Lists about what we love about Hayward, California
1) All the people of Hayward- Together we make this city great.
2) Library – The Hayward Public Library is somewhere where every one can go regardless of age, reading ability or physical ability. You don’t need money to go there or to borrow materials. It has lots of materials to lend and loads of free programs to attend.
3) The Farmer’s Market, gives us access to wonderful fresh low cost produce to keep us all healthy and happy.
4) The schools, community college, university and others places of learning in Hayward give us opportunity for learning and learning and education are always good.
5) The parks where we can have a bit of nature without leaving our neighborhoods.
6) City Hall is new and beautiful, it gives you civil pride.
7) Downtown Hayward. It has loads of restaurants, movie theatre and shops. Right now when some of the shops are not rented ,there is beautiful art in the windows.
8 ) Hayward Arts Council. It produces great art that is often shown for free in Hayward.
9) Sun Gallery, shows Hayward residents all different kinds of art.
10) Japanese Garden, this offers calm, beauty that reflects centuries of traditions
11) Senior centers, they offer so many chances at friendship, companionship and fun learning.
12) Churches and Houses of Worship and spitiruality give us some peace in this chaotic world.
13) Shopping at the various shops and malls around town, gives us shopping therapy.
14) Restaurants that reflect the cultural and ethnic diversity of this city.
15) All the festivals thrown all over Hayward during any given year or season.
16) All the volunteer efforts that fuel great non-profits. This is a win-win situation, it helps the non- profit and it gives to the volunteer as well. Contact Volunteer Hayward or the Library to learn more about volunteering.
17) The Historic houses in Hayward that can help show us our history and other people’s history.
18) The weather that is so good for growing things, letting people walk and enjoy the outdoors and that keeps us content.
19) All the trees and flowers that grow in people’s gardens, wild spaces and all the kinds of in between places but that we get to see and enjoy.
20) The businesses that contribute to the city by supporting the children, the non-profits and the people.

One of the things that many of us need help with these days is how to handle the complex situations in life that involve many agencies. For example, if we have an aging parent and are concerned about their future- we have legal questions, we have medical questions, we have questions about their psychological welfare, we have questions about how to rearrange their house if they are staying there, or where to move them to if they can’t stay in their house. The Hayward Public library is here to help you. We are having a program called CARING FOR OUR AGING PARENTS-Locally on Saturday October 10 from 1:00pm-3:00. Various social service agencies are coming to answer your questions. We are going to try to provide most of the answers you will need. Come and join us, as always, it is free. If you live in Alameda County you can call 211 for any social service question.
It’s the MASTER key that opens every door. The doors of opportunity, of education, of relaxation, of family togetherness, of possibility, and self discovery all can be opened with a free Hayward Public Library card.
2.) We have public access computers with internet access to help you look for jobs, submit job applications, file your resume on various list servs and receive emails concerning jobs and interviews.
3.) Those same computers can help you write your resume and we have printers that can print out your resume if you are submitting it in person somewhere.
and family during these times when we need all the emotional support we can get.
5.) We loan DVDs and videos to both provide instruction to help you learn something new ( like cooking or Taibo) as well as simple entertainment when you are relaxing.
8.) We loan Books. These come in all shapes and sizes, fiction, non-fiction, in various languages and for children, teens and adults. Books can teach us how to write a resume, how to conduct a job interview, how to write a cover letter and which jobs are going to pay us what we need to make. Books can also take us away from the everyday reality by transporting us to another time, another place, even another galaxy. They can make us see the world differently, they can help us to understand the world in which we live and they can help us to change ourselves.
10.) We provide computer classes to get you started in the complex world of computers.
23.) We offer free legal help, two to three times a month, we have a lawyer into the lawyer to answer library patron questions. The sessions are brief, just fifteen minutes but they are free, confidential and will help start the solution to the problem bothering you.









