Wednesday, May 07, 2014
Del Rey 4th Graders Restore Creek Habitats
In March, students from Orinda's Del Rey Elementary School completed a hands-on creek restoration project on Moraga Creek, a local waterway which runs adjacent to their school. Led by a team of biologists and volunteers from The Restoration Trust, the fourth grade ...Submitted by Jessie Olson
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| Wednesday, May 07, 2014
Lafayette Rotary Donates Books to Martinez Juvenile Center
As part of its Literacy Program, the Rotary Club of Lafayette collected 174 softbound books and delivered them to the Martinez Juvenile Center April 30. The librarian, Nadia, was very happy with all the books - especially the new ones, which were purchased from their ...Submitted by Norma Evans
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| Wednesday, May 07, 2014
New Troop 212 Eagle Scouts
Boy Scout Troop 212 conducted their 51st National Eagle Court of Honor on Sunday, April 27 at Moraga Valley Presbyterian Church, which sponsors the troop, to celebrate 8 outstanding young men earning the Eagle Award. This year's Troop 212 Eagle Scout honorees from ...Submitted by Lauren Woolsey
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| Wednesday, May 07, 2014
Girl Scout Cadettes Raise Funds and Awareness
Girl Scout Cadette Troop 30658 has partnered with the Girl Up Foundation to raise funds and awareness to earn their Silver Award. Girl Up is a UN foundation that helps adolescent girls in developing countries receive an education to build a better life for themselves. ...Submitted by Sam Sweeney
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| Wednesday, May 07, 2014
Brunch, Bridge and Bunco Event Benefits Community
It may have been raining in Moraga on March 31 but it was spring in the Holy Trinity Cultural Center as the Moraga Women's Society and guests gathered for Brunch, Bridge and Bunco. The festivities began with mimosas and conversation followed by a delicious brunch of ...Submitted by Susan Sperry
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| Wednesday, May 07, 2014
Lafayette Twin Uses the Net to Raise Malaria Awareness
Last year, Lafayette middle-schooler Cooper Smith decided to donate his birthday money to support Nothing But Nets. This year, however, he took to the Net - the Internet - to tweet and post videos of himself and 15 of his friends shooting basketball trick shots to ...Submitted by Jennifer Aaker
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| Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Moraga Rotary and Guests Donate to Eradicate Polio
A donation totaling $24,000 to Polio Plus, the worldwide campaign to eradicate the disease of polio, was given to Rotarian Brad Howard, a director-elect of Rotary International and past president of Oakland Sunrise Rotary, by Moraga Rotary president Nora Avelar; $8,000 ...Submitted by Gary Irwin
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| Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Moraga Garden ClubÕs ÔDay at the MoviesÕ a Success
The theme for the Moraga Garden ClubÕs annual fundraiser luncheon was ÒA Day at the Movies.Ó Each table and its decorator reflected a particular movie. ÒThe Scent of a WomanÓ was incredibly luscious and fragrant in shades of lavender, ÒBatmanÓ and his bat mobile on a ...Submitted by Linda Foley
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| Wednesday, April 23, 2014
A Celebration of Service
Dignitaries and guests recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of Eldercare Services and its founder, Linda Fodrini-Johnson, MA, MFT, CMC, a pioneer in geriatric care management, who is the senior issues columnist for Lamorinda Weekly. In 1989, Fodrini-Johnson saw a ...Submitted by Danielle Miller
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| Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Orinda Theatre and CAIFFA Raise Money for Campo and Miramonte Grad Nights
The Orinda Theatre is showing the film "Sixteen Candles" at 7 p.m. May 1 in honor of the 30th anniversary of this John Hughes classic. Derek Zemrak, one of the founders of the California Independent Film Festival Association which owns the theater, says that all the ...Submitted by Caroline Wood
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| Wednesday, April 09, 2014
Acalanes Chapter of NCL Honors 2014 Graduating Class
The Acalanes Area Chapter of the National Charity League honored the graduating class of 2014 with a Senior Celebration event Feb. 22 at the Claremont Hotel and Spa in Berkeley. The 22 young women were celebrated for their six-year dedication to leadership de ...Submitted by Sherry Henderson
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| Wednesday, April 09, 2014
New Eagle Scouts Honored
Orinda's Boy Scout Troop 57, charted by St. Mark's United Methodist Church in Orinda, proudly announced that Matthew Coupin, Alexander Jordan, Thomas Kunkel, Alexander Mangus and Jimmy McFeely achieved Scouting's highest rank of Eagle Scout.
 Submitted by Steve Tennant
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| Wednesday, April 09, 2014
Former JM Teacher Annually Travels to India as a Spanish Translator
When her contract expired with Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School as a part-time Spanish teacher three years ago, another world opened up to Gabriela Mozee. Traveling and translating for her beloved meditation practice, The Natural Path, known as 'Sahaj Marg' in ...Submitted by Gabriela Mozee
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| Wednesday, April 09, 2014
Girl Scout Gold Award Project Combines Love of Children and Music
When Miramonte High School senior Emma Patton asked a circle of enthusiastic 5-year-olds to sing their favorite songs at a Concord Head Start preschool, the last thing she expected was to hear a rap song by Finatticz, she says. "Marcel, the shy one, had barely looked ...Submitted by Emma Patton
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| Wednesday, April 09, 2014
Orion Academy's Community Service Club has Risen to New Heights
Last spring Orion Academy Senior Jake Block wanted to push himself in a new direction. During Jake's personal growth project he decided to create an Orion club that would not only engage students socially but also help the school to contribute time and energy to ...Submitted by Ann Wullschleger
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