Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Orinda Juniorettes Join In The Spirit of Giving
It's hard to imagine a group of teenage ...Submitted by Konnie Guo and Elizabeth Bennette
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| Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Girl Scout Helps Feral Kittens Through Gold Award Project
The Girl Scouts of Northern California is pleased to have bestowed the highest honor possible for a Girl Scout, the Gold Award, to Acalanes High School graduate and current Diablo Valley College student Erin Wurgley of Lafayette, Troop 31042.
 Submitted by Linda Bailey
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| Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Lafayette Participates in Regional Drill for Large Scale Emergency
Members of the Lafayette Emergency Preparedness Commission recently attended a regional anthrax drill in El Cerrito. Commissioners Michael Melewicz, Duncan Seibert, and Carol Yates joined Contra Costa Health Services, American Red Cross, Community Emergency Response ...Submitted by Carol Yates
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| Wednesday, December 03, 2014
Donation Requests from the Community
Orinda's 'Cans for a Cause' Food Drive
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| Wednesday, December 03, 2014
Kiwanis Holiday Candy Shop Open for Business
Outgoing mayor Ken Chew cut the ceremonial ribbon Nov. 20 as Moraga Valley Kiwanis Club opened its See's Candies holiday shop. Net proceeds go to the club's Community Contributions Fund and from there will be donated to local charities focusing on services to youth - ...
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| Wednesday, December 03, 2014
The Gift of Sight
Ten members of the Campolindo Leo Club and nine members of the Moraga Lions Club gathered at the Moraga-Orinda Fire District Station 42 on Moraga Road Nov. 16 to sort and clean 3,500 pairs of used eyeglasses. The main mission of the Lions and Leos is to aid the ...Submitted by Bob Murtagh
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| Wednesday, December 03, 2014
NCL Hosts Luau at Moraga Royale
The 10th grade class from National Charity League, Lamorinda Chapter, gathered at Moraga Royale Assisted Living Nov. 16 for festivities and the joyful company of the elders. The 15- and 16-year-old locals, with the help of their mothers, organized a Hawaiian-themed ...Submitted by Emma Godfrey
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| Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Boy Scouts Visit Atria Lafayette on Veteran's Day
Boy Scouts from Troop 200 visited residents of Atria Lafayette on Nov. 11, performing a flag folding ceremony while a bugler played "Taps" to commemorate Veteran's Day.
...Submitted by Rochelle Holbrook
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| Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Local Middle School Winners of Lions International Peace Contest Announced
More than 375,000 students, ages 11-13, will compete in the 27th annual Lions International Peace Contest which emphasizes the importance of world peace to young people everywhere.
The ...Submitted by Bob Murtagh
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| Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Girl Scouts Help Cambodian Family Get a Well
Thirteen girls in Girl Scout Troop 30859 from Sleepy Hollow Elementary School in Orinda, as well as the Jewish Day School in Lafayette spent a year on a "Water Journey" through Girl Scouts, learning how to conserve and respect water. Ksenija Soster Olmer, the vice ...Submitted by Erica Kain
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| Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Orinda Academy Food Drive at Orindawoods a Huge Success
Ninth grade students at Orinda Academy collected over 40 bags of food during an October food drive at Orindawoods, a community of 258 residences neighboring the school. The food collected was donated to the Contra Costa Food Bank.
Submitted by Miriam Shaffer
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| Wednesday, November 05, 2014
Orinda Boy Scout Troop 237 Honors Three New Eagle Scouts
Three Scouts, Tucker Fife, Bryce Hummer, and Stephen Schmidt, with Boy Scout Troop 237 of Orinda have achieved Scouting's highest rank of Eagle Scout and will be celebrating their Eagle Court of Honor Sunday, Nov. 16 at Moraga Valley Presbyterian Church.
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| Wednesday, November 05, 2014
Moraga Valley Kiwanis Club Donates $5,000 to EFO
At a recent meeting of the board of directors of the Educational Foundation of Orinda, Jason Evans, president of the Moraga Valley Kiwanis Club, presented a $5,000 check from the MVKC to the EFO in recognition of the EFO's continuing, essential assistance to the Orinda ...Submitted by Dick Olsen
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| Wednesday, November 05, 2014
JM Students Give Time and Clothing for Afghan Children
Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School students recently collected clean and gently used clothing and shoes during a two-week drive and volunteered for three days during the lunch hour to sort and pack the clothing for children in Afghanistan. They collected over 875 ...Submitted by Lucy Dendinger
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| Wednesday, November 05, 2014
St. Monica Volunteers Help Families as Part of Winter Nights Shelter
For two weeks, from Oct. 20 through Nov. 3, St. Monica Catholic Church was host of the Winter Nights program, a project of the Social Justice Alliance of the Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County that provides a clean, safe, and warm facility at night and a daytime ...Submitted by Jack Dice
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA