Saratoga High students donate their time, talent during summer vacation

Students volunteer for charities

Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District students volunteered with two nonprofits this summer to help children in need.

“Our students continue to inspire us with their compassion and commitment to others,” District Superintendent Heath Rocha said in a release. “These service projects reflect the heart of our district: students who lead with kindness, empathy and a desire to make their community stronger.”

Students in the summer program and the district’s Community-Based Instruction Special Education program gathered with other student volunteers during lunch breaks to crochet wigs for children undergoing cancer treatment as part of the Magic Yarn Project.

The nonprofit donates princess- and superhero-themed yarn wigs to patients who have lost their hair due to chemotherapy. The effort was led by retired Los Gatos Union School District counselor and school psychologist Linda Williams. The finished wigs will be donated to Stanford Children’s Hospital.

Some students also baked 20 lasagnas for young adults aging out of the foster care system. It was done through Lasagna Love, a global grassroots nonprofit that brings together volunteer chefs and families in need with homemade meals.

Farmers market returns

The Prince of Peace farmers market opened on July 2 with organic fruits and vegetables, woodcraft, fresh bread and face painting.

The farmers market is open every Wednesday from 2-6 p.m. in the parking lot between Prince of Peace Lutheran Church and Westhope Presbyterian Church at 12770 Saratoga Ave.

Vendors inlcude Bay Fresh Berry Producer, Calidad Organic Farm, Resendiz Family Farm, Hummus Heaven, Little Sky Bakery, Mango Blossom Apiary Honey and Pastarey Foods. Prather Meats attends the farmers market bimonthly and will return on July 9. McDonald Woodcraft and Old World Pottery sell home goods at the market.

Additional parking is available from the Saratoga Avenue entrance. Visitors are instructed to follow the signs and flags.