more charities
Feb 04, 2010 | 0 
| 9 
| 
| 9 |
The recent opening of Mountain View Christian Center in Oakley provided welcome assistance to individuals and families in need. The program is the first local participant in the Angel Food Ministry...
Feb 04, 2010 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 |
Every Thursday, Darren Williams and his group of volunteers deliver bags of groceries to seniors and low-income families in need. Stopping at the Villa Amador apartment complex in Brentwood, and th...
Jan 28, 2010 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 |
UPDATE: For a video of the the Feb 2 Kick-off event, click here.
A world with less cancer is a world with more birthdays, so it seems proper that the joy of birthdays is this year’s theme for ...
Jan 27, 2010 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 |
Local groups and organizations have been digging deep into their hearts and pockets to bolster the humanitarian effort in Haiti. Some have already collected and sent packages or contributed dollars...
Jan 26, 2010 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 |
Because she has recently lost loved ones to cancer, 5-year-old Drew Morganstein – a kindergartener in Carol Elder’s class at Timber Point Elementary – is very aware of the disease.
She told her mom...
Jan 21, 2010 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 |
As the first surreal scenes of Haiti’s destruction played across the world’s TV screens last week, one image in particular caught Brentwood resident Jean Claude Blot’s attention.
“He (Jean Claude) ...
Jan 21, 2010 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 |
As news of Haiti’s devastating earthquake reached the world last week, communities and organizations across the globe began mobilizing humanitarian relief efforts.
Here in East County, two nurses f...
Jan 21, 2010 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 |
Drs. Michael Pound and Todd Frigard will be providing exams and adjustments to the general public on Wednesday, Jan. 27 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at their Antioch office, 501 W. Third St., in an effor...
Jan 21, 2010 | 1 | 18 |
| 18 |
Christopher Arthur, 18, receives a donation while playing his guitar for customers at the Discovery Bay Safeway where he works.
At the request of the store manager, Arthur played during his entire...
Jan 21, 2010 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 |
The Antioch Rotary Club is spearheading a citywide effort to raise funds to provide relief for Haiti in response to last week’s devastating earthquake.
“We are asking all the service clubs in town,...
Jan 21, 2010 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 |
It’s time to fire up the barbecue grill and put your secret recipes to the test at the annual Brentwood PAL Barbecue King Cook-off.
Keeping with tradition, the cook-off will take place at Harvest P...
Jan 14, 2010 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 |
The Brentwood Concert Band is teaming up once again with the Liberty High School Symphonic Band in the second annual Benefit Concert for the Bruce Stuart Music Fund. Sue Stuart and Carey Hurst will...
Jan 14, 2010 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 |
On Dec. 19 at the Streets of Brentwood, members of the Kids Helping Kids organization presented Eric Peasah of the International Organization for Migration, back row, third from right, with a check...
Jan 14, 2010 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 |
It was a chilly winter morning, but the participants hardly noticed. Laughing and enthusiastically cheering one another on, some in wheelchairs, others on skates – but all running the gauntlet of i...
Jan 07, 2010 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 |
This year at the Discovery Bay Corvette Club’s annual Christmas Party, instead of exchanging gifts among themselves, each family brought two gifts to support Delta Community Services’ effort to aid...
Jan 07, 2010 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 |
Anna Rosas, 7, walks away with an armful of gifts at the recent Toys4Tots event held at the Village Community Resource Center.
Ryan Richardson, owner of Willy’s Bagels and Blends, delivered toys t...
Dec 29, 2009 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 |
Santa cast his special magic on Keller Williams Real Estate at the Brentwood office’s holiday bash.
He brought crafts for the kids to work on and encouraged the grown-ups to be nice; not naughty –...
Dec 28, 2009 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 |
Brentwood Rotarian David Wahl and wife Karen recently joined a group of 38 Rotarians from across the United States and Canada to take part in a polio Sub-National Immunization Day in the Kmpasse re...
Dec 24, 2009 | 0 | 14 |
| 14 |
The residents of Brentwood might not be recession-proof, but their spirit of giving surely is.
Last weekend locals again bucked the recessionary trend by making the annual Brentwood Regional Commun...
Dec 24, 2009 | 0 | 19 |
| 19 |
Christmas came early to Oakley as volunteers serving as Santa’s helpers made sure families in need were able to enjoy the holidays.
More than 200 “elves” pitched in to support the second annual Fri...