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The 6th Annual PTA & SCEF Read-A-Thon is back! This fun, free, event celebrates reading and directly involves students in supporting their schools. Every minute read and every dollar raised helps fund art, music, libraries, assemblies, and community-building programs through SCEF and your PTA. Learn more and register on our event page at the link above.

Target Audience: Students in the San Carlos School District

Mustang Hall, 828 Chestnut St.

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High School Musical JR. is a condensed, family-friendly stage adaptation of the popular Disney movie, tailored for younger performers. The show follows basketball captain Troy Bolton and new student Gabriella Montez as they break social barriers by auditioning for the school musical, leading to themes of self-discovery, unity, and challenging the status quo.

The San Carlos Children's Theater cast consists of upper elementary and middle school students from the San Carlos School District.

There are four performances:

• January 23 - 7:00 PM
• January 24 - 1:00 PM
• January 24 - 7:00 PM
• January 25 - 1:00 PM

Target Audience: All ages

Clock Tower Music, 676 Laurel St.



Please join us as at Clock Tower Music for open mic night. Open to anyone who would like to share a song or two. Poets and instrumentalists are also welcome. Or just come and listen.

Snacks and beverages provided.

Target Audience: Ages 9 through adult

San Carlos Library, 610 Elm St.

It’s Read-a-Thon for students in San Carlos School District! Drop in anytime this weekend to the Children’s Room at San Carlos Library to construct your own reading nook. We have blankets, boxes, cushions, and of course plenty of books for kids to add a few hours to their reading logs. Get ready to get cozy and read together!

Click Here to see over 20 other San Carlos Library events running during Week of the Family.

Target Audience: All Ages

Arroyo Upper Elementary School, 1710 Arroyo Ave.



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Each Green Corner will host a seed-blocking workshop. The trays of planted seed-blocks will be germinated and will go to our community gardens on local school campuses in San Carlos and Redwood City. This event is part of Community Service Saturday.

Target Audience: 5+ to seasoned gardeners

Redwood High School, 1968 Old County Rd.



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Each Green Corner will be hosting two events at Redwood High School. These events are part of Community Service Saturday.

• Living Campus Workday (9:00 - 12:00): This is a workday in the community garden.
• Tree Pruning Workshop (11:00 - 2:00): Participants will prune fruit trees in the garden orchard.

Target Audience: 5+ to seasoned gardeners

Arbor Bay School, 1017 Cedar St.



PNC Grow Up Great® has helped children from birth to age 5 discover their love of learning. By supporting and delivering engaging programs, experiences and resources, we’re helping to create a world of opportunities for the next generation and beyond. Receive bilingual activity books and other resources that help parents, teachers and caregivers how to foster a love of reading and learning for our youngest learners. This event is part of Community Service Saturday.

Target Audience: Everyone!

Arbor Bay School, 1017 Cedar St.

One Life Counseling Center's Youth Advisory Council (YAC) teens will help kids create fidget toy resource boxes and friendship bracelets to take home or donate. Participants can also test their knowledge in Mental Health Jeopardy for fun prizes while learning important topics about self-care and wellbeing. This event is part of Community Service Saturday.

Target Audience: Ages 7–13 (younger siblings 5–6 welcome with parent supervision)

Arbor Bay School, 1017 Cedar St.

Give your good condition books for ages 2-5 and good condition baby dolls (8" or taller, clothes optional - no Barbies) a new home with a child who doesn't have many toys or books. Bonus points for books in Spanish!

This event is hosted by Learning Home Volunteers, a nonprofit that prepares low-income 2-5 year old for kindergarten by providing learning kits and parental support. This event is part of Community Service Saturday.

Target Audience: Everyone!

Arbor Bay School, 1017 Cedar St.

Caring Cupboard is a free and confidential food support program for San Carlos residents, run by Lions, Kiwanis, and Rotary Clubs for Seniors in partnership with the San Carlos Adult Community Center. This event is part of Community Service Saturday.

We will be collecting canned food and packaged food to help fill our winter pantry. No glass please. Drop these off at any Community Service Saturday location.

Target Audience: Everyone!

Arbor Bay School, 1017 Cedar St.



Bring you used eyeglasses to drop-off boxes at Week of the Family events.

One of the pillars of Lions Service is vision causes. Lions collect used eyeglasses (readers and sunglasses too). Every year Lions collect thousands of pounds of used eyeglasses which are refurbished and given to deserving people all over the United States and the world. This event is part of Community Service Saturday.

If you can't drop them off on this day see other convenient locations at www.sancarloslions.org or call 650-597-1777.

Target Audience: Everyone!

Arbor Bay School, 1017 Cedar St.


The Carlmont Key Club (local high school students) will host a painting party to decorate 100 rocks with messages of compassion and kindness! The rocks will be pre-prepped, so you can let your artist's hand shine! Join in the fun and the masterpieces will be donated to the Youth Center's rock garden. Be sure to make one to take home, as well! This event is part of Community Service Saturday.

Target Audience: All ages are welcome to participate -- great for kids, adults and seniors!

Arbor Bay School, 1017 Cedar St.

Please join the Cupid Crew at Arbor Bay School in making valentines for residents of the San Carlos Elms, or for your family and friends! We have plenty of art supplies or bring your own! This is a terrific way to brighten the day of community members and your loved ones too! Each card is sure to bring a BIG smile, because you care! This event is part of Community Service Saturday.

Target Audience: All ages are welcome to participate! Ideal for toddlers, teens and seniors!

Arbor Bay School, 1017 Cedar St.

The popular Hug-a-Book program, sponsored by the San Carlos Kiwanis Club, is asking for donations of new or gently used books for 1st to 3rd grade children. Kiwanis Club members take turns reading in SCSD classrooms and then donate the books to the classrooms and school libraries. Do you have some family favorites to donate and share? Your best loved books are sure to be a big hit with this young crowd! This event is part of Community Service Saturday.

Target Audience: Everyone with books to share.

First Baptist Church, 787 Walnut St.

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Volunteers will build over 20,000 meals for deliver to people in areas of food insecurity. This event is part of Community Service Saturday. It is a city-wide event supported by the following organizations.

• San Carlos Lions Club
• San Carlos First Baptist Church
• Community Foundation of San Carlos
• San Carlos Rotary (Major Donor)
• San Carlos Kiwanis Club
• Carlmont Key Club
• San Carlos Week of the Family Committee
• JM Social and Service Club
• Private individuals

For more information on Rise Against Hunger: Click Here

Target Audience: Ages 12 and up

San Carlos Library, 610 Elm St.

Celebrate Tết, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, with a vibrant performance by a local Vietnamese dance troupe at the library! Experience the beauty of traditional music, colorful costumes, and dynamic folk dances that honor family, heritage, and new beginnings. Bring the whole family to enjoy this joyful celebration and welcome the Year of the Horse!

Click Here to see over 20 other San Carlos Library events running during Week of the Family.

Target Audience: All Ages

Learning Home Volunteers, 633 Quarry Rd., Suite D

Help make learning materials for low-income 2-5 year olds. The materials you'll help create will help teach toddlers their colors. Lots of counting, cutting, painting will be involved. This activity is hosted by Neighbors Helping Neighbors. This event is part of Community Service Saturday.

Target Audience: 5+ (but parents must join if kids are < 14.)

Harrington Park, 752 Laurel St.

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Bring the whole family on bike for the 4th Annual 'Tour de Family' Bike Ride! We will meet on Laurel in front of the Bank of America and then take a ride through scenic San Carlos. Make sure your bicycle is in good working order and have a helmet! E-bikes welcome! Participants will receive a flashing bike light thanks to our sponsors.

Event Sponsors: Community Foundation of San Carlos, Parks and Recreation Foundation of San Carlos, Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition, and Sports Basement.

Target Audience: Riders of all ages

The Reading Bug, 785 Laurel St.

Noted local author and store owner, Lauren Savage, will join Sue Mickiewicz to present books celebrating our community. The event will have stories, art activities, and a small treat. Join the fun in our amazing bookstore on Laurel Street -- shop local!

Target Audience: Families with children K-3rd Grade

Reach & Teach, 1179 San Carlos Ave.

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Race against other teams to complete an Artifact Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle! Special prize to the winning team. Pizza and beverages will be provided.

Targeted Audience: Ages 7 to adults

All over town!

Since its inception in 1999, the Week of the Family Committee has designated the Monday of the week as a time reserved for families to stay at home and do something specifically with their family. It is hoped that reserving a set time each week for family time will become habit-forming.

Family Activity Day was started by Week of the Family founder, and former Mayor, Don Eaton in 1999. The event is for everyone. You are encouraged to “adopt” friends and neighbors who would enjoy an evening of family activities.

Ideas for things to do as a family:

• Play board or card games
• Get out the family photo album
• Make up a play or story
• Make dinner—everyone contributes a dish
• Make a family calendar
• Read a book aloud (book lists are available at the library)
• Write letters to grandparents or other family members
• Draw or paint a picture
• Learn how to use a compass
• Pull out your old records, tapes, CDs, then listen to and discuss music
• Tell stories from your family history
• Go to the library
• Bake bread
• Start a family journal
• Sing

Target Audience: All San Carlos Families

All over San Carlos

Take your family cook out to dinner! These San Carlos establishments will have discounts and specials just for Week of the Family. No registration required.

Support these local restaurants. Ask for the "Week of the Family Discount".

• Stamp Bar and Grill, 773 Laurel St., Free dessert for San Carlos families after your meal! (Mus)
• Molly O's, 1163 San Carlos Ave., Special 3-course prix-fixe dinner (Raquel)
• Impasto, 661 El Camino Real, 20% off meals! Mention "Week of the Family" when ordering. (Melisa)
• Doppio Zero, 617 Laurel St., Free Margherita pizza for kids joining the family for dinner (Suzanne)

Target Audience: Everyone!

San Carlos Youth Center, 1001 Chestnut St.

Please join the Sequoia High School FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics Team, FTC 4475 - Purple Reign, to see how they have built a competition robot. You will get to drive the robot and ask all of your questions.

Target Audience: All ages are welcome to participate

San Carlos Library, 610 Elm St.

This workshop provides an overview of key topics related to insurance and healthcare planning. Participants will learn about different types of life risks and the life insurance options available to address them. The session will also cover the cost of long-term care and explore available care and coverage options. In addition, attendees will receive a clear overview of Medicare, including when to apply and how to understand supplemental coverage choices. This workshop is presented in collaboration with the Financial Education Outreach Project.

Click Here to see over 20 other San Carlos Library events running during Week of the Family.

Target Audience: Seniors

San Carlos Elms, 707 Elm St.

Calling all Middle School kids! Come down with your friends and family and spend an afternoon with the residents of The Elms. Join the San Carlos Leos Club and other middle school students.

Many fun activities include making Valentines cards for The Veterans Hospital, reading or playing games with the residents, and making lunches for the homeless.We will be crafting and doing projects from 2:00 - 4:00, it's a short day so come have fun and do good for your community.

Target Audience: San Carlos Middle School Students

Hiller Aviation Museum, 601 Skyway Rd.

All Day - Free Admission to Hiller Museum for San Carlos residents with proof of residency.

3:00-4:00 PM

• Learn about engineless flight
• Help assemble the wing of a real aircraft
• Build and fly a balsa wood glider

Target Audience: Everyone

Clock Tower Music, 676 Laurel St.

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Join local singer and choral director Emily Bender (emilybender.com) for an evening of easy and fun harmony singing inspired by “Pub Choir” and our own “No Stress Choir”! You don’t need to bring anything but yourself and your voice. We will learn a song (or 2) to sing together in harmony, then we will wow ourselves with how much joy we can find in singing together.

Target Audience: All ages!

All over San Carlos



Head over to your favorite watering hole or try a new one or two. Enjoy Week of the Family with your good friends and family or make some new friends. Great discounts at all venues. Be sure to designate a driver or take a rideshare or better yet - Bike or Walk!

• Blue Oak Brewing Company, 815 Cherry Ln., 1/2 price flights (Alex Porter)
• Out of the Barrel, 555 El Camino Real, 1/2 price flights and kids' activities! (Evan Jaques)

Target Audience: All locations are family-friendly!

Museum of San Carlos History, 533 Laurel St.

Join us at the Museum of San Carlos History for a special community event marking the burial of a time capsule to be sealed for another 25 years. This symbolic moment will preserve memories, artifacts, and stories that reflect life in San Carlos today for future generations. Community members are invited to gather as we commemorate the present and connect past, present, and future through this shared historical moment.

Target Audience: Everyone!

Shop various wineries around San Carlos.

Head over to your favorite wine bar or try a new one or two. Enjoy Week of the Family with your good friends and family or make some new friends. Great discounts at all venues. Be sure to designate a driver or take a rideshare or better yet - Bike or Walk! And tell your server "Week of the Family" when you arrive.

• 3 P Wine Company, 663 Laurel St. , Two for one tastings ($25 value)
• Flying Suitcase Wines, 915 Washington St., 40% off cases
• Russian Ridge Winery, 919 Washington St, 20% off wine tastings and bottles of wine

Target Audience: All locations are family- and pet-friendly!

San Carlos Library, 610 Elm St.
2nd Floor Community Rooms


Come enjoy a fun evening with your family and friends. Play a variety of board and card games that are fun, competitive and educational in nature. We have over 100 games! Local board game players will loan their personal games for play, plus teach and coordinate game playing. Bring games from home to share as well.

Note: This is at the same location and time as the City-wide Roshambo Finals.

Target Audience: Game players 4 and up. Most games targeted at 10 year olds and up.

San Carlos Library, 610 Elm St.
2nd Floor Community Rooms


Healthy Cities Tutoring will run our annual San Carlos City-Wide Roshambo Contest (Rock, Paper, Scissors) where winners from local schools can play with others for prizes! Players will be grouped by age groups and we will crown age group winners as well as an eventual city-wide winner! Come join the fun!

Official Week of the Family Roshambo Rules:

1. You and your opponent make a fist with one hand and tap it three times on the fist of the other hand (or another hard surface).
2. You and your opponent should both count the strokes out loud.
3. On the third tap you and your opponent should both make or “throw” your characterizations of either ROCK, PAPER, or SCISSORS very distinctly, at the exact same time, so there is absolutely no mistake what you threw.
4. Winner is awarded 1 point for the winning throw. (Rock dulls/beats scissors, paper covers/beats rock, scissors cuts/beats paper.)
5. If you and your opponent “throw” the same character, no points are awarded–try again.
6. A player must win two out of three throws to win a game and two games to win the match.
Note: This is at the same location and time as the Family Game Night.

Target Audience: Students from all SCSD schools, grades K-8th

Fire Station 13, 525 Laurel St.
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Calling all junior fire fighters and kids of all ages! Join the fun as we tour Fire Station 13 and get close to the firetrucks and the community helpers who keep us safe! Free fire hats and stickers to the first 60 kids! This year, we will have 3 tour times. Please register to reserve a spot.

• Tour 1 - 10:00
• Tour 2 - 10:30
• Tour 3 - 11:00

Notes:

• Please choose one, and show up 10 minutes prior to the tour to check in.
• This is at the same time as the Museum of San Carlos History Open House (next door)!

Target Audience: All ages are welcome to participate -- ideal for toddlers, teens, families and seniors!

Museum of San Carlos History, 533 Laurel St.


This event offers the public a chance to view the displays in the Museum and interact with the Villagers and docents. Do you have questions about the last 100 years in San Carlos? The answers and other treasures can be found in the museum! Paired with the popular Fire Station 13 Tour, it's appropriate for all ages and refreshments will be provided!

Target Audience: Everyone!

San Carlos Youth Center, 1001 Chestnut St.

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Join Museum of San Carlos History docent John Durkin for a walk through the heart of San Carlos, recalling our city’s past and considering our future. Walkers start at 11:30 AM outside the Youth Center and end at the Museum of San Carlos History at 1:00 PM.

You will learn:

• Why are there so many restaurants on Laurel St. ?
• Where was the Greater San Francisco Speedway?
• What is the future of Laurel St.?
• What is the history behind Burton. Park?

Space is limited, so please register. with an email to johnfdurkin@yahoo.com or call 650-339-2547.

Target Audience: Adults and children (4th grade and older) able to walk from Burton Park, across town, to the Museum of San Carlos History.

Mahany Hall, 1336 Arroyo Ave.


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The San Carlos Lions Club is hosting our annual Crab Dinner. Support a number of community projects.

Cost: $75 per meal (Crab, Pasta, Salad, Garlic Bread & Dessert)

Target Audience: Crab Lovers!

The Alexandria, 835 Industrial Rd.


Register Please register by January 27! Or, email us your team name and number of people: rgbh@comcast.net
Teams will be limited to 5 people. You can come with a team or you can become part of a team when you arrive. Our fantastic emcee, Matt, will be returning again this year. We encourage you to invite family, friends, and neighbors (trivia buffs or not!) to this fun and engaging community game night in San Carlos. Come early and pick up something to eat and/or drink from the food trucks or the Generator Bar. We look forward to another great event this year.

Target Audience: Adults who enjoy trivia

Art Bias, 1700 Industrial Rd.

Art Bias is a family friendly art center with over 60 artists and 50 studios. At least twelve artists will have their studios open for this event. Chat with the artists, ask questions, and gain insights into their techniques. Plus there will be a number of hands-on art projects for families and kids, including wet felting, sketching, polymer clay jewelry creating, and old fashioned Valentine card making. Complimentary refreshments.

Target Audience: All Ages

Museum of San Carlos History, 533 Laurel St.

Register Note: The event may fill up so teams should register as soon as possible.
Boondoggle Frequently Asked Questions
The Boondoggle is a team event that will take you on a route around town, solving clues, answering factoids and collecting loot. It will start and end at the San Carlos History Museum. Teams will travel in cars (one car per team) and can be comprised of up to five people of any and all ages.

• 1:00-1:30 Check-in
• 1:30-3:30 Hunt
• 3:30-4:30 Awards and Party

Target Audience: All ages welcome, however, babies and toddlers may not find it super fun and may hold back teams that are racing to win.

Church of the Epiphany, 1839 Arroyo Ave.



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Join us for a fun, multi-generational supper to close out the 2026 San Carlos Week of the Family! We will have a Taco Bar with a variety of options that cover most dietary needs, plus beverages. We ask that you sit with people you don't know yet and find common points in your lives. It truly takes a village!

Target Audience: Individuals or families. We thrive as an intergenerational community, whether in a household, neighborhood, or across town!