Supporting
Our Non Profits and our Arts Community!
June 2020
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Lafayette Chamber Announcements
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Dear Lafayette Chamber Supporter,
The physical office of the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce will remain closed until further notice. Our staff is still here to help you, just virtually. You can reach us by calling (925) 284-7404 or by sending an email to
info@lafayettechamber.org.
We'll get back to you as quickly as possible.
COVID-19 is not just a local or business problem. This is a national problem, a world problem. Follow the guidelines and policies. They have been enacted to SAVE LIVES.
The best way you can help our community and our businesses is to stay healthy, watch out for your neighbor, and follow social distance recommendations.
Let's DO this. Be the model.
We have canceled or postponed all in-person events through August.
We are offering and sharing virtual events on
our calendar.
We encourage you to become a lifetime "Friend of the Chamber."
A Friend of the Chamber membership provides a way for community members to support the efforts of the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce. We are 73 years strong and our mission continues “To promote and maintain a healthy business climate and to preserve and enhance the quality of life in Lafayette.” All aspects that make up a community are important to us: schools, residents, churches and synagogues, community organizations, activities, and the city government. Chamber members work with representatives of all these groups for the betterment of our community. A lifetime Friend of the Chamber membership is $150 per family.
Learn more here.
We encourage you to support our local non profits and the art community. Thank you ...
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Our June Newsletter is Sponsored by Millie's Kitchen
Open daily 7am-2:30pm serving both breakfast and lunch! Please call (925) 283-2397 to place your take-out order.
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Support Our Arts Community!
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California Shakespeare Theater
California Shakespeare Theater has launched
Cal Shakes Online, a multi-channel digital platform designed to virtually unite artists and audiences during this unprecedented time. Though we cannot convene at the theater for the foreseeable future, Cal Shakes wants to continue serving the community from afar by offering resources and programming to bring solace, entertainment, and joy. Check out popular new programs like:
Run the Canon with Resident Dramaturg Philippa Kelly
Premiering each Friday through Christmas, Philippa Kelly offers a 10-minute weekly video lecture series covering every one of Shakespeare’s 37 plays. Known for her beloved pre-show Grove Talks at the Bruns, Kelly will bring the same breadth of knowledge to this more intimate setting.
Mystery Shakespeare Theater 1592
Called the best “Zoom party ever” by
Theatrius, MST1592 is a hilarious bi-monthly watch party inspired by Mystery Science Theater 3000 that allows expert panelists and audiences to connect over a surprise Shakespearean film.
Stay tuned for future behind-the-scenes interviews and panel discussions, summer classes for 8 to 18-year-olds, and virtual community events. Make sure to visit their website
www.calshakes.org and sign up for their ongoing news alerts.
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Diablo Regional Arts Association Paves the Way at the Lesher Center
In response to the financial hit caused by COVID-19,
Diablo Regional Arts Association (DRAA)
is stepping-up to support the Lesher Center for the Arts (LCA) in partnership with the City of Walnut Creek.
An immediate investment of $150,000 will adapt performances at the LCA to the current circumstances and virtual experiences, including at-home enjoyment and on the expanded, outdoor Rudney Plaza. This early funding includes $50,000 from the Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation and will allow the LCA to continue providing quality arts and cultural experiences to the region and to revitalize the economy.
DRAA will be launching its
Pave the Way for the Future campaign in support of the LCA’s 30th anniversary. Donors from around the region can honor a special person or occasion through multiple naming opportunities, including custom, laser-engraved pavers that will be prominently located on the new Rudney Plaza outside of the LCA. All campaign gifts will be allocated to innovative programming and the delivery of arts throughout the community.
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Gold Coast Chamber Players: IMX
Immersive Experiences (IMX) is an offshoot of the award winning
Gold Coast Chamber Players. During the month of May, Artistic Director Pamela Freund-Striplen and serial entrepreneur Jim Marggraff launched three pilots that supported local restaurants by providing gourmet meals delivered to local participants, live-streamed concerts from Italy, Philadelphia, and California, and online Curated Marketplace that showcased local businesses. Chef videos were watched while enjoying the meals and the musicians acted as travel guides as they showed their communities during Shelter in Place. These Immersive Experiences started with 5 couples and in the final pilot, reached 100 from seven countries! Stay tuned for IMX 2.0! Visit
https://www.gccpmusic.com/immersiveexperiences or call (925) 283-3728.
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The International Film Showcase: Papicha
Algiers, 1997. The country is in the hands of terrorist groups, seeking to establish an Islamic and archaic state. Women are particularly affected and oppressed by primitive diktas, who seek to take control of their bodies and control their passage through the public space. While a frenzied hunt for women unveiled is launched, Nedjma, a young student passionate about fashion, is determined to federate the girls of her campus to organize a fashion show braving all the forbidden. Trailer:
https://vimeo.com/374717989
More new international films are available by going to our web site at
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Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery / JPG@The Bank
We are meeting with clients by private appointment and showing and selling art through FaceTime and curbside pick up (back parking lot pick up).
We have you covered for your outdoor and indoor beauty projects. All of our outdoor sculpture is FOR SALE. All of the art is by California artists and is original, one of a kind work. Special pricing throughout inventory.
Tune in on Instagram every Thursday night for, Inside The Artist Studio. This week we talk with artist Marsha Balian about her whimsical collage work and relationship with art as a second career. Join us as we tour one of our artist's studio and talk at 7PM on instagram at @jenperlmuttergallery. Follow us on
instagram @jenperlmuttergallery. 925-284-1485
www.jenniferperlmuttergallery.com
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The Lamorinda Arts Alliance is pleased to announce the Moraga Art Gallery "Shelter In Place" Virtual Tour.
Now, from the comfort of your home, you can view the Moraga Art Gallery exhibit and hear from the artists about their artwork and what motivates them. The tour was produced by gallery president Lucy Beck and and filmed and edited by Ben Ellis.
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Lamorinda Arts Council
As it is not known whether the Art Gallery at the Orinda Library will be open in June, we ask art lovers to view virtual exhibits from the following three artists scheduled to show work and to check our website for updates as to when work will be live at the gallery.
- Tina Nelson of Walnut Creek is showing a dozen works she describes as "Painting with Wool" using 465 colors of wool from Washington, stitched onto linen. Visit https://youtu.be/uIuevq4KEoo for a sneak preview of her work.
- Teresa Onoda of Moraga is a well-known landscape painter who habitually works outdoors, or plein air. She especially likes to capture landscapes that are at risk for development to preserve their beauty. Visit https://youtu.be/Gb6LRexlTC8 to see her themed exhibit entitled "Bay Area Beauty."
- Rick Nelson, also of Walnut Creek, is a wood turner who concentrates on shape, design and technique in creating pieces like Sunburst, a segmented turned wood vessel made of Peruvian walnut and maple. Go to https://youtu.be/AkG2kLzV92k to view the many different wood turning techniques he uses.
Art Embraces Words is a program where emerging writers read from their work surrounded by original artwork from local artists. Co-Chair Natalie Wheeler is planning either a live or virtual program on July 19 depending on shelter in place regulations. It is supported by a grant from the Lafayette Community Foundation. Please check the
website for details.
Attached poster for
Art in Place, a virtual arts resource compiled by the Lamorinda Arts Council. All content is G-rated, free, for all ages. and includes all art genres. Check out live cams at the Oakland Zoo, and Monterey Bay Aquarium, practice dance steps, listen to an opera tweeted by birds and take virtual tours of museums worldwide. Updated every Friday afternoon. Have a suggestion? Send it to us at
artinplace@lamorindaarts.org.
de YOUNG MUSEUM CALL FOR LOCAL ARTISTS
In celebration of the de Young museum's 125th anniversary the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are hosting "The de Young Open," a juried community art exhibition welcoming submissions by artists from the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties. The exhibition premiers in a 12,000 sq. ft. gallery at the de Young museum after it is open to the public. An unprecedented and exciting opportunity welcoming local artists at all levels to submit work. Go to
https://deyoung.famsf.org/exhibitions/de-young-open for more information.
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Mountain Shadow Film Society
THE SHOW MUST GO ON! OUR JUNE FILM PROVIDED BY SPECIAL ONLINE SCREENING LINK
What happens when eight Americans quarantine themselves and shelter in place in a world they create for themselves? Is it sustainable? What could possibly go wrong?
ONLINE Saturday Matinee: JUNE 13th, 4:30 PM, and
ONLINE Saturday Evening: JUNE 20th, 7:30 PM
“SPACESHIP EARTH” is the fascinating story of a group of adventurers and idealists, who built an enormous terrarium in the Arizona desert with a miniature replica of earth. They called their model world Biosphere 2, and in 1991 eight “biospherians” went to live hermetically sealed inside for two years. Says the film director, Matt Wolf: “While making this film, I never could have imagined that a pandemic would require the entire world to be quarantined. Like all of us today, the biospherians lived confined inside, and they managed day to day life with limited resources, often under great interpersonal stress. But when they re-entered the world, they were forever transformed—no longer would they take anything for granted—not even a breath.” Documentary - NR - 113 min
TRAILER
HOW TO SEE THIS FILM: Just check out the Mountain Shadow website
HERE.
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Support the Orinda Theatre!
The Orinda Theatre is a landmark for the East Bay. The theatre first opened in December 1941. Yes, the Orinda Theatre will be 79 years old this December. We have been closed due to COVID-19 since March 16th. We have been doing Wine, Popcorn and Red Vine sales each Friday 5pm-6:30pm to help us through this difficult time. Unfortunately, our operating FIXED cost of $15,000 a month, remain during the closure, such as rent, utilities, insurance, equipment maintenance, etc. Please help us during this difficult time soon we can reopen and celebrate our 79th birthday!
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Performing Academy Virtual Classes & Facebook Live Events!
Here's what we are doing!
- We have a Live from the Living Room series on Sundays at 7pm on Facebook Live featuring our teaching artists & students.
- Fridays we have a Facebook Live Q&A series with Broadway performers and industry professionals.
- We are continuing to train students to act, sing and dance via Zoom. Virtual training will continue through the summer including some new classes taught by Broadway performers.
- We are finishing 7 zoom productions with students from Stanley, Joaquin Moraga, Rheem, Camino Pablo, Lafayette Elementary & Los Perales.
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The Peter Pan Foundation and Leslie Noel Studios
The
Peter Pan Foundation
and
Leslie Noel Studios
are now providing
online & virtual project opportunities. You can keep up with love, light, information, music, and positive inspiration by following these social media pages:
Instagram: @LNSFAM (LNS), @PPFMAGIC (Peter Pan Foundation), and @MYPHOTOGRAPHICMEMORIES (Leslie)
Facebook: LeslieNoelStudios (LNS), PPF (Peter Pan Foundation) and LOVE & LIGHT (& MUSIC & MAGIC) 💚✨
As always, we are needing financial support to help us continue our programs. Please consider making a donation to our
GoFundMe campaign here.
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Town Hall Theatre Music & Comedy Series
THURSDAY, JUNE 4: Ralph Woodson, from Jimi Hendrix tribute band Purple Haze, is going to play stripped down versions of the Hendrix catalog.
Learn more here.
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Town Hall Theatre is your theatre for community – we want to stay connected!
Stream plays from the Main Stage archives (now up: Shakespeare’s comedy Twelfth Night); save the date - July 11 – for our one-night only fundraiser concert version of the new musical comedy Disenchanted; purchase a flexible subscription to our 76th Season 2020/21; and help us continue to thrive by becoming a Town Hall Sustaining Member with a monthly contribution.
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Valley Art Gallery is now open by appointment!
After weeks of climbing walls, experts suggest that to feel better we should try decorating them instead! They also suggest that a work of original art is one of the best (legal) mood lifters. And that's where we come in.
Our staff is available and happy to answer any phone or email inquiries about works of interest to purchase or rent, and can facilitate curbside viewing and pickup. We also offer virtual appointments via Zoom, where we can interactively discuss and show you options for your space.
Visit our website,
www.valleyartgallery.org, to view our over 300 original works of art by local artists and peruse our current virtual exhibits: a featured artist show of luscious encaustics by Melissa Stephens and a collection-worthy exhibit of original abstracts that are sure to become instant focal points and raise the energy of any room they grace.
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June Non-Profit News & Announcements
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Alzheimer’s Association
We are here for you! Currently, more than 650,000 people in California are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and over 1.6 million family and friends are providing care. Serving cities and towns from San Jose to Fresno, San Francisco to Chico, Sacramento, Modesto, Reno, Wendover, and everything in between, your local chapter of the
Alzheimer’s Association® is here to help. Check out their website,
www.alz.org/norcal, or call their 24/7 Helpline, 800-272-3900, for virtual classes, support groups, and more.
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Assistance League of Diablo Valley Shops Ebay!
The dedicated member volunteers of Assistance League of Diablo Valley remind you faithful shoppers and supporters that although the thrift shop located at the Way Side Inn in Lafayette is closed, the ability to shop Ebay is up and running. The member volunteers are eager to help you place orders, so let “their fingers do the walking.”
To initiate this retail coup, please visit our website:
assistanceleague.org/diablo-valley. Then click on the Thrift Shop. Finally, click on the Ebay logo to discover items for sale at drastically reduced prices. In that new items replace sold items, the inventory changes almost daily.
This opportunity is truly a WIN-WIN when you consider how much time and how many dollars you SAVE-SAVE!
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Cancer Support Community
2020 Golf Classic: Friday, July 31st Silverado Resort, Napa
Cancer Support Community will share the course with another non-profit organization, A Cure In Sight. For more information contact Carol Louisell, Director of Development,
clouisell@cancersupport.net
Hope Walk: Saturday, October 17th at Heather Farms Park, Walnut Creek 8:30 am - 12:30 pm, Register
HERE!
Cancer Support Community Lafayette Project remains underway.
Current status: half way in fundraising $12 million project, moving forward in application process and necessary studies. For more information contact Libby Eppinga, Director of Philanthropy,
leppinga@cancersupport.net
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CASA - We Need Your Support Now More Than Ever
CASA of Contra Costa County matches each child or youth living in foster care with a trained, caring and dedicated volunteer, which creates a foundation of support and facilitates access to key resources. In these uncertain times, children and youth in foster care need your support now more than ever. They have endured significant trauma, have limited resources, and are particularly vulnerable. Your generosity underwrites the critical help which CASA provides. Please
donate now, or text IGIVENOW to 44321.
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Hospice East Bay
Hospice East Bay is proud to be part of this caring community, especially during this challenging time. Our mission remains the same: delivering high quality care to our patients and families, even those with COVID-19.
Thank you for always being there with your support when we need you!
Hospice East Bay is looking for a Tree of Lights Chair person
to work with the Events Coordinator in setting up the event, day of support and over all liaison to help facilitate community engagement. We are also searching for sponsorships from Lafayette businesses. We offer a wide range of sponsorships to fit all sizes of businesses. Please email
annm@hospiceeastbay.org
or call 925-499-6642 for more information or to answer any questions. Thank you in advance for your support.
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Thank yous from the Lafayette Community Foundation
Lafayette Community Foundation (LCF) would like to thank everyone who participated in the COVID-19 Community Matching Campaign. The community really came together and helped LCF exceed its campaign goal proving that Community Can't be Canceled. LCF will distribute more than $124,000 to 26 nonprofits--the most in its 20 year history. The needs of these worthy agencies are ongoing as they move toward recovering and rebuilding from the crisis. Therefore, LCF will continue to accept donations and steer those funds toward future Excellence Grants.
Lafayette Community Foundation would like to thank everyone who donated to the COVID-19 tests for seniors, helping us reach our fundraising goal of 14K. Because of you, Lafayette's most vulnerable seniors and staff in residential housing have received a COVID-19 test.
To learn more, please visit
lafayettecf.org. Donate online
HERE or by mailing a check to Lafayette Community Foundation, P.O. Box 221, Lafayette, CA. 94549.
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Night at the Library, A "Virtual" Moveable Feast!
Everyone in the family is invited to join us on Saturday, May 30 at 7pm for this one-hour LIVE event.
Featuring co-hosts Cameron Burks and Carrie Barlow, special video messages from Lamorinda residents and guest authors, prizes for registered guests, watch parties, and music by Dirty Cello. LOVE Lafayette and LOVE your Lafayette Library by donating, now more than ever, the Library needs your support.
Register TODAY!
We are all in this together. Our LLLC Foundation team is working remotely. If you need assistance or have questions about Library and community resources, we’ll do our best to help. Email
information@LLLCF.org or phone message, 925-283-6513 ext. 102.
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Lafayette Partners in Education
LPIE donations at work!
How many coins can an aluminum foil boat hold? How do you draw a playful peacock?
LPIE is here to experiment with you! Visit our
online videos taught by the incredible LPIE instructors in art, science, social studies and music. Plus, it's a chance to see LPIE donations at work! Support LPIE
donate here.
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Lafayette Recreation
June program registration is open and programs start June 1! Visit
www.LafayetteRec.org to register and to find out more about in-person programs and several virtual offerings for all ages! The Community Center Care program is offered to you by the teams who bring you Tiny Tots, Camp Awesome, & After School Awesome. Hang out with the leaders from those programs and do lots of fun activities with a stable group of kids throughout the week. Don’t miss Bricks 4 Kidz STEAM Camp, Skyhawks Sports, and Art Exploration that are also being offered. These fun, engaging, and enriching programs have been built around County & CDC guidelines. More programs are being developed for July and will be released soon! Email
recreation@lovelafