsulafamilyservice.org Although the average wage at plenty of things to says, “our community grows stron-
PFS has more than doubled since do and employment ger, and everyone benefits.”
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Many of our neighbors learn about members for 71 years and continues to
Peninsula Family Service (PFS) when they support those most in need, helping them
need help and have nowhere else to turn. to meet every challenge.
Whether they are a family struggling to Our life-changing programs of Early
find early learning care for their young Learning, Financial Empowerment and
children, a mother who needs assistance Older Adult Services are helping those who
securing an affordable car loan to drop are struggling. The dedication of PFS and
her children at school or a lonely older our programs affirms our commitment to
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