The Place is home base for Called Up, a WestGate sponsored local organization led by Clay and Kelli Elliott on campus at San Jose State. They exist to guide student athletes at SJSU and Santa Clara University into living out their God-intended design. They are evangelical and Christ focused. The vive is cool and inviting; they host dinners, speakers and game nights for student-athletes with attendance soaring on a weekly basis. 

• Complete landscaping on the street side of the 3 houses
• Clear out shrubs 
• Install artificial turf

Open since 1961, Happy Hollow is a small 16 acre Zoo and Amusement park located in the heart of San Jose. They welcome thousands of students on field trips each year in an effort to promote sustainability, protect wildlife and natural habitats.

• Landscaping ¼ of the area under the Bent Bridge
• Provide a pollinator garden for Monarch Butterflies

Every year, on Beautiful Day weekend, our Saratoga Campus is transformed into a magical place where friends with special needs can experience a prom like wonderland full of fun, food and dancing while their parents and caretakers join in fellowship and respite with one another. 

• Lots and lots of Decoration – Set up and Tear Down
• Games and Crafts 
• Parent Room Greeters/Minglers
• Hair & Make-up Stylists and Salon helpers
• Food leads to assist with meal service to guests and parents 
• DJ – play music during event
• Photo area- take pictures and assist guests
• BUDDIES! (Each guest will need a buddy)

Almaden area’s beautification has been an ongoing project over the last 4 years. 

This will be the last major effort at the intersection of Camden and Almaden. We will improve landscaping in the median for better vehicle and pedestrian visibility as well as repaint the 4-way intersection from paint donated by Mayor Matt Mahan. 

• Remove large weeds in the median 
• Add mulch 
• Paint adjacent sound walls

Camp Via West is located on 13.5 acre campus in the Cupertino foothills and provides a safe and accessible environment for caregivers to place their special needs person under the care of trained counselors and camp hosts, allowing for the current caregiver to have respite. 

• Finish painting the trim on the Sleeping Lodges    
• Hang and finish drywall
• Build 3 new composts bins for the garden
• Build a trellis for a raised garden
• Weed, landscape, and replace mulch

Santa Clara County has close to 7,000 unhoused individuals in our streets at the moment.  A growing percentage of them live in their cars while maintaining a job and doing their best to obtain transitional or permanent housing.  Here at WestGate we seek to partner with both government agencies and fellow churches to show God’s love to them in that process.

• Coordinate Car Wash for unhoused individuals living in their car
• Provide Free Haircuts 
• Collaborate with nearby mechanic shops for oil changes

Latimer is one of seven schools in the Moreland School District and serves over 500 TK through 8th grade students.  

• Build planter boxes to block the view of utilities 
• Paint 
• Landscaping/gardening to improve appearance of the school
• 1 lead and 2 subleads needed

For over 40 years, Martha’s Kitchen has been offering hot meals to the San Jose community. On a monthly basis they distribute 100,000 meals and 175,000 pounds of groceries. They believe food is a basic human right and promote access to well balanced meals. They send out food to over 70 other non profits in the area annually. Beautiful Day has faithfully supported their efforts for many years. 

• Make-over Martha’s Kitchen Business Office
• Remove Cabinets and storage units, carpet and floors
• Install new flooring
• New paint
• Upgrade lighting 
• New Conference Table and Sign

Open since 1961, Happy Hollow is a small 16 acre Zoo and Amusement park located in the heart of San Jose. They welcome thousands of students on field trips each year in an effort to promote sustainability, protect wildlife and natural habitats.

• Landscaping ¼ of the area under the Bent Bridge
• Provide a pollinator garden for Monarch Butterflies

A partnership with City of Morgan Hill and Mt Madonna YMCA, the CRC Provides a safe place for teens to hang out. Teen Center also hosts Social & Academic enrichment activities as well as FREE daily homework help hours. 

• Remove dead trees and fill with concrete 
• Build a half court 
• New raised beds and sod