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When the people at Cortona Park senior living community wanted to celebrate Cortona’s first anniversary, they figured a great way to do it was to help out the youth in the community at the same tim...
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Bowlers looking to earn a free game and do something good for the community will soon have the opportunity to do both, thanks to the Strike Out Hunger campaign at the Harvest Park Bowl in Brentwood...
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Operation Christmas Child (OCC) will be coming to Antioch’s Church on the Rock, 50 Walton Lane, Nov. 16-23.
OCC is a kids-helping-kids effort that uses simple gift-filled shoeboxes to let children ...
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Planning for Oakley’s Relay for Life celebration in May starts now, and the community is invited to a kick-off party on Nov. 12 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the multi-purpose room at the west end of Free...
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There’s a new saying around the Jenkins house these days: As Ally goes, so do we.
“When Ally’s up we’re all up, and when she’s down, so are we,” said Vickee Jenkins of her daughter Ally, 15, who is...
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The Brentwood Union School District (BUSD) Education Foundation and Vic Stewart’s are inviting residents to a Night Out on the Town, an evening of dining, fine wines and friendly supporters of the ...
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Discovery Bay Elementary School was recently presented a check for $1,000 from the Wells Fargo Foundation.
Representing the bank was Wells Fargo Vice-president and Discovery Bay parent Ashoo Vaid ...
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The Knights of Columbus of Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church recently held its annual fundraising drive to benefit People with Intellectual Disabilities.
Members of Knights of Columbus Counc...
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Relay For Life of Oakley will hold a community kick-off event to sign up volunteers, teams and cancer survivors for the relay scheduled for May 1, 2010.
The kick-off takes place Nov. 12 at 6:30 p....
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Talks have begun about what Mayor Bob Taylor will do to ramp up his promise once his The Mayor Is A Turkey fundraiser breaks through the 300 mark. Taylor has been collecting $8 donations fo...
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The California Department of Veterans Affairs has received a $10,000 donation from the Joey Graves Memorial Foundation for Project Gold Star. These funds were raised in honor of Joey Graves during ...
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Friends of Oakley will be conducting the Oakley Christmas Basket program for needy families in Oakley again this year, and registration begins next month.
Friends will be registering needy families...
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The friends of the Liberty High School choral program are hoping you’ll add a little pink to someone’s landscaping this year.
80VOLTS, the program’s nonprofit FUNdraising arm, has given flight to a...
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Kids love to collect things. Marbles, trading cards, comic books, dolls, rocks, bugs – anything they can get their hands on. But one group of Oakley Elementary students is working to create a colle...
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Oakley resident Guido Novero, seen above surrounded by friends and family, received a proclamation from Oakley Mayor Carol Rios at Tuesday’s City Council meeting, honoring his 40 years of volunteer...
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Boys Scouts of America is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2009-10, and the history of Scout Troop 151 of Antioch goes back nearly as far – to 1916, when it was chartered by American Legion Pos...
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Double-transplant candidate Aaron Tanner, 4, has cleared another hurdle in his quest for a new heart and kidney. This week, the Brentwood preschooler is expected to be placed on the organ wait list...
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The phrase “more of the same” often implies the repetition of something more to be endured than enjoyed. That doesn’t apply in the case of the Brentwood Rotary Club’s Annual Trade Show Dinner, thou...
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Folks with traveling on their mind are invited to book their next Disney vacation with Almost There Travel. When they do, a donation to the Liberty High School Choir will be made for each package b...
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The Mayor Is A Turkey fundraiser announced by Brentwood Mayor Bob Taylor last week is well on its way to reaching its goal.
Taylor is collecting $8 contributions as he attends events and makes his...