Orinda woman honored for 30 years of volunteering for hospitalized children
The Ronald McDonald House Charities Bay Area honored Orinda resident Deana Freedman at the end of February with the organization's 2018 Big Red Shoe Award. Every year, RMHC Bay Area's Big Red Shoe Award is presented to a member of the extended RMHC Bay Area community ...By Sora O'Doherty
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Acalanes and Campo place 3rd and 4th in County Mock Trials Competition
For four weeks (seven evenings) 17 Contra Costa County high school Mock Trial teams have been battling it out with each other inside the superior courthouse courtrooms of Martinez during the 38th Annual Contra Costa County High School Mock Trials. Each school ...Submitted by Jonathan Lance, CCCOE
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Benefit concert for Congolese refugee family
A year ago, a family of eight was rescued from a West Uganda refugee camp by Catholic Charities and was brought to the United States to live. Sadly the family's father, Sadiki, was run over by a car while bicycling last fall and hasn't been able to work, so Sadiki, his ...By Jennifer Wake
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Troop 204 presents 2019 Eagle Scouts
Lafayette Boy Scout Troop 204 will honor 12 young men who have achieved the Eagle Scout Rank, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America, on March 23 at 1 p.m. at Lafayette Orinda Presbyterian Church, 49 Knox Drive. This will be Troop 204's 66th Eagle Court of ...Submitted by Jill Montaquila
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Miramonte student wins Moraga Lions Student Speakers Contest
The topic this year for The Moraga Lions Club's annual Student Speaker Contest Feb. 20 at the Moraga Library was "Freedom of the Press: what does it mean?" The winner this year was Miramonte High School senior Clara Wu, who is planning on attending Eastside College in ...Submitted by Fred George
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City's Proclamation in Support of Rotary and New Day for Children
Last week, Lafayette interim City Manager Niroop Srivatsa presented the Rotary Club of Lafayette with the city council's proclamation recognizing Rotary's partnership with New Day for Children, an Alamo-based organization that strives to meet the unique needs of ...Submitted by Jeff Heyman
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Troop 219 honors 10 Eagle Scouts
Lafayette Boy Scout Troop 219 will honor 10 young men who have achieved the Eagle Scout award, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America, at 2 p.m. on March 23 at Moraga Valley Presbyterian Church. From 2010 to 2018, Troop 219 was led by Scoutmaster Tyler Higgins, ...Submitted by Tyler Higgins
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Orinda Troop 237 Honors New Eagle Scouts
Boy Scout Troop 237 of Orinda announced that Will Barber, Max Coons, Campbell Hoskins, Marcus O'Neill, and Jackson Painter have achieved Scouting's highest rank of Eagle Scout and will celebrate their Eagle Court of Honor at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24 at the Orinda ...Submitted by Lisa Hoskins
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Acalanes DAR scholarships awarded to local high school seniors
Local high school seniors earned scholarships from the Acalanes Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) on Feb. 2 at Moraga Valley Presbyterian Church. School counselors chose these accomplished students for their service, leadership and patriotism. ...Submitted by Louise Diracles
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Girl Scouts earn cooking badge and serve homeless
A sixth-grade Girl Scout Troop from Moraga worked toward earning their "New Cuisines" badge and served their dishes to homeless seniors Jan. 5 at the St. Mary's Center in Oakland.
St. ...Submitted by Mary Markey
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Hard work brings beauty to Moraga hillsides this spring
Spring is almost here and daffodils, which this year include flowers from 2,000 additional bulbs, are sprouting along Moraga Road near the Commons Park.
Each fall the Kiwanis Club of ...Submitted by Steve Woehleke
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Boys Team Charity supports homeless families through Grateful Gatherings
The Lamorinda chapter of Boys Team Charity – a volunteer service organization dedicated to developing civic service in young men through active participation in their communities – annually participates in Adopt-a-Family. This year, BTC Lamorinda partnered with ...Submitted by Anouschka Wardy
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Refurbished vintage Beetle finds new home in Lafayette
With only two days left before retiring as longtime city manager of Lafayette, Steven Falk received a surprise farewell gift. It came neither from the city nor his co-workers, but from Lamorinda Sunrise Rotary Club.
Submitted by Thomas Black
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Burton Valley students raise money for Shelter Inc.
A long-standing tradition, the Book Bonanza is the annual community service project put on by the AIM class at Burton Valley Elementary School in Lafayette. Every year, the students from Cathy Martinsen's fourth and fifth grade class collect, price, and, of course, ...Submitted by Cathy Martinsen
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'A Sense of Place' at the Moraga Art Gallery
Wenda Pyman's latest exhibit of beguiling landscape photographs entitled "A Sense of Place" kicks off the new year at the Moraga Art Gallery. Calling to mind the camera work of Ansel Adams and Eliot Porter, Pyman captures the luminous and timeless splendor of places ...Submitted by George Ehrenhaft
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA