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Contest supports charities
Nov 14, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
The ongoing recession is forcing us to think twice before writing a donation check, and local nonprofits are feeling the pinch. That’s why, beginning next week, The Press will roll out a way you ca...
Friends lend helping hand
Nov 10, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
The Friends of Oakley Community Foundation will begin registering families for its annual Christmas Basket Program next week. In its fourth year, the program provides holiday meals and toys to Oakl...
Cops for Kids needs toys
by Ruth Roberts
Nov 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Discovery Bay business owners are rolling out the barrels – toy barrels, that is – in anticipation of the East County Cops for Kids holiday event. From now through Dec. 14, residents can drop off n...
Eagle Scout gives gift of reading
Oct 31, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
Eagle Scout Jared Paget collects hundreds of children’s books for Sutter Delta Medical Center’s Emergency Department and Pediatric Unit to distribute to more than 10,000 children the hospital treat...
Help others to deck their halls
Oct 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Toys are the Main thing
by Jennifer Wadsworth
Oct 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Lions Club food drive
Oct 20, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Puppy love, good books to the rescue
by Marla Luckhardt
Oct 13, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Paw-sta fundraiser
Oct 13, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Friend shares locks for love
by Ruth Roberts
Oct 12, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Delta CrossFit and Mammograms in Action needs you
Oct 04, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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 ...
Kids Against Hunger
Oct 03, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Walk for a Cure
Sep 29, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Hackers to help out HALO
Sep 29, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Benefit garage sale nets thousands
Sep 29, 2011 | 1 1 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Cruise to benefit Friends
Sep 29, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Festival of Trees coming to town
by Ruth Roberts
Sep 28, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Driven to help
Sep 28, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Run raises a bounty for food banks
Sep 26, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
2011 CornFest yields cash crop
by Samie Hartley
Sep 22, 2011 | 1 1 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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,...