Community Matters

Social Networking Groups for Milpitas

Find out about local issues and what is trending in Milpitas, California, in the following social networking groups. Connect with others in Milpitas and nearby to talk about our town and its activities.

Adding members and friends as of February 4, 2022. Compare to Average Page Views on GoMilpitas.com this past year of 12,063/month Feb 1, 2021-Jan 31, 2022. (144,761 total.)

Go Milpitas Group 567 members
If you call Milpitas your home, or you spend a lot of time here through work or pleasure, have friends or relatives here, or used to live here, or represent Milpitas in government at higher levels, you are welcome to join!

Desi’s in Milpitas 720 members
Hello, this group is for Desi friends living in Milpitas.

Friends of the Milpitas Library 98 people like this. 118 people follow.
Get announcements about book sales by liking this page.

I <3 Ol’ School Milpitas! 4.0K members
For those who grew up in, went to school in, spent time in, or love somebody from Milpitas. Please keep ALL posts about memories of people and events from Milpitas.

Marshall Pomeroy PTA 340 Friends
What a year this kids had! Thanks to all teachers for all your hard work this year with our kids. I know this had to the hardest year to teach! Thanks for everything you do for our Pomeroy’s kids!

Milpitas, Ayer and Calaveras Alumni 2.1K members
Alumni from the city of Milpitas, CA. Milpitas High, Samuel Ayer high, Calaveras High, Rancho Jr. and Randall Jr. When you join the group, announce yourself on the wall by your school, year and maiden name, if needed. If you don’t see your Yearbook cover, post it under the Photo Sections.

Milpitas Chamber Events 262 members
This group is for those interested in events. 2 posts a month. Has gotten a little spammy, and unrelated to the Milpitas Chamber are getting posted a lot.

Addiction Recovery Center

Milpitas Citizens Network 310 members
Getting Milpitas Residents together to raise issues and help build a better community. Current issue: Stop Pot shops! Stop Landfill Expansion!

Milpitas Community Library 2.2K Likes, 2.5K Followers
This is an official page for Santa Clara County Library. Please visit https://sccld.org/mobile-apps/ on your mobile device to use our app.

Milpitas Dog Park 451 members
The goal when this group was started was to bring together the people who come to enjoy this great park. Everyone who comes to the park is encouraged to get to know both the two-legged and their four-legged furry family members.

Milpitas Family 1.9K members
We are a local community group offering positive support to residents in Milpitas and the surrounding area. Gets tons of spam.

Milpitas Family First 70 members
We are committed to helping Our MUSD Unhoused/Homeless McKinney Vento Students, and in that commitment, we are advocates for Milpitas.

Milpitas High School Friends 158 members
3 posts a month. Not very active. 

Milpitas Homeschool Support Group 48 members
This is a private group for those who homeschool or plan to homeschool in Milpitas to look for nearby homeschool friends, invite others to join them for an event.

Milpitas Community Buy/Sell/trade 10.8K members
Post items you need to Buy, sell or trade. Services also welcome.

Milpitas Key Club 683 members
“Caring – Our Way of Life” Key Club is the oldest and largest international student-led organization which provides its members with opportunities.

Milpitas Knights Group Page 688 members
Milpitas Police Activity League (PAL) For more information on Knights Football please contact us at milpitasknights@gmail.com. PAL football is a program offering healthy, safe activities to the youth of our community as an alternative to street crime, drugs and violence.

Milpitas Neighbors 1.5K members
Public: Anyone can see who’s in the group and what they post. No description.

Milpitas Moms and Kids 285 members
Welcome to the Milpitas Moms and Kids playgroup Virtual Playdates, Virtual Moms Night Out, etc. Anyone can host a virtual event.

Milpitas Rants and Raves 3.2K members
This is the place to rant and rave about anything and everything going on in Milpitas.

Milpitas Real Estate 149 members
Looking to get a pulse on Milpitas Real Estate Market? Find out the ins and outs of Milpitas Real Estate Market.

Milpitas Renters Coalition 74 Likes, 83 Followers
We are a grassroots group of Milpitas tenants and other community members who are deeply invested in preventing the displacement of renters in Milpitas. We make decisions collectively and need your voice to help combat evictions and rent gouging.

Milpitas Santa Clara Bay Area Garage Sales & More 7.3K members
This group is for anyone who wants to sell, trade, give away, or in search of anything that is legal. Mainly serving the South Bay Area such as Milpitas, Santa Clara, San Jose or any surrounding areas such as Fremont or Union City.

Milpitas Skatepark Facebook Group 366 members
This group is for those who support a skatepark in Milpitas, skaters, their parents and friends and anyone else who is excited that we are finally getting skatepark in Milpitas! Also on Instagram.

Milpitas Tells It Like It Is! 306 members
Looking for ideas that support our community and ways to improve our quality of life!

Next-door Milpitas
Milpitas Neighborhood is central Milpitas, east of 680 and one neighborhood south of Calaveras, and one neighborhood north of Landess. Use from browser or app for mobile devices.

Our Milpitas Eagles Freed 516 members
Unlike the other “Our Milpitas Eagles” group, this group will be free to join for all interested about the Bald Eagle nest at a school in Milpitas California. Great photos and videos of our special bald eagle nest, and the parents tending the young there.

Shopping Milpitas 3.5K Likes, 3.6K Followers
The heart of the valley awaits you with four community centers located in the heart of Milpitas. Beauty treatments, grocery, specialty services and fine dining–find more of what you are looking for.

Spring Valley VFD 329 members
Spring Valley Volunteer Fire Department (SVVFD) provides fire safety and emergency medical services for residents, recreational enthusiasts, and property in the north-eastern foothills above San Jose and Milpitas, California.

Sunnyhills Sign
Sunnyhills Neighborhood Association 430 people like. 477 people follow.
We are a volunteer group actively working to improve our neighborhood and the city of Milpitas through positive activities, events, and programs.

#SunnyhillsStrong 795 members
A group created to celebrate the world’s first planned integrated community, to honor those pioneers that helped to establish it, to tell “Our Story” and to keep the spirit of Sunnyhills alive forever!

71 Milpitas neighborhoods are on Nextdoor 115,225 residents, 71 neighborhoods

Nextdoor is the best way to stay in the know about what’s going on in your neighborhood—whether it’s finding a last-minute babysitter, learning about an upcoming block party, or hearing about a rash of car break-ins. There are so many ways our neighbors can help us. We just need an easier way to connect with them.

Apex Centria

Avalon Heights South

Ayer Ln

Senior Center

Barbara Lee Senior Center Information.

Come spend the day with us, or just a few hours.

Includes contact information and a Map with directions to the Senior Center, Activities and Services, and additional resources for local Senior Citizens, such as a very inexpensive lunch. Call 24 hours in advance to reserve a catered meal.

Barbara Lee Senior Center offers Saturday hours during new pilot program
By Rhoda Shapiro – Milpitas Beat – September 12, 2022
Now, for the first time ever, the senior center’s opening its doors on Saturdays, from 9am-12pm. The move is part of a new Pilot Program, which the majority of the Milpitas City Council voted to launch during a meeting in January.

Contact Information

Milpitas Barbara Lee Senior Center
40 North Milpitas Boulevard (Click address for map.)
Milpitas, CA 95035
408-586-3400
TDD: 408-586-3400

Office hours Mon-Fri
8:30 AM to 4:30 PM.

John Macon is the supervisor of the Senior Center. You may email him at jmacon@ci.milpitas.ca.gov

Barbara Lee Senior Center Membership Form (PDF)

Senior Shuttle Service Registration Form (PDF)

For more information on programs & services, please use the links below.

Financial Breaks for Seniors in Milpitas

Measure C Parcel Tax Exemption for Seniors and Disabled Persons
Any Milpitas owner of a parcel used solely for owner-occupied, single-family residential purposes and who are:

  • (a) 65 years of age or older on or before June 30 of the fiscal year immediately preceding the year in which the tax would apply, or
  • (b) receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for a disability, regardless of age, or
  • (c) property owners who own parcels that are contiguous and held under identical ownership**
    may obtain an exemption from the parcel tax by submitting an application, by June 15 of any year, to the District.

Seniors’ Links

Department of Aging and Adult Services
Administers and oversees…

Map and Directions to the Barbara Lee Senior Center


Map to location on 40 N. Milpitas Blvd.

Places of Worship

More than 350 community members attended the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Silicon Valley’s community iftar on June 10, 2017 at Bait-ul-Baseer Mosque in Milpitas. Photo courtesy of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Silicon Valley

Some of these may also be groups focus on spiritual awareness, more than worship. Listed alphabetically by religion, then site. While most are in Milpitas, some places of worship are not available in Milpitas for adherents, so I have list the nearest places where Milpitas worshippers tend to go within about 20-30 minutes of city center. Most hold services on Sundays unless otherwise noted. Check sites for up-to-date and detailed information.

Facebook iconMany places of worship are continuing to have services streamed online even though their physical buildings are now open. These may or may not be using Zoom, but since many do, I’m using that icon. Others are broadcasting on TV or are on Facebook Live.

Follow this guidance for places of worship and providers of religious services to support a safe, clean environment for congregants, visitors, workers, and volunteers. Places of worship include:

  • Churches
  • Mosques
  • Synagogues
  • Temples

Baptist

Ark Baptist Church
Chinese.
380 Montague Expy
408-526-1312

Park Victoria Filipino Baptist Mission
875 S. Park Victoria Drive
408-263-9000

Buddhist

Avatamsaka Buddhist Lotus Society
50 S Main St.
(408) 942-0874

Bodhi Meditation Bailian Center
919 Hanson Ct.
408-843-1638

Thien Long Son Dragon Mountain
3215 Calaveras Rd.
669-234-0217

Yongey Buddhist Center
682 Carlsbad St.
(408) 263-2740

Catholic

St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church
750 Sequoia
408-262-8100

St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
279 S. Main St.
408-262-2546

Christian Fundamentalist and Evangelical

Calvary Assembly
130 Piedmont Rd.
(408) 946-5464

Cathedral of Faith
196 South Main Street

Christ Community Church
1000 S. Park Victoria Dr.
408-262-8000

Christian Worship Center
241 S. Main Street
408-263-0406

Crosspoint Chinese Church of Silicon Valley
658 Gibraltar Court
(408) 586-8688

Gospel Chinese Christian Church
137 Dempsey Road
408-935-8477

Facebook iconGrace Alliance Church
Vietnamese
555 Los Coches St.
408-520-0255

Facebook iconLiving Stones Christian Church (LSCC)
777 Bellew Dr. (Inside Crowne Plaza Hotel)
408-692-5722

Milpitas Bible Fellowship
1715 E. Calaveras Blvd.
408-262-2062

Pathway Bible Church and New Vision Church
A Korean American Christian Church
1201 Montague Expy
408-471-8175

Silicon Valley Alliance Church
10 Dempsey Road
408-942-7223

Hindu

BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir San Jose, CA
1430.California Circle
(408) 263 2277

Sri Satyanarayana Swamy Devasthanam
473-479 Los Coches St
408-971-7852

Jain

Jain Center of Northern California
722 S. Main Street
408-262-6242

Jewish

Facebook iconTemple Beth Torah
42000 Paseo Padre Parkway
Fremont, CA 94538-0617
(510) 656-7141

Temple Emanu-El
1010 University Ave.
San Jose, CA 9512
408-292-0939

Latter Day Saints

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
48950 Green Valley Rd. Fremont CA 94538
510-623-7596

Lutheran

Mount Olive Lutheran Church
1989 E. Calaveras Blvd.
408-262-0506

Methodist

Peace United Methodist Church-Sunnyhills
355 Dixon Road
408-262-1486

Muslim/Islam

Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA
Bait Ul Baseer, Silicon Valley
926 Evans Rd.

Milpitas Ismaili Jamatkhana
691 S Milpitas Blvd Suite # 695
408-262-7325

Seventh Day Adventist

Milpitas Seventh Day Adventist Center
1991 Landess Ave.
408-263-8137

Wellspring Community SDA Church
966 Jacklin Road
408-634-9355

Unitarian

Mission Peak Unitarian Universalist Congregation
2950 Washington Blvd
Fremont, CA 94539
510-252-1477

Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto
505 East Charleston Road
Palo Alto, CA 94306
650-494-0541

Halloween/Fall Fests

Photo is of the GoMilpitas Haunted Yard at the east end of Grand Teton Dr. Haunted again in 2023!

If you have a community-wide October Halloween or Fall Fest Drive-Trough Celebration that you’d like to publicize here, please email your Go Milpitas guide, Ann Zeise. Please leave the Milpitas address of your “haunted” yard or driveway or parking lot. Since such displays may be going up early, if you wish visitors over a range of dates, include those dates. If you have a time range when the display will be on, include that. Leave me your phone number or email address just incase I need to contact you with questions regarding your post.

This page will be linked in the Events Calendar in October, so people will be able to read and use this page and Google maps to locate your haunt. I will only show your address and not your name, unless you specifically write that you want me to spell it out.

Milpitas Halloween and Fall Fests in 2023

1st Annual Halloween Party
Friday, October 20, 2023. 6-10PM.
Costume Contest, DJ, Eat, Drink, And Be Scary, $50 entry fee
Sponsored by the Joseph Bettencourt Foundation
Milpitas Community Center

Brick-or-Treat: Monster Party
Thursday, October 05, 2023 , 11:00am-5:00pm at LEGOLAND Discovery Center Bay Area
870 Great Mall Drive, Milpitas, CA.
Price: $29.99 to $43.99—Kids 2 years & under are free.
Scary fun awaits as the LEGO® Monsters take over LEGOLAND® Discovery Center Bay Area and throw a Monster Party you don’t want to miss! Get into the Halloween spirit and join us from September 28th -October 31st for some monsterrific activities and an exclusive 4D Halloween movie – The Great Monster Chase! And another party only for adults 18+. Experience a BOO-tastic Adult Night on Friday, October 13th, 6-9PM in this Halloween-themed attraction filled with tricks and treats galore! Enjoy the 4D Monster Party movie, ride and explore the attraction kid free!

Weller School Trunk or Treat
Weller back parking lot off Dixon Road. Costume Contest, music, games. A food truck will be available for you to purchase food. Every child goes home with a pumpkin, too.

Pumpkins in the Park
Saturday, October 28, 2023. 10AM-2PM. At Cardoza Park, Kennedy and Park Victoria Dr. Treat your family to a frightfully fun lunch break. Break in your costumes as you enjoy the ghoulishly good time we have planned for you. Choose your pumpkin from our pumpkin patch. $15/child. Paid admission require for some activities. Purchase your tickets at cityofmilpitas.simpletix.com. No charge for accompanying adults and non-participating children.

Family Fall Festival 2023
Saturday, October 28, 2023. 5-7PM.
Leaves are turning and fall is in the air! Join us for a fabulous Family Fall Festival. Enjoy classic fall activities like contests, arts & crafts, carnival games, music, prizes, yummy autumn treats, and more! Make special memories with the whole family this autumn. Invite your friends and family to this free, community celebration full of fall flavors, fun, and laughter. See you at Christ Community Church of Milpitas to celebrate the season together! Sign Up Here

Annual Screening of The Milpitas Monster Movie
Monday, October 30, 2023. 7-9:30PM.
Join us for the highly anticipated Annual Screening of The Milpitas Monster Movie! This exciting event will take place at the Cinemark Century Great Mall 20 XD and ScreenX located on Great Mall Drive, Milpitas, CA, USA. Get ready to experience the thrills and chills of this classic monster movie in person. Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity to watch the film on the big screen with fellow fans. Grab your popcorn and get ready for a night of nostalgia and entertainment. Mark your calendars and secure your tickets for this must-attend event! Optional Dinner preceding the movie, at 4pm at the Outback across from the theater.

Halloween Events in Other Places Nearby

Pirates of Emerson
September 29, 2023 – October 31, 2023. New for 2023 we will again present a WALK THRU thru event, with online only, Timed Entry tickets. Capacity limitations will be in place and that will mean tickets will probably again sell out early. Do not miss out – buy early! Also new are age limitations. Anyone under 16 years old MUST be accompanied by an Individual 21 or over. Thank you for understanding. Located at Alameda County Fairgrounds (Corner of Bernal & Valley Ave) Pleasanton, CA 94566

Dead Time Dreams Haunted Attractions
October 6-31, 2023, and other dates, too. Hours vary. Returns for the 2023 season. This year we’ll feature our open air immersive haunted attraction, NIGHTMARES. Take a stroll with us as we take you through the ultimate scare zone. Also returning is a bigger and better Midway of Terror to entertain before and after the main attractions. We’re again located at the corner of Tully Road and Capital Expwy next to the ABC Pumpkin Patch and Wells Fargo at Eastridge Mall, with plenty of FREE parking.

Haunted Train
Oct 20 – 29, 2023, at Ardenwood Historic Farm in Fremont CA. Climb aboard the HAUNTED TRAIN for a spooky (not scary) ride through the haunted forest at Ardenwood Historic Farm in Fremont. This ride is designed especially for families with children under 12. Live actors supply the fun and you will encounter the famous Witch of Ardenwood and other characters. There are colorful Halloween displays in between the scenes. For 30 years we have been supplying Halloween fun for all ages, and nothing will jump out or frighten young children. The Haunted Train will operate the two weekends before Halloween: October 20, 21, 22; and October 27, 28, 29. Trains will run every 30 minutes between 7:00 pm and 9:30 pm on Friday and Saturday nights; and between 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm on Sunday nights. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Because the ride is at night, for safety reasons every child under the age of 4 must sit on an adult’s lap (which will also give them a better view). The ticket price is $18 for all ages 3 and up (ages 2 and under are free).
Tickets go on sale SEPTEMBER 15, 2023 at 8 AM.

