Festival of Trees Raises $40,000
The Orinda Woman's Club and its 2011 beneficiaries have much to be thankful for during this holiday season. In spite of a troubled economy the community came together to support the Festival of Trees, the Orinda Woman's Club main fundraiser. Over 500 people attended ...Submitted by Susan Domingos
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Golfers Get Special Thank You from Afghanistan
Because of the generosity of The Bulls - a fun-loving group of golfers who get together on Friday afternoons at the Moraga Country Club, soldiers stationed at the Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan now have their own personal driving range. When he heard that his best ...
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Moraga Rotary Donates Dictionaries to Third Graders
Rotary Club of Moraga recently donated and delivered a total of 270 dictionaries to third graders at Camino Pablo, Rheem, Los Perales, Canyon, and Saklan schools, and to an elementary school in Oakland. These dictionaries are now owned by the students. Moraga ...Submitted by Gary Irwin
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Orinda Couple Wins Rotary Raffle Canoe
The winners of a custom-made, handcrafted wood canoe raffled by Lamorinda Sunrise Rotary Club are Norm and Janet Pease, longtime residents of Orinda. Their winning ticket was drawn after the recent Lafayette Reservoir Run, in which Norm was an entrant, by Jay Lifson, ...Submitted by Thomas Black
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Cadette Scouts Help Out at Special Olympics
Ten of the girls in Cadette Girl Scout Troop 30072 from Moraga had the privilege of helping at a Special Olympics Bowling tournament on Saturday, November 12, 2011 at Diablo Lanes in Concord. Jenny Choo, Vice President of Regional Sports for Special Olympics Northern ...Submitted by Kim Jinnett
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Lafayette Connection at CF Climb for Life
The Northern California Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Foundation held its annual Stair Climb event, called the CF Climb for Life, on Saturday, November 5. The climb is a fundraiser for the CF Foundation - participating teams climb to the top of the skyscraper at One Sansome ...Prepared from information submitted by Jim Gallagher
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Wednesday, November 09, 2011
Lafayette Rotary Hosts Russian Realtors
As part of its international service project, members of the Lafayette Rotary Club recently hosted Russian realtors during their educational visit to the Bay Area. Local firms Coldwell Banker and J. Rockcliff offered seminars for the visiting Russians.
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Wednesday, November 09, 2011
Kiwanis Installs Officers for 2011/12
The Kiwanis Club of Moraga Valley held its annual Installation Dinner at the Orinda Country Club on October 6. The Club was formed in 1974, and the first President, Lafayette resident Charlie Toll, attended the event.
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Wednesday, November 09, 2011
Brownies Help Food Bank
Lafayette Elementary 3rd grade Brownie Troop 32851 collected over 200 pounds of food for the Contra Costa Food Bank. They delivered the food on Saturday, October 23rd and were promptly put to work bagging potatoes and preparing boxes for donated eyewear. They also ...Submitted by S. DeCarlo
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Wednesday, November 09, 2011
5500 Quilts for Babies at Risk
Early in October, 50 handmade quilts were displayed in the sanctuary of Orinda Community Church for dedication to at-risk babies in the Bay Area. These are in addition to 5500 previous quilts that have been created by the Sewing Circle of the church and sent to ...Submitted by Joyanne Elkinton-Walker
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Wednesday, November 09, 2011
100th Anniversary of Girl Scouts
On Sunday, October 23rd, under a bright blue sky and gentle breeze at Kennedy Grove, the Orinda Moraga Girl Scouts celebrated the 100th Anniversary of Girl Scouts in the USA. Although the real date of the 100th anniversary is March 12, 2012, Orinda Moraga decided to ...Submitted by Thama Brentano
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
National Charity League Tea at Moraga Royale
Residents of Moraga Royale Assisted Living and local high school girls in the Lamorinda chapter of the National Charity League (NCL) gathered on Sunday, October 16 at Moraga Royale for an annual tea.
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Campolindo's Friend of Education
Campolindo parent Chris Banard was honored as Campolindo's Su Stauffer Friend of Education at Wednesday night's AUHSD governing board meeting. Our students, school and community are indeed fortunate to have had Chris as a supportive and tireless volunteer and ...Submitted by Mary Eggertsen
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Girl Scouts Bring the Tropics to Moraga
Girl Scout Troop 30072 from Moraga recently painted a storage container at Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School as part of a community service project. The Cadettes transformed a blue background into a tropical wonderland of colorful, bubbling, exotic fish. Principal ...Submitted by Kim Jinnett
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Moraga Women Sew and Donate Quilts to Post-Surgery Children
Moragans Linda Campbell and Barbara Bruner are leading the preparation and collection of many custom-made quilts which will comfort children in Central American countries who are recovering from cleft lip/palate surgery provided by volunteer medical organizations such ...Submitted by Gary Irwin
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA