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Rebecca Salner, Media Relations Officer
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
650.450.5525 or rsalner@siliconvalleycf.org

SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION HOLDS FIRST REGIONAL MEETING ON OCT. 15

MOUNTAIN VIEW – Silicon Valley Community Foundation starts a new tradition Oct. 15 with its first regional meeting at Cupertino’s Flint Center.

Donors, community leaders, corporate executives and others will come together to discuss the community foundation’s progress in creating a comprehensive center for philanthropy since its creation in January 2007.

Community foundation board members and leaders will look ahead to new programs addressing the region’s challenges and will review accomplishments. Additional topics include investment strategies to maximize philanthropic impact.

The meeting will take place from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Flint Center on the DeAnza College campus. A reception follows from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The meeting is free and open to the public. Please register at the community foundation’s website, www.siliconvalleycf.org.

About Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Silicon Valley Community Foundation is a catalyst and leader for innovative solutions to our region's most challenging problems. Serving all of San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, the community foundation has more than $1.9 billion in assets under management and 1,500 philanthropic funds. The community foundation provides grants through donor advised and corporate funds in addition to its own Community Endowment Fund. In addition, the community foundation serves as a regional center for philanthropy, providing donors simple and effective ways to give locally and around the world. Silicon Valley Community Foundation launched in January 2007 following the landmark merger of Community Foundation Silicon Valley and Peninsula Community Foundation and is now one of the largest community foundations in the nation. Find out more at www.siliconvalleycf.org.