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Next month, Eric Peasah of the International Organization for Migration plans to rescue 25 Ghanaian children from human traffickers and deliver them into the arms of their families.
Next week, Adam...
Dec 09, 2009 | 0 | 11 |
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Volunteers will be looking for new homes for dozens of dogs this weekend at the Home for the Howlidays event, which runs from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 12 at Pampered Pets Doggie Day Care and B...
Dec 07, 2009 | 0 | 9 |
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While the family of Aaron Tanner continues to pray for a Christmas miracle, the community remains vigilant in their support of the 4-year old Brentwood boy who is awaiting a heart and kidney transp...
Dec 03, 2009 | 0 | 13 |
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Back by popular demand – and because there’s so much to do this holiday season – here’s this week’s update on where to go and what to do to help celebrate the season. Be sure to check the Community...
Dec 03, 2009 | 0 | 11 |
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Mayor Robert “Gobbler Bob” Taylor might be a turkey according to a lot of people, but that’s just fine with more than 500 local families for which the mayor’s efforts have paid off.
About six weeks...
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Edna Hill, Barbara Guise, Everett LeMoine donations added to museum collection
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Students at Freedom High School have organized three opportunities to give to those less fortunate this holiday season.
Dana Johnston’s Leadership Class has posted banners and gotten the word out ...
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The Brentwood Regional Community Chest will expand the number of families in its Christmas Basket program this year, and sign-ups take place next Monday.
“Thanks in no small part to the fundraising...
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The Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff is again sponsoring its East County Cops for Kids Holiday Toy Drive. Residents are invited to bring a new, unwrapped toy to their local sheriff’s stati...
Dec 01, 2009 | 0 | 14 |
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The MOMS Club of Antioch spent proceeds from its recent fundraiser on a Target shopping spree that benefited the Antioch organization Brighter Beginnings, which supports healthy births and children...
Dec 01, 2009 | 0 | 13 |
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Three East County Round Table Pizza restaurants are pitching in to help Freedom High student Ally Jenkins and her family.
Ally came home last month following a nearly three-month stay at UCSF Medic...
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Cathleen Knight, chair of the 2010 American Cancer Society Oakley Relay For Life, accepts a check for $1,850 from Jim and Brenda D’Amico of Black Bear Diner.
The money comes from customers who dro...
Nov 19, 2009 | 0 | 15 |
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Members of the Summerset Singers helped celebrate the lighting of the Hospice of the East Bay’s Tree of Lights, which helps families celebrate and memorialize the lives of their friends and loved o...
Nov 19, 2009 | 0 | 8 |
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For many in East County, the holidays are a time of celebration and joy, but for those hard hit during these tough economic times, the season can be a source of sadness and despair.
But in Brentwoo...
Nov 19, 2009 | 0 | 14 |
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For the second year, members of a local church will spend this Saturday, Nov. 21, helping those who need it.
Last March, the Harvest Time Assembly of God Church’s Day of Compassion provided hundred...
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After a successful inaugural year, the Friends of Oakley organization has expanded its Christmas Basket Program to provide for 250 families, and the effort to collect donations is underway.
The goa...
Nov 19, 2009 | 0 | 15 |
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If you’re one of the hundreds of families that live in Oakley’s Vintage Park neighborhood, the Cub Scouts of Pack 152 have probably already been to your house once, and they’re hoping you’ll be rea...
Nov 19, 2009 | 0 | 7 |
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Kelsi Holt might be only 9 years old, but she’s already shown she’ll go to just about any length to help people in need. Recently, that length was 10 inches.
Her mom, Chantel, reports that last su...
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November is Meals on Wheels month in Contra Costa County, but for the thousands of area residents who rely on the program, Meals on Wheels is an everyday miracle.
“Everybody is feeling the financia...
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Dozens of collection barrels for the Brentwood Regional Community Chest have been placed around far East County, and they’re already attracting attention.
The annual drive to provide food and toys ...