Published on May 13th, 2020
Matching grant increases Lafayette Rotary's food bank donation to $60K
The Lafayette Rotary Club hand delivered a $30,000 donation on May 8 to the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano County. The sense of urgency to deliver the donation that day was so the club could qualify for a matching grant made available by Steve and Susan ...Submitted by Larry Blodgett
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Published on May 13th, 2020
Lamorinda Sunrise Rotary launches campaign to aid Food Bank
At a time when demand for food among the ...Submitted by Tom Black
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Published on May 13th, 2020
Winners of Youth Ink 2020 announced
The Orinda Junior Women's Club is pleased to announce the winners of Youth Ink 2020, the annual creative writing contest open to all middle school students who live in or attend school in Orinda. This year's prompt was The Gift, though entrants were welcomed to write ...Submitted by Erika Rosenberg
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Published on May 13th, 2020
Incredible gift from those who can sew
Orinda resident Martha de Laveaga Stewart, Lafayette resident Maria Mord and Trudi Robinson who lives in Concord have sewn over 300 masks, along with about 10 others who have helped as well, and they continue to sew as the need continues. All members of Hillside ...By Jennifer Wake
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Published on May 13th, 2020
Kiwanis of Moraga Valley matches donations for three nonprofits
The Pandemic has terribly impacted our community for those already challenged in securing the basics of shelter, food and health care, and now so many previously self-supporting families and individuals have lost their source of income.
 Submitted by Marty Brinckerhoff
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Published on April 29th, 2020
Lamorinda Chinese Americans mobilized in mask donation
Following the Bay Area beginning to "shelter in place" and the state of California following suit, the Lamorinda Chinese-American community extensively discussed the rapid increase of COVID-19 cases and the shortage of masks in the United States on WeChat, the popular ...Submitted by Jamiel Liu and Laura Liu
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Published on April 29th, 2020
Moraga Rotary makes 1K face shields for East Bay hospitals & facilities
One thousand plastic face shields to help protect medical staff are being constructed and delivered by Moraga Rotary Club to local and regional medical service providers and essential workers. These plastic shields are used in addition to face masks, and provide ...Submitted by Hubert Ma and Gary Irwin
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Published on March 18th, 2020
New officers of Moraga Garden Club announced
The Moraga Garden Club announced its new slate of officers for the coming year starting September.
In addition to its many efforts of beautifying and supporting the town, the club has ...Submitted by Linda Foley
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Published on March 18th, 2020
Local teams take top prizes at Odyssey of the Mind regional competition
Local SF Bay Area teams competed at the yearly SF Bay Regional Odyssey of the Mind Competition Feb. 28 at Concord High School. Odyssey of the Mind, in its 41st year, started at a college in Pennsylvania and is the second largest worldwide competition which includes ...Submitted by Janine Ogando
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Published on March 18th, 2020
Moraga Rotary event raises $33K for safety upgrades at Moraga schools
The Moraga School District will be the beneficiary of more than $33,000 which was contributed by participants at the 18th Annual "A Nite at the Races," a March 7 Moraga Rotary Club dinner/auction fundraiser. All these funds are intended to enhance the safety of the ...By Gary Irwin
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Published on March 18th, 2020
Troop 204 announces new Eagle Scouts
Lafayette 's Boy Scout Troop 204 will honor 14 Scouts for achieving the Eagle Scout Rank at the troop's 67th Eagle Court of Honor. Eagle Scout is the highest rank in the Scouts BSA | Boy Scouts of America and these Scouts will be honored at 1 p.m. March 21 at ...Submitted by Mika Watanabe
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Published on March 4th, 2020
Presenting Troop 204's 2020 Eagle Scouts
Lafayette 's Boy Scout Troop 204 will honor 14 Scouts for achieving the Eagle Scout Rank at the troop's 67th Eagle Court of Honor. Eagle Scout is the highest rank in the Scouts BSA | Boy Scouts of America and these Scouts will be honored at 1 p.m. March 21 at ...Submitted by Mika Watanabe
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Published on March 4th, 2020
CP families serve up kindness with a warm meal
Several Camino Pablo Elementary School families went to Oakland Jan. 29 to prepare and serve dinner at St. Mary's Center's Winter Emergency Shelter for homeless seniors. The volunteers prepared a heartwarming and nutritious meal from scratch. "Although we only had an ...Submitted by Cathy Chang
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Published on March 4th, 2020
Miramonte student wins Lions Zone Student Speakers Contest
The topic for this year's Lions Club annual Student Speakers Contest is "Homelessness in California, what is the solution?" The winner at the zone level was Athena Davis, who is a senior at Miramonte High School. Fred George, Moraga Lions Club Student Speech Chair, ...Submitted by Fred George
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Published on March 4th, 2020
Moraga Rotary donates over $28K to Town
Moraga Rotary Club donated a check for $28,373 to the town of Moraga at the Feb. 12 council meeting, which was the unspent balance of the funds raised for the Lamorinda All-Access Playground at Moraga Commons, which was dedicated in 2018. Rotarian John Erickson, ...Submitted by Gary Irwin
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA