Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Tree Restoration Project on North Shore of Lake Cascade Nears Completion
On Monday, September 13, Horticultural Services, Ltd. began the last phase of the restoration tree project along the north shore of Lake Cascade. Sponsored by the Orinda Garden Club in conjunction with the centennial celebration of the Garden Club of America and with ...Submitted by MJ Walburg
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| Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Smoke Alarms: Up, Down and All Around
In an effort to better educate communities ...Submitted by Grace Santos
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| Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Meet Your Orinda Idols of 2010!
The 2010 Orinda Idols were crowned on Sunday, September 12th after months of hard work by dozens of outstanding competitors. The winners of the Orinda Arts Council's 2010 Orinda Idol competition are:
 (Results provided by Britta Glade)
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| Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Hospice Horseplay
Lafayette teen Mikey Teare recently enjoyed a day with Blackie, a horse who came to visit through the efforts of SonRise Equestrian Foundation. Mikey is a patient with the Comfort for Care, a program of the Hospice of the East Bay that provides in-home medical care and ...
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| Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Moraga Rotary Installs New Officers
Rotary Club of Moraga has installed Tony Schoemehl as its President for the year beginning July 1, 2010. Tony is a long time resident of Moraga, and is a retired Delta Airlines captain and a former Navy instructor pilot. He takes the gavel from Immediate Past ...Submitted by Gary Irwin
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| Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Project Hearth Celebrates 20 Years of Service
On August 28th Project Hearth, an organization working to prevent homeless-ness among Contra Costa families, held a "walk-around" at the Lafayette Reservoir to mark its founding twenty years ago.
Submitted by Melody Howe Weintraub
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| Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Lafayette Citizen Strives to Inspire Oakland
A lifetime resident of Lafayette, Shaun Tai is the founder and Executive Director of Oakland Digital Arts & Literacy Center (ODALC), a grassroots organization that teaches professional computer skills to economically-disadvantaged citizens in Oakland and the East Bay. ...Submitted by Shaun Tai (written by Jesse Elias)
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| Wednesday, September 01, 2010
MEF Thanks Our Community
Welcome to a new school year! Moraga Education Foundation (MEF) thanks the community for the $1,400,398 they generously donated for the 2010-2011 year. Donations surpassed the $1.3 million goal and allow MEF to fund 2.67 teaching positions, 100% of the Moraga School ...Submitted by Erica Zeidenberg
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| Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Moraga Junior Women's Club Supports Food Bank
The Moraga Junior Women's Club recently released the results of its fundraising efforts for 2009-2010. This year the Moraga Juniors donated $24,000, representing all of the proceeds from its 7th Annual Garden Tour, to the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano's Farm 2 ...Submitted by Sheryl Ahrens
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| Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Las Trampas Puts Rotary Donation to Good Use
On behalf of everyone at Las Trampas, we would like to thank the Rotary Club of Lafayette for their generous donation of $700 to support adults with developmental disabilities. Funds will help support programs such as the Entrepreneurs Club.
 Submitted by Bonnie Peacock
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| Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Glorietta Grads the Squeeze On
On the warm, sunny morning of June 13th, some recent graduates of Orinda's Glorietta Elementary School decided they needed to help the oiled birds from the Gulf of Mexico that they were seeing on television. They got together and squeezed fresh orange juice (from their ...Submitted by Diane Sharp
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| Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Lafayette Community Foundation Announces Spring Grants
The Lafayette Community Foundation has announced the recipients of its spring grants. A total of $12,000, parceled into six grants, was given to Lafayette area organizations in order to further the Foundation's mission of "investing in programs and projects that ...Submitted by Sarah Sivesind
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| Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Moraga Rotary E-waste Collection a Success
Moraga Rotary Club collected almost three and 1/2 tons of electronic waste, 6,939 pounds, and will recycle it according to California law. The Club collected 4,396 pounds of monitor display items, 700 pounds of computer processing units, and about 1,843 pounds of ...By Gary Irwin
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| Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Orinda Arts Council Celebrates 60 Years of Service
On Sunday, June 13, the Orinda Arts Council held its 60th Anniversary Celebration at the historic Orinda Country Club. A medley of recent school and Orinda Idol performances rang clearly through the sunny veranda as guests watched a moving montage of enthusiastic ...Submitted by Jane Greenthal
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| Wednesday, June 09, 2010
EFO Thanks Orinda
It was another great year for the Orinda schools as EFO supporters generously contributed over $1.5 million for the 2009-2010 school year to fund the multitude of arts, music and elective programs offered at the six Orinda schools: Miramonte High School, Orinda ...Submitted by Sandra McGonigle, EFO
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA