Wednesday, June 06, 2012
Record Number of Athletes Compete at Moraga Rotary's Annual Field Day
On May 30, the Rotary Club of Moraga held its 21st Annual Field Day, a track and field meet at Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School for third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade Moraga students in the three public elementary schools and Saklan School. There were 250 athletes ...Submitted by Gary Irwin
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Wednesday, June 06, 2012
LOPC Members Help Joplin Victims Rebuild
Thirty four members of the Adult Mission ...Submitted by Bobbie Dodson
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Wednesday, June 06, 2012
Orinda Rotary Shepherds Little Flock
Rhonda Darling always wanted to do a project somewhere in the world that needed her skills. So in January 2011, after retiring from a 38-year nursing career, she teamed up with other medical professionals to care for the children of Little Flock, an orphanage in ...Submitted by Frank and Rhonda Darling
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Wednesday, June 06, 2012
Digital Design Class Tapped for Senior Symposium Logo
In an effort to provide real world design challenges to the students in her digital design class, Acalanes Digital Design Teacher Susan Lane collaborated with Acalanes junior Aaron Miller in requesting her students create a logo for The Lafayette Community Foundation's ...Submitted by Dick Holt
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
AAUW Awards Scholarships to 10 Outstanding Local Young Women
It is the mission of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) to break down barriers for women and girls by promoting education and supporting their personal and professional growth. On April 22, the Orinda-Moraga-Lafayette (OML) branch of AAUW gathered ...Submitted by Sandy Fox-Sohner
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Lafayette Girl Scout Volunteers, Leaders Honored
Lafayette Girl Scout volunteers and leaders were honored for dedicating themselves to building girls of courage, confidence and character during Girl Scout Volunteer Week April 16-22, which includes Leader Appreciation Day April 22. Each volunteer and leader gives ...Submitted by Chrissa Harley Ventrelle
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Three Local Schools Help Charity Give Much-Needed Garments to Teens
Clothing drives wrapped up at Bentley ...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Lafayette Detective Awarded for Educating Youth about Alcohol and Drugs
Once a year, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors and the Alcohol and Other Drugs Advisory Board acknowledges both volunteers and non-volunteer individuals and groups. This year, Detective Berch Parker of the Lafayette Police Department won the 2012 People Who ...Submitted by Carol Yates
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Springhill Elementary to Build New Track
After nearly a decade of periodic discussions, the Lafayette School District Governing Board recently voted in favor of building a new track at Springhill Elementary School. The track is scheduled to be constructed this summer and will be named in honor of recently ...Submitted by Jean Follmer
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Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Junior Girl Scouts Complete Bronze Award Project
Moraga's Junior Girl Scout Troop #30550 spent the last year planning and executing various activities for the residents at Moraga Royale and completed its Bronze Award Project April 29. The troop made scarves at Christmas, put together a book of illustrations and poems ...Submitted by Lisa Lindquist
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Wednesday, May 09, 2012
OIS Students Raise Funds for Shoes
Orinda Intermediate School (OIS) students and social entrepreneurs Katherine Cane and Blake Sharp, age 13, are raising funds to help provide shoes for 4,000 homeless and low-income children in the Bay Area as part of OIS's Take Action Project. The two are selling neon ...Submitted by Blake Sharp
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Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Four Miramonte Seniors Receive Gold Award
Girl Scout Troop 30662 members and Miramonte High School seniors Katherine Latimer, Cecily Schmidt, Alicia Macler, and Ashley Juarbe each earned the Girl Scout Gold Award. The four completed projects involving more than 100 hours. Katherine Latimer started a pilot ...Submitted by Gretchen Latimer
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Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Working Together to Clean the Creeks
Friends of Orinda Creeks and Orinda Academy worked together March 23 to remove trash and invasive weeds from the banks of San Pablo Creek in downtown Orinda. Fourteen creek advocates formed teams with 38 students and four staff members from the Orinda Academy. After ...Submitted by Elizabeth O'Shea
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Brownies Clean Up Day Camp, Donate to Campsite
Lafayette Brownie Troop #31881 (Burton Valley, second grade) donated their troop's proceeds from this year's Girl Scout Cookie sales to the Girl Scout Twin Canyon campsite in Lafayette. The troop members also volunteered their time and energy at the Diablo Day Camp ...Submitted by Linda Murphy
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Bears Pick Up Litter in Moraga
Pack 505 Cub Scout Bears were up bright and early on Sunday, April 15 to pick up litter in Moraga. The boys met at 8 a.m. to pick up many bags of litter on the walking/running corridor beside the Safeway to help keep our community beautiful. Bears shown from left: ...Submitted by Catherine Becker
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA