WALNUT CREEK
Yours Humanly has launched its 2020 BookFest Read-a-thon, sponsored by Amazon, a summer fundraiser that encourages reading while helping children in need. Participants reach out to family, friends and social circles and ask for one-time donations to support their reading efforts on behalf of Yours Humanly, a global nonprofit that provides children in need access to quality education and equitable resources. Sponsors choose the amount they wish to donate, and participants honor those sponsorships by doing something they already love to do — read.
Yours Humanly is raising funds to provide the distance learning tools, educational supplies and ancillary resources needed to create safe and productive classrooms and school experiences for children in need, locally and around the world, as they begin the new year in a “new-normal” learning environment. Registration for the Yours Humanly 2020 BookFest Read-a-thon is free and open to all individuals, families and communities worldwide who wish to read for a good cause. For more information and to register for the 2020 BookFest Read-a-thon, visit pledgestar.com/yourshumanly.— Yours Humanly
LAMORINDA
AAUW-OML chapter awards scholarships to area girls
Since 1978, the American Association of University Women-Orinda Moraga Lafayette Branch (AAUW-OML) has supported education of young women in the community by awarding college scholarships to graduating high school seniors. Winners of the 2020 AAUW-OML college scholarships are Sophia Kofoed (Miramonte High School), Marielle Riesner-Hansson (Acalanes High School), Lynn Wolfe (Acalanes) and Kate Ye (Campolindo High School). Kofoed and Ye each received $2,000 scholarships. Reisner-Hansson and Wolfe each received $1,000 scholarships, splitting the $2,000 AAUW-OML awarded for an Acalanes High student.
AAUW-OML selected seven middle school girls to receive AAUW-OML scholarships for attending AAUW Tech Trek STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) summer camp for girls entering eighth grade: Camille Bradley, Helena Linnen and Bea Dean (Stanley Middle School); Vivian Tolajian and Giorgia Stankus (Joaquin Moraga Intermediate School); Deya Murthy and Emma Wong (Orinda Intermediate School). With the 2020 camp cancelled due to COVID-19, AAUW-OML provided each girl a list of STEM resources and activities they could pursue in lieu of the Tech Trek camp experience. The AAUW-OML Scholarship and Tech Trek Committees chose the awardees based on the applications submitted, each with a written essay, and in-person interviews.
— AAUW-OML
CONCORD
City eases restaurants, businesses’ outdoor expansions
The Concord City Council on June 9 adopted an urgency ordinance approving the Concord Forward Action Plan, which authorizes the temporary suspension of certain municipal codes and temporarily waives some fees in an effort to support local businesses that have been harmed by the months-long shelter-in-place order.
Due to the extraordinary circumstances presented by the COVID-19 pandemic and the related economic hardship on the local economy, the city of Concord has created a business-focused action plan to help facilitate Concord’s economic recovery.
“Businesses throughout our community have really suffered as a result of the necessary but lengthy closures,” said Mayor Tim McGallian. “Concord, in partnership with the Chamber of Commerce and Visit Concord, worked quickly to implement several programs to assist local businesses, and this action plan is the next phase in that process. We are eager to see our business community thrive once again.”
With Contra Costa Health Services lifting restrictions on outdoor dining (effective June 5) and indoor dining (expected July 1), local restaurants are expected to reopen quickly but must adhere to social distancing requirements. Through its new Concord Forward Action Plan, the city is taking proactive measures to streamline temporary use permits allowing for expanded outdoor dining and retailing and providing the opportunity to close streets on a case-by-case basis and/or use public sidewalks, parking spaces or public rights-of-way to create appropriate physical distancing space for restaurant, retailer and business use. More information about the action plan and how Concord is supporting local businesses is available at concordfirst.com/concord-forward.
— city of Concord
WALNUT CREEK
Leftovers Thrift Shop has reopened, needs volunteers
Walnut Creek’s Leftovers Thrift Shop has reopened and needs more volunteers looking for a worthy cause in which to participate. The shop has served the community for more than 40 years, with proceeds going primarily to the Contra Costa Crisis Center and other community programs. Applications are available from the shop at 2281 Olympic Blvd. in Walnut Creek next to Il Pavone Restaurant. The shop is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday thru Saturday.
— Leftovers Thrift Shop
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