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The Parent Network at Antioch Charter Academy II (ACAII) has turned its annual Christmas tree and wreath fundraiser into a service project. ACAII encourages those purchasing a Christmas tree to pre...
Oct 24, 2011 | 0 | 16 |
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Hope for some needy families comes clad in leather and riding a motorcycle.
Hope Lopez-Sanders, that is.
The 55-year-old Oakley resident and Harley rider is organizing the third annual Main Street...
Oct 20, 2011 | 0 | 5 |
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The Byron Delta Lions Club of Discovery Bay hosts its annual food drive this month. Non-perishable items will be collected through Friday, Oct. 28 at the following schools:
• Discovery Bay Elemen...
Oct 13, 2011 | 0 | 4 |
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Networking with the Senior Coalition and other resources for seniors opens up a world of information for me to share – and this week is no different.
It’s super to meet people that give of themselv...
Oct 13, 2011 | 0 | 10 |
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Delta Animals Safe Haven (DASH) hosts a Paw-sta Feed Fundraiser on Oct. 22 at 6 p.m. in Carpaccio Ristorante in Antioch. DASH provides a safe haven to homeless animals until they’re placed with the...
Oct 12, 2011 | 0 | 7 |
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On the day she might have been skipping off to her friend’s birthday party in pigtails and ribbons, 7-year-old Sydney Adamy breezed through the doors of Elements Salon in Discovery Bay and got thos...
Oct 04, 2011 | 0 | 9 |
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Delta Crossfit is teaming up with Mammograms In Action, a Southern California nonprofit organization, to host a unique athletic competition called Barbells for Boobs – Amazing Grace to raise funds ...
Oct 03, 2011 | 0 | 7 |
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Following the success of the Kids Against Hunger (KAH) meal event in February, Brentwood will once again be the scene of a packaging party to aid the people of Haiti and Africa. This year’s event i...
Sep 29, 2011 | 0 | 6 |
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Team Just Beat It, which includes Pam Wilkinson of Discovery Bay and Jennifer Eissner of Brentwood, recently walked 60 miles in three days as part of the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure fundraise...
Sep 29, 2011 | 0 | 3 |
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Homeless Animals’ Lifeline Organization (HALO) hosts its fifth annual golf tournament fundraiser on Friday, Oct. 7 at Shadow Lakes Golf Club in Brentwood.
The event kicks off at 10 a.m. with a putt...
Sep 29, 2011 | 1 | 9 |
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Friends and neighbors are beaming after a hugely successful effort to raise money to help a Brentwood mother of three undergoing cancer treatment.
“We were able to raise a little over $2,200 from t...
Sep 29, 2011 | 0 | 4 |
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Friends of Marsh Creek Watershed hosts a fundraiser aboard the Island Serenade on Saturday, Oct. 1. Tickets are $60.
Delta Discovery Cruises, based in Pittsburg, is teaming with the Friends for a r...
Sep 28, 2011 | 0 | 9 |
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Twenty-five years ago, neighbors Mary Black and Nancy Torres attended a holiday event called the Festival of Trees and were so entranced, they vowed to one day bring that same type of sparkling aff...
Sep 28, 2011 | 0 | 7 |
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Classic car lovers and auto enthusiasts came out to the Brentwood Napa Auto Parts Car Show recently to see the hotrods and rally for a worthy cause.
The event, hosted every year by owners Rick and...
Sep 26, 2011 | 0 | 9 |
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George Cross of Tracy leads the pack at the recent Delta Harvest Run at The Streets of Brentwood.
More than 300 runners participated in the half marathon, the 10K run or the family fun run, raisin...
Sep 22, 2011 | 1 | 13 |
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Now that the dust has settled, CornFest organizers and volunteers have reason to celebrate. This year’s festival was one of the most profitable in the event’s 20-year history.
Between parking fees,...
Sep 22, 2011 | 0 | 7 |
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On October 3, 1921, a group of professional women in Oakland founded this country’s first women’s service organization: Soroptimist International. The name derives from the Latin soro (woman) and o...
Sep 21, 2011 | 0 | 6 |
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Golfers tallied their marks on scoreboards Monday during the fifth annual Joey Graves Memorial Golf Tournament. Held at the Discovery Bay Country Club, the fundraiser featured a day of golf followe...
Sep 20, 2011 | 0 | 5 |
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The Byron Delta Lions Club recently held its annual baby shower at Delta Presbyterian Church in Discovery Bay. The event benefited birth mothers in need at the Contra Costa Medical Center in Martin...
Sep 15, 2011 | 0 | 5 |
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Sign-ups are still underway for the Brentwood Lions Club’s second annual Strides Lions Walk For Diabetes Awareness, another of the organization’s many charitable efforts. The event is scheduled for...