Girl Scouts Help Fifth Graders Prepare for Middle School
Four members of the eighth grade Lafayette Girl Scout Troop #32238 recently completed the work required for their Silver Award.
Maile Broad, Jordan Pratt, Madison Price, and Keri Wendt ...Submitted by Molly Wendt
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Campolindo Bestows Service Awards to Students
Campolindo High School recognized more than 100 students at the Third Annual Volunteer Service Awards on May 24 in the Performing Art Center. Students received awards for their service to organizations as varied as Bay Area Rescue Mission, Chabot Space & Science ...Submitted by Barbie Bocks
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Scouts Fete Beloved Scoutmaster at his 'Retirement'
Eric Jorgensen, Scoutmaster for Orinda's Boy Scout Troop 237, was recently recognized at his "retirement" celebration. For the past 10 years, Jorgensen has served as the troop's Scoutmaster, spending countless hours on camping trips and outings, at weekly scout ...Submitted By Barbara Weikert
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KCMV Provides Backpacks to Monument Crisis Center
Kiwanis Club of Moraga Valley presented back-to-school backpacks to 30 at-risk and disadvantaged kindergarten through third graders whose families are registered clients of Monument Crisis Center.
Submitted by Barry Behr
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Lamorinda Village Receives $7,500 Donation from DWM
Lamorinda Village, which allows senior Lamorinda residents to remain in their homes with independence, engagement with others, and access to services, was recently awarded $7,500 grant by Destination Wealth Management.
Submitted by Anne Ornelas
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Lamorinda Sunrise Rotary Builds Teardrop Trailer for Charity
The Lamorinda Sunrise Rotary put on their work gloves to construct a custom-made teardrop trailer.
When completed it will be raffled as a club fundraiser. The working prototype will ...Submitted by Thomas Black
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Moraga Lions Award Pride Honors
The Moraga Lions Club honored its annual Pride Awards winners recently. The recipients are featured in the photos below. Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School winners will be featured in our Sept. 21 issue.
Submitted by Dan Hagan
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Girl Scouts Earn Bronze Award by Bucking Stereotypes
For the past year, Junior Girl Scout Troop 33544 of Lafayette has been learning a lot about the outdoors. While following their "Get Moving" Girl Scout journey, this group of fifth-grade girls from Happy Valley and Springhill schools decided something important: Girls ...Submitted by Allison Curletto
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Moraga Pear Harvest Nets 7,000 Pounds of Fruit for Food Bank
Over 100 years ago, pear orchards were planted in the Moraga Valley. Most of the orchards are long gone, but the remaining trees still produce great Bartlett pears. The old pear trees can be found on public land, open spaces and undeveloped parcels. Recently, ...Submitted by Karen Reed
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LL&LC Foundation Seeks Community Members for Board
The Lafayette Library and Learning Center ...Submitted by Cheryl Noll
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Lafayette Studio Big Band to Play at Local Church
For the third year in a row, the Lafayette Studio Big Band will perform an outdoor concert on the back patio of the Lafayette Christian Church, 584 Glenside Dr, in Lafayette. The concert will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 28.
 Submitted by Marie Williams
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Lafayette Native Victorious in International Moot Court
Lafayette's Helaina Hirsch helped her school, Patrick Henry College, win the eighth Annual Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition on July 20in Geneva, Switzerland - a leading human rights educational event.
Submitted by Stephen Allen
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Sunrise Rotary helps Donate eReaders to Springhill
Shortly after classes were under way last fall at Springhill Elementary School in Lafayette, fifth-grade teacher Martin Wong came up with the idea of replacing reading books in print form with their electronic counterparts.
Submitted by Dennis Kurimai
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Rescue One Foundation Seeks Applicants for its Board
The Rescue One Foundation is seeking ...Submitted by Greg Reams
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AAUW Sponsors Tech Trek Camp
Six rising eighth-grade girls from Lamorinda have returned from their week-long Tech Trek camp on the Stanford University campus July 3-9 with glowing reports of fun and learning.
The ...Submitted by Jan Cushman
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA