SCS receives support from annual events and special activities. There is absolutely no cost to the agency for any of these events, so 100% of dollars contributed supports our clients and programs. We are extremely grateful to the generous donors who provide these fundraising events and to those who participate.

Annual Auction   View 2007 Auction Items>
Each year just before the holidays, the Sunnyvale Chamber of Commerce hosts an auction to benefit SCS’ Community Christmas Center in our building at 725 Kifer Road. The next auction will on Thursday, December 4 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. There is no admission fee to the auction though we ask for a donation of canned goods, a new toy, or household gift (towels, blankets, basic kitchen items).

Joe Antuzzi, owner of Il Postale, provides dinner for everyone. Network Appliance provides the wine and volunteer auction staff. 30-35 items comprise the oral auction, with about 200 more in the silent auction. The list of items for the 2008 auction will be posted on November 1 and is updated daily, so be sure to check it frequently.

To get an idea of items offered at the auction, check last year’s list. Please contact us if you have something to donate or would like more information about the event.

Dinner at the Dump, A Trashy Affair
Jerry and Julie Nabhan and Rebecca Buldo of Specialty Solid Waste and Recycling (Sunnyvale’s garbage company) host a fantastic annual event held not at the aromatic dump itself but in the corporate parking lot. The terrific food includes delicacies from Seafood Cove (thanks to Toyota Sunnyvale) and the best barbecued steak, chicken, and salmon you’ve ever tasted, grilled to perfection by Sunnyvale Public Safety Officers.

There is a raffle with terrific prizes. The event is so successful that attendance grew from 300 the first year, to 650 and 800 the next two years.

Proceeds benefit SCS and several other nonprofits. This trashy affair is not to be missed. Check the website for updates on the 2009 Dinner at the Dump.

Thai Basil Banquet
Jua and Taneerat Rattanaphun, owners of the Thai Basil restaurants, donate a banquet dinner to SCS without any cost to the agency whatsoever. We appreciate their wonderful generosity as well as their absolutely fantastic food, named best Thai food in the area by the San Jose Mercury News. Check the website for the date of the next dinner in spring 2009. Call 738-0121 for information and details.

Annual Auction


Julie and Jerry Nabhan and Rebecca Buldo of Specialty Solid Waste and Recycling host the fantastic Dinner at the Dump


Thai Basil Dancers