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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 | 8 8 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,...
Celebrating 90 years
Sep 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Worthy cause
Sep 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Super shower
Sep 20, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Brentwood Lions seeking Striders
Sep 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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...
Neighbors help neighbor
Sep 08, 2011 | 1 1 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
A group of Brentwood residents is hoping to help a friend and neighbor enjoy a respite from her battle against breast cancer. A garage sale fundraiser is being held for 38-year-old wife and mother ...