The Junior League of Palo Alto•Mid Peninsula Presents Finishing Touches: A Holiday Tour of Fine Homes and Boutique from Dec. 2-5, 2010
Third Annual Event Benefits Local Peninsula Communities
MENLO PARK, CA, September 16, 2010
The Junior League of Palo Alto•Mid Peninsula will host its third annual fundraiser, Finishing Touches: A Holiday Tour of Fine Homes and Boutique from Dec. 2-5. Sponsors include Emily Joubert, Florabella, Sprinkles, Frette, Tom's Teak Furniture, Tiny Prints, and more. The Junior League of Palo Alto•Mid Peninsula's membership is comprised of approximately 1,200 local women. Each year, the League contributes more than $400,000 and an estimated 35,000 volunteer hours to our local Peninsula community.This year's tour will include several beautiful homes in the Atherton area decorated for the holiday season by local interior and floral designers, as well an expanded boutique for holiday shopping. Finishing Touches is based at Sacred Heart School (50 Emilie Avenue, Atherton), where guests will park and check-in, and then be transported to each home by shuttle bus. Guests also have the opportunity to shop in the holiday-themed boutique, which features both new and well-known local vendors. Tour hours are Saturday, Dec. 4, from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 5 from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
A special Opening Night Celebration kicks off the weekend-long event on Thursday, Dec. 2 and features cocktails, gourmet food, a raffle, and more. This event will be held at an exclusive, additional residence not included on the weekend tour. In addition, the League will be throwing a festive luncheon on Friday, Dec. 3 at the Menlo Circus Club. It includes a Home Tour ticket that can be used for a Friday-only, self-driven tour or for the shuttle-guided tour on Saturday or Sunday.
Finishing Touches directly supports The Junior League of Palo Alto•Mid Peninsula. Funds raised are directly supporting the local community through the League's projects: Done in a Day, First Teachers, Fostering Families, and Shelter Network, as well as through multiple community grants the League makes to various nonprofit organizations.
Tickets for all of the events can be purchased online at http://www.juniorleaguehometour.com beginning Oct. 1, 2010. Tickets for the weekend tour are $40 in advance and $50 at the door.
About the Junior League of Palo Alto•Mid Peninsula
The Junior League of Palo Alto•Mid Peninsula, Inc. focuses on developing the potential of families through its projects, community grants and public policy advocacy. It focuses on training a diverse group of women volunteers, with a goal of serving those interested in developing their leadership potential, broadening their skills and effecting positive change in our community. The JLPA•MP serves the San Francisco Bay Area Peninsula communities of Atherton, Belmont, East Palo Alto, Foster City, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Menlo Park, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Portola Valley, Redwood City, San Carlos, Stanford, Sunnyvale and Woodside.
The JLPA•MP is a part of the Association of Junior Leagues International (AJLI), which consists of 294 Leagues and more than 170,000 members from the USA, Mexico, Canada and Great Britain. For more information, please visit AJLI's website at http://www.ajli.org.