{"id":350611,"date":"2026-06-07T14:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T14:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/350611\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T14:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T14:56:08","slug":"win-win-recycle-e-waste-support-cancer-patients-the-mercury-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/350611\/","title":{"rendered":"Win, win: Recycle e-waste, support cancer patients \u2013 The Mercury News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>E-waste recycling<\/p>\n<p>Cancer CAREpoint is holding an e-waste drop-off event June 16-17, from 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.at the nonprofit\u2019s offices, located at 2512 Samaritan Court, Ste. A, in San Jose.<\/p>\n<p>Home and office items such as\u00a0laptops, desktops, servers, network switches, printers, modems and cell phones, can be dropped off for repurposing by M&amp;M Technologies, which is tasked with securely erasing data, destroying hard drives and recycling electronics. Household appliances such as microwaves and toaster ovens cannot be accepted.<\/p>\n<p>All proceeds from the event benefit Cancer CAREpoint, which provides support services for Bay Area cancer patients and survivors, as well as their families and caregivers.<\/p>\n<p>To drop off items before June 16 or schedule a business collection, contact Pam at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2026\/06\/07\/win-win-recycle-e-waste-support-cancer-patients\/mailto:pam@cancercarepoint.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pam@cancercarepoint.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Neighborhood Notes<\/p>\n<p>ROSE GARDEN&gt;&gt;Playful People Productions is opening registration this month for its remaining shows in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>This summer, the San Jose theater company will begin work on\u00a0\u201cShrek The Musical JR.\u201d Auditions for young performers ages 5-12 are set for Aug. 3-7, rehearsals start Aug. 10 and performances are Sept. 25-Oct. 4. Registration is now open.<\/p>\n<p>Registration opens June 7 for a musical production of\u00a0\u201cWinnie the Pooh\u201d for home-schooled children ages 5-12, written by Playful People Artistic Director Katie D\u2019Arcey. Auditions will be held on Aug. 24, and performances are Oct. 30-Nov. 1.<\/p>\n<p>The company is not yet divulging the title of its fall musical, but people ages\u00a018 and up\u00a0who are interested in auditioning can call 408-878-5362 for more information. Auditions are Aug. 3-6, rehearsals\u00a0start Aug. 17\u00a0and performances are Nov. 7-15.<\/p>\n<p>Registration for each of the three shows is $600 at\u00a0https:\/\/www.playfulpeople.org\/registration.\u00a0All rehearsals and performances will be at the Historic Hoover Theatre,\u00a01635 Park Ave.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, families can visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.PlayfulPeople.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.PlayfulPeople.org\u00a0<\/a>or call\u00a0408-878-5362.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"E-waste recycling Cancer CAREpoint is holding an e-waste drop-off event June 16-17, from 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.at the nonprofit\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[184,7,4900,584,23,1667,768,88,90,89,198,200],"class_list":["post-350611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-bay-area","tag-california","tag-cancer","tag-events","tag-local-news","tag-recycling","tag-rose-garden","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-santa-clara-county","tag-south-bay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}