LGBTQ Milpitas

While Milpitas is far from being a city known for its LGBTQ community, as we really have no night life here for anyone, we do have activities and services to serve this part of our community, and most businesses are open and friendly to people of all sorts.

Milpitas is proud to be the hometown of Broadway’s Drag Darling Cacophony Daniels.


Milpitas Pride Part 1
Broadway’s Drag Darling Cacophony Daniels welcomes you to Milpitas Pride with the song “Perfect Day” from Legally Blonde.
Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5
Milpitas Pride Flag Raising 2020

Avenidas Rainbow Collective
Monthly LGBTQ+ social group. We are collaborating with the Youth Space to serve young people looking for activities that are for young people only. Otherwise, we offer one monthly LGBTQ Older Adult Social group at the Library in Milpitas along with two intergenerational activities each month–the monthly movie night and the monthly dog walking group. We also offer all existing Zoom groups to Milpitas program participants. Email for more information: LGBTQ@avenidas.org

Billy DeFrank LGBTQ Community Center
The Billy DeFrank LGBTQ+ Community Center provides community, leadership, advocacy, services and support to the Silicon Valley’s LGBTQ+ People and their Allies.
938 The Alameda
San Jose, Ca 95126

408-293-3040

City of Milpitas LGBTQ Pride
Each June Milpitas usually holds a Pride event at city center.

15 inspiring leaders in Silicon Valley’s LGBTQ community
Activists have worked for decades for LGBTQ residents in Silicon Valley to have access to services they need, as well as for a safe and encouraging community to support them. In celebration of Pride Month, here are 15 influential LGBTQ leaders in alphabetical order by first name.

Gender Health Care nearest to Milpitas
Our mission is to provide comprehensive and community-driven physical, mental/emotional and social health care across the lifespan for transgender, gender non-binary and gender expansive communities. Our work is grounded in social justice and cultural humility that recognizes all parts of a person’s identity. We strive to be a model for expanding access to gender-affirming care in public health systems.
Medical Center, Santa Clara Valley HealthCare
777 E. Santa Clara Street, 3rd Floor
San Jose, CA 95112

408-977-4550​

The Horizons Foundation
Recipients of Horizons Foundation’s 2017 Community Issues Grants are: Child Advocates of Silicon Valley – Milpitas – Recruitment, training, and support of Court Appointed Special Advocates who are specially trained to support LGBTQ foster youth in Santa Clara County.

Pink Spot
The LGBTQ Directory can be found in these spots: Look for the big blue & pink newsstand outside on the sidewalk at the bus stop near Bevmo, on Calaveras. Our guides are also located inside the Milpitas library. They call it the Great Mall Transit Center, but because that is now at the BART Station, look there. Guides include gay and lesbian owned & operated & friendly businesses & organizations in Milpitas.

Rainbow Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber is inclusive of all business people whether gay, straight, lesbian or transgender. We strive to treat all equally and provide a place we can come together for the mutual benefit of all members and the community at large.
408-998-9600

Ric Iverson is Alive and Well and Living in Milpitas (clips)

Roomies
LBGT & or Gay roommates in Milpitas, CA. Find a roommate or room for free. Roomies has no listing or communication fees.

STD Testing in Milpitas, CA, for Free
In response, Milpitas city, as part of the Silicon Valley, fosters The Getting to Zero initiative. With the vision of getting Santa Clara County with zero new HIV/AIDS diagnoses, zero stigmas. But most important, zero mortality due to the virus. There’s a large group of clinics on Milpitas. You can find some on Calaveras Blvd. You can get to this location by several public transportation routes, there are also free parking options if you need it. The Valley Health Center Milpitas in the North Main Street is an option that you can consider for STD testing. Other health resources in and near Milpitas.

Hobbies & Interests Groups in Milpitas

If you’d like to join with others who have a hobby, talent or interest like you in Milpitas, you’ll find a long list here.

Advocacy & Service

Graffiti Terminators
Become a graffiti terminator and help beautify Milpitas

Silicon Valley Women’s Organizations and Resources
Whether you are a woman wanting to network with other moms or business women or those of your culture, we have links to women’s organizations for you!

Arts & Creative Hobbies

Camera Club
Meets monthly for a meeting on second Tuesdays, and holds field trips to take photographs in lovely surroundings. Classes on matting and other photography tips. Contests and community displays.

Golden Hills Art Association
A fairly active group of artists, though not online much. Find announcements about meetings in print media.

Peaceful Poets
The Peaceful Poets are a Milpitas-based group of writers and appreciators of poetry. Their works have been published in the Milpitas Post and Fremont Bulletin. Facebook for meeting dates and times.

Gardening

Gardening with Natives
A special interest group of the California Native Plant Society’s local Chapter which meets on the first Thursday of each month at 7p in the Community Library. The group is open to all, and includes a mix of seasoned native plant gardeners as well as beginners.

Local (Milpitas) Home Gardeners Club 2018
This is a community based home gardening club begun to provide education, share pointers, trade and exchange, and overall support each other in building productive and healthy home gardens.

History

Milpitas Historical Society
Generally meets on the second Wednesday of each month, except in the summer, and has a Holiday party in December. Milpitas History books and other memorabilia available to buy in their online store.

Society for Creative Anachronism
The International Headquarters of this organization is in Milpitas! This is a link to finding an SCA group nearby. As of July 1, 2020, we can no longer keep expired memberships open.
P.O. Box: 360789 Milpitas, CA 95036-0789
membership@sca.org | (800) 789-7486 | (408) 263-9305

Kids & Teenagers

Activist Clubs at Milpitas High
Clubs at Milpitas High that give to the community there and at large.

Kids’ Clubs
Kids’ clubs for children and teens in Milpitas, CA. Come learn and have fun with us: 4H, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Sports teams, and more.

Teenagers in Silicon Valley & Milpitas
What’s there to do for teenagers in this town? How do Milpitas and other Silicon Valley cities treat their teenagers?

Resources for Clubs

Donation Locations
Where to drop off your holiday donations of food, toys or cash for Milpitas and area charities.

Grant Writing
Too often grant writers fall into these traps when applying for community grants.

Grant Writing Help
A list of organizations that provide technical assistance, consulting, classes and research materials in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Halls
Whether you need a meeting hall for business, a wedding, or large event, there’s a place to rent in Milpitas!

Volunteer
Volunteer matching services. Find the voluntary service that’s just right for you.

Technical Hobbies

Milpitas Amateur Radio Emergency Services/Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services
MARES meets at 7:30 PM on the second Thursday of each month in the community room at the Milpitas Police Department. Anyone with an interest in Amateur radio or emergency communications is welcome to attend.

Silicon Valley Scale Modelers
Contest postponed. A club dedicated to the promotion of the hobby of scale modeling.

User Groups in Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley user groups for hardware platforms, internet and web, professionals and hobbyists.

Celebrations

Halloween/Fall Fests
Updated each year for Halloween. Lots of new fall fests, haunted houses, pumpkin patches and more for fun in October in and near Milpitas, CA.
, , , , , .

Fireworks 2008 Photos
Whether you attended the 4th of July Fireworks or not, you’ll probably enjoy these photos I captured.
.

Fireworks Set-Up Photo Album
Photos of the crew of Pyro Spectaculars setting up the fireworks display in Milpitas, July 3-4, 2000.
, , , .

Light Rail Opening 2004
2.6M Slide show movie of the opening of the light rail line at the Great Mall June 23, 2004. Viewable in Quicktime and other movie showing applications.
, .

Parade on Main Street, 4th of July 2002
Milpitas used to have a fairly long 4th of July parade on Main Street. This one was back in 2002. The parade featured our historic first fire engine, Leapin’ Lena.

Parade on Main Street, 4th of July 2005 Slideshow
Slide show of the Main Street Parade, Milpitas, CA, July 4, 2005.

Boy Scouts Silicon Valley

Resources for Milpitas, Santa Clara County Boy Scouts and beyond. Boy Scout and Cub Scout clipart. Find local Milpitas Boy Scout troops and Cub Scout dens.

Badge Help Sites

Badge Help Sites

Boy Scout Merit Badges
You can learn about sports, crafts, science, trades, business, and future careers as you earn merit badges. There are more than 135 merit badges, and any Scout, or any qualified Venturer or Sea Scout may earn any of these at any time.

Explorations 4 Kids 
Fun and useful links that would be of use for many badges.

Camping

Camp High Sierra
Programs for all young men and women aged 11 to 20 who are registered with the Boy Scouts of America. Our programs have developed within the Stanislaus National Forest for over 50 years.

Chesebrough Scout Reservation
Also called Camp Chesebrough is a 544 acre (2.2 km?) Boy Scout camp in the Santa Cruz Mountains of Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties, California. The camp is owned by the Memorial Foundation of the Santa Clara County Council, and is used year round.

Magic Campfires
Delightful ways to make the lighting of your youth group’s campfire something memorable.

ClipArt For Scouts

Boy Scout Stock Photos and Images
Around 850 royalty-free stock images of Boy Scout clipart and other images.

U.S. Scouting Service Project Clipart and File Library
Browse through the list below and select a gallery. You can download individual images to your computer by mouse-clicking on any image in the gallery or on the title.

Community Resources

Biking – Go Milpitas!
Find others who like to bike as much as you do.

Hiking – Go Milpitas!
Nearby trails, books, other resources for walkers, runners, bikers, and hikers.

Santa Clara County Bikeways map
Find good places to ride your bike. Take a bus to get there even.

Fun Stuff

Scout Life 
Read the latest Boys Life right online!

Scouting Magazine
Games, quizzes, outdoor survival tips for scouts.

Local Scouts

BSA Troop 92 SVMBC, Milpitas
Troop 92 is one of the oldest Boy Scout Troop in Milpitas, serving the community since 1957. The scouts are led by a group of strong, experiences, and dedicated leaders. Meets Monday nights at Mt. Olive Church, Calaveras Blvd. and Evans Rd., Milpitas, CA. Facebook Page.

Cub Scout Pack 92
Cub Scout Pack 92 is located in Milpitas,California chartered by Mount Olive Ministries.

Cub Scout Pack 110
Meets just south of the Milpitas border in San Jose at the Milpitas Christian School.

Cub Scout Pack 163
We work closely with our Boy Scouts Troop 163 to serve the students of John Sinnott Elementary School, Alexander Rose Elementary School and Marshall Pomeroy Elementary School and the surrounding communities. Students from any school are welcome. In fact, we currently have students from Sinnott, Rose, Majestic Way, Orchard, Brooktree, Challenger Berryessa and Milpitas Christian School.

Milpitas Troop 164
Troop 164 meets from 7:00 to 8:30 PM every Thursday at Christ Community Church of Milpitas, 1000 South Park Victoria Drive, Milpitas, California.

Mount Olive Ministries Monday Night Scouts
Mount Olive serves as charter partner to three Boy Scout Units and host several Girl Scout Units all at the same time on Monday nights. This allows a family with multiple children to take advantage of “one stop Scouting.”

Scouting Links

Baden-Powell Games Book
A wide variety of games, including FIrst Aid Games, for boy scout groups.

Boy Scouts of America 
National Organization’s website.

Saklan Lodge
Saklan Lodge was formed in June 2013 when Esselen Lodge and Miwok Lodge joined together following the merging of Santa Clara County Council and Monterey Bay Council into Silicon Valley Monterey Bay Council. Facebook.

Silicon Valley Monterey Bay council – BSA
District information, resources and links.

Santa Clara County Council Wikipedia
Santa Clara County Council, Inc. is a Boy Scouts of America council headquarted in San Jose, California. As of 2004, the council serves over 11,000 youth in over 400 Boy Scout troops, Cub Scout packs, Venturing crews, and Explorer posts.

Scout Stuff 
Official Catalog of scouting uniforms, books, equipment.

Scouter Network 
All sorts of resources for scouts and leaders.

U.S. Scouting Service Project 
Mega site with the best of the best. Look here for 1999 rank requirements and badge changes.

Venturing 
Venturing is a program of the Boy Scouts of America for young men and women who are 14 (and have completed the 8th Grade) through 20 years old. The program revolves around a special avocation or hobby interest.

Why the Boy Scouts Work
Unlike today’s progressives, Baden-Powell and his contemporaries recognized children’s powerful desire for a moral absolute.

4 all-inclusive Boy Scouts alternatives
The Boy Scouts are making progress on being inclusive, but these groups have done that all along.

Lawyers, Attorneys & Legal Advisors in Milpitas

GoMilpitas.com does not endorse any of these lawyers. The materials on this page are presented for informational and promotional purposes only and do not constitute legal advice. You should not act or refrain from acting on the basis of any content in these links without seeking appropriate legal advice regarding your own particular facts and circumstances from an attorney licensed to practice law in your state.

Apoyo Legal Migrante Asociado
The specific purpose of our organization is to provide legal advice, education, and services to immigrants and the legal community. We specialize in serving low-income immigrants and charge below market rate fees. We offer family-based immigration advice and practice.
Sobrato, 534 Valley Way A
Milpitas, CA 95035
650-964-4966

Capillas at Law
We specialize in assisting our clients to not only understand their legal options but also to find legal solutions.  Our firm does not engage in litigation. What we provide is legal consultation in specific areas of law that deal with real estate, estate planning, or immigration.
354 Fairview Way
Suite C
Milpitas, CA 95035
408-408-941-0535

Gopal Krishan, Law Office
An attorney licensed in California. He practices immigration law, Family laws and Estate Planning. He is also a lawyer in India. He does not complicate things and believes in straight answers. To provide the best legal service to the esteemed clients, he also has an office in New Delhi, India.
1649 S Main St #105
Milpitas, CA 95035
510-600-3083

Keyes Law Group
The Keyes Law Group can provide the solutions you need for estate planning, special needs, elder law, and estate tax planning. We have more than 15 years of experience dealing with estate planning complexities, so you do not have to bear the burden alone. We are here to help.
500 E. Calaveras Boulevard, Suite 333
408-766-7668

Maydanik Law Firm
San Jose Bankruptcy Attorney is focused on making the law work for you.
Whether you live in San Jose or San Francisco, Oakland or Fremont, Santa Cruz or Gilroy, our Milpitas, Northern San Jose office is just a short drive away for a One Hour Consultation with our Bay Area Bankruptcy Attorney!
1525 McCarthy Blvd #1000
Milpitas, CA 95035
408-673-0111

Nancy R. Reed Attorney
Personal Injury, Family and Tax Lawyer. She will provide services in divorce, custody, support, guardianship, wills and trusts, estate planning, probate, power of attorney, conservatorships, elder law, and business and contracts.
133 S Main St
Milpitas, CA 95035
408-262-7992

Tacinco Law Offices
Provides efficient and dependable legal solutions in all areas of U.S. immigration law on a federal level for clients that may be resident of other States as well. TLO specializes in family-based immigration, employment-based immigration, temporary work visas, removal/deportation defense and naturalization.
500 E Calaveras Blvd #250
Milpitas, CA 95035 (Home base is in San Francisco. Branch office in Milpitas.)
415-397-0808

Saving the Earth, Milpitas Style

While the City of Milpitas may be relatively small, we are doing our best to help our planet by saving the earth in our own fashion. Here are the many ways you residents and businesses can participate in Earth Day, Earth Month, and year around in Milpitas.

GoMilpitas Produced by Sunbeams
How our small home business is getting greener every year, making GoMilpitas your one Milpitas information site that is very, very energy conscious.

Case Study: Milpitas Unified School District
Chevron Energy Solutions (CES) developed a comprehensive solar power and energy efficiency program that provides 75 percent of the district’s annual electricity needs through solar energy.

Climate Action Milpitas
Supporting the Milpitas Climate Action Plan Update
Protecting the environment and reducing our community’s climate impact continue to be a City Council and community priority. The City of Milpitas is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life and ensuring the community is healthy, safe, and resilient. The City adopted its first Climate Action Plan in 2013 and is now working on a CAP Update to meet long term State and world carbon reduction and sustainability goals. Here you will find information on the CAP Update and how to get involved. You’ll also discover resources and incentives to help you adopt climate friendly actions.

Earth Month Events

Green Businesses in Milpitas Create Jobs
Check out the role that Milpitas is playing toward the goal of green energy through its green businesses.

LoopWorks Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) Project
Bringing PRT to Milpitas – and the world! Loopworks hopes the Milpitas advanced transit project will be a see, touch and ride inspiration to change the way transportation is viewed in cities across the world. It starts with a Mission to “Provide climate-friendly and easy-to-use Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) for movement around Milpitas that bypasses traffic with quick, point-to-point and fare-free rides.” Facebook page.

Silicon Valley Clean Energy
You’re one step closer to taking an action that will help change the world – with eHub.
There are so many things you can do today to make a big difference for our future. eHub has resources and tools to help you take the guesswork out of going all-electric. Use your clean energy to power your entire home, car and appliances. Save money and protect the earth.

Elaine Marshall

Skip to content