{"id":233,"date":"2010-03-15T20:31:26","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T03:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.albertzone.com\/halloween\/?page_id=233"},"modified":"2025-12-05T11:24:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T19:24:38","slug":"how-you-can-participate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.albertzone.com\/halloween\/how-you-can-participate\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Community&nbsp;Painting Days<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.albertzone.com\/halloween\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/How-to-Help-2025.png\" class=\"gallery_colorbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3884\" src=\"https:\/\/www.albertzone.com\/halloween\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/How-to-Help-2025.png\"  alt=\"\" width=\"838\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.albertzone.com\/halloween\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/How-to-Help-2025.png 838w, https:\/\/www.albertzone.com\/halloween\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/How-to-Help-2025-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/www.albertzone.com\/halloween\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/How-to-Help-2025-768x458.png 768w, https:\/\/www.albertzone.com\/halloween\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/How-to-Help-2025-135x80.png 135w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Handy with a paintbrush?&nbsp;&nbsp;Come be a part of the&nbsp;Albertson Halloween House <strong>Community Painting Days<\/strong>!&nbsp; We take all ages (young kids need to bring a parent along) and skill levels (if you can hold a brush, we want you!).&nbsp; Come on by!&nbsp;<em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The address is <strong><a title=\"Directions to the Albertson Halloween House\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=497+North+16th+Street,+San+Jose,+CA+95112&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=48.240201,113.818359&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=497+N+16th+St,+San+Jose,+Santa+Clara,+California+95112&amp;z=16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">497 North 16th Street in San Jose, CA (95112)<\/a><\/strong>. Wear some clothes you wouldn&#8217;t mind getting dirty.&nbsp; If you plan to come, <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http:\/\/www.albertzone.com\/halloween\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">let us know<\/a> so that we can make sure there are enough snacks!<\/p>\n<p><em>Upcoming Community&nbsp;Painting Days\u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Thanks to everyone who came out to help with our painting days this year!&nbsp; We have completed them for this year&#8217;s house and will let you know about future opportunities.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Items We Are Looking For<\/h2>\n<p>We are always keeping an eye out for items for the house.&nbsp; If you happen to have any of the items below and are willing to donate to the cause, <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"http:\/\/www.albertzone.com\/halloween\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">let us know<\/a>!&nbsp; Your name will be added to the <strong>Super Awesome Donor <\/strong>list below and kids in San Jose will have an even funner(!)&nbsp;Halloween thanks to you.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Large storage bins with tapered sides and rectangular protruding shapes. We will paint and cut them, so they will not necessarily return in the same condition.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Replica-grade Mandalorian era Star Wars cosplayers and\/or costumes.&nbsp; Eric is in the 501st. Contact him if you or someone you know would like to be a part of the evening (~3ish hours Halloween night), or be willing to lend some armor or costumes to us for the night.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"superawesomedonors\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Super Awesome Donors<\/h2>\n<p>Below is a list of people who have generously contributed items to the Albertson Halloween House over the years.&nbsp; Whether it is spare boxes, leftover Styrofoam&nbsp;or even computer equipment, the house wouldn&#8217;t be the same without your donations.&nbsp; <strong>Thanks so much!<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Michelle Albertson<\/li>\n<li>Darryl and Karen Albertson<\/li>\n<li>Kathleen Myers<\/li>\n<li>ResponseLink<\/li>\n<li>Mark and Nancy Duarte, M, Carol, Terri, Trish, Diandra and Ryan O. from Duarte, Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Brian Zailer<\/li>\n<li>Keith Blumenthal<\/li>\n<li>Rick Schertle<\/li>\n<li>Julie Stone<\/li>\n<li>Jill and Seth Martin<\/li>\n<li>Prev and Jose Ba\u00f1uelos<\/li>\n<li>Erin (&#8216;Roos&#8217;) and Shayley<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Peralez<\/li>\n<li>Steve Wishman<\/li>\n<li>Jack Ogden<\/li>\n<li>Dan Gard<\/li>\n<li>Liz Kowalski<\/li>\n<li>Sonya Lu and Jeremy Plunkett<\/li>\n<li>Campway&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li>Michele Karg<\/li>\n<li>Kerry Greene<\/li>\n<li>Viking Door<\/li>\n<li>Steve Aviles<\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Digital Media Academy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalmediaacademy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Digital Media Academy<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Cindie Davis<\/li>\n<li>Maria Fristroem<\/li>\n<li>Shelly Glennon<\/li>\n<li>Dave Nguyen<\/li>\n<li>Jonathan Valiente<\/li>\n<li>Jasper Hiatt<\/li>\n<li>Rich Medley and Louise DuCray<\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"University Electric\" href=\"http:\/\/www.universityelectric.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University Electric<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Home Depot<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.performancebike.com\/webapp\/wcs\/stores\/servlet\/RetailStoreDetailView?searchType=zip&amp;catalogId=10551&amp;searchKey=94040&amp;langId=-1&amp;rsId=11552&amp;storeId=10052\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Performance Bike<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visistat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visistat<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Alex Arellano<\/li>\n<li>Joe Perez<\/li>\n<li>Ian and Renee Shaeffer<\/li>\n<li>Tram Nguyen<\/li>\n<li>Ramblewood Elementary School<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.peabodyfineart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peabody Fine Art Gallery, Menlo Park<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/zonkeytoys.com\/\">Zonkey<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The Haythorpe Family<\/li>\n<li>Devin and Vanessa Leija<\/li>\n<li>Leslie Stahl<\/li>\n<li>Carol Herman<\/li>\n<li>Patty and Dominique Falker<\/li>\n<li>Mark Manley<\/li>\n<li>Jackie Vasquez<\/li>\n<li>Amy Girard<\/li>\n<li>Robyn Krost<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Volunteers<\/h2>\n<p>The following is a list of people who have made it all happen.&nbsp; They have helped paint, taken pictures, prayed, dressed up as costumed characters, handed out candy, directed traffic, kept an eye on youngsters\u2014sometimes all at the same time.&nbsp; Thanks for your willingness to be a part of the magic!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Michelle&nbsp;and Grace Albertson<\/li>\n<li>Bich, Brian, Chris and Michael Hamilton and Victoria<\/li>\n<li>Kristin Erickson<\/li>\n<li>Brendan, Bethany and Owen Lewis<\/li>\n<li>Jim, Julie and Emma Somer\/Stone<\/li>\n<li>Keith Blumenthal<\/li>\n<li>Gary, Polly and Trent Classen<\/li>\n<li>Curtis, Jody, Mei-Mei and Ellie Chang<\/li>\n<li>Gilles, Jill, Conor and Nathaniel Bekaert<\/li>\n<li>Garrett, Amy, Mia and Mikayla Girard<\/li>\n<li>Eric, Kristina, Ryan and Emi&nbsp;Kanemoto<\/li>\n<li>Randy, Lori, Riley, Tatum and&nbsp;Abigail Lexvold<\/li>\n<li>Steve, Meredith and Keira&nbsp;Harmon<\/li>\n<li>Kathleen Myers<\/li>\n<li>Darryl and Karen Albertson<\/li>\n<li>Ross and Jay McKenzie<\/li>\n<li>Scott, Aimee, Alaina, Marin and Maya Heeren<\/li>\n<li>Rick, Angie, Kelly and Micah Schertle<\/li>\n<li>Anh, Natasha and Mila<\/li>\n<li>Dave Vaillancourt<\/li>\n<li>Kristy Fong<\/li>\n<li>Eric Woo<\/li>\n<li>Liz and Cami Kowalski<\/li>\n<li>Prev and Jos\u00e9 Ba\u00f1uelos<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Hamad Alfehaid<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Debbie and Logan Drummond<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Monica and Juliana Monta\u00f1o and Melina Mo&#8217;okini<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Mark and Karen Phillips<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Carol Herman<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Doug Neff and Corey Rothermel<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Sarah, Chris, Eli and Fin Bogosian<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Shinya and Dakota&nbsp;Goto<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Ashley and Matt Faus<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Ian, Renee, Kaitlyn and Caleb Shaeffer<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Shelly, Toby and Mackenzie Glennon<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Theresa Nguyen and John Nguyen<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Laura Wall-Klieves and Will Klieves<\/li>\n<li>Hannah Faye Chua<\/li>\n<li>Lily Gruenke<\/li>\n<li>Chariti, Liam and Sullivan Canny<\/li>\n<li>Tram Nguyen<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/profiles\/94112\/fellow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ana Gabela<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Diandra, Justice and Noah Macias with Marisa<\/li>\n<li>Mary-Anne Reyes<\/li>\n<li>Thuha Cao and Alan Bui<\/li>\n<li>Jack Ogden and&nbsp;Emily Koda<\/li>\n<li>Thuy Anh Tran<\/li>\n<li>Adam Pratt-Dermer<\/li>\n<li>Theo Tittle<\/li>\n<li>Steve, Angela and Jeremy Aviles<\/li>\n<li>Shubhankar Reddy Katta<\/li>\n<li>The Options for All Crew &#8211; Deborah Ramos, Shannen Ngo, Celeste Ngo and Trishia Ybarreche<\/li>\n<li>The Stahl family<\/li>\n<li>Mandy and Andrew Lai<\/li>\n<li>Leslie Gomez<\/li>\n<li>Sandra, Atticus and Micah Chan<\/li>\n<li>Cristina, Abram, Ephraim Sagray<\/li>\n<li>Hussein El Hajj<\/li>\n<li>Bob and Jill Sison<\/li>\n<li>Lily Lee<\/li>\n<li>Vanessa Leija<\/li>\n<li>Shloka Kini<\/li>\n<li>\u2026and more!*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are interested in helping, <strong>you are always&nbsp;welcome<\/strong>!&nbsp; See our&nbsp;above for&nbsp;upcoming opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>* (if for some reason I neglected to include your name, please gently remind me and I will rectify the situation)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community&nbsp;Painting Days Handy with a paintbrush?&nbsp;&nbsp;Come be a part of the&nbsp;Albertson Halloween House Community Painting Days!&nbsp; We take all ages (young kids need to bring&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2804,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-233","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albertzone.com\/halloween\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albertzone.com\/halloween\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albertzone.com\/halloween\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.albertzone.com\/halloween\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.albertzone.com\/halloween\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233"}],"version-history":[{"count":158,"href":"https:\/\/www.albertzone.com\/halloween\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4067,"href":"https:\/\/www.albertzone.com\/halloween\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/233\/revisions\/4067"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.albertzone.com\/halloween\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albertzone.com\/halloween\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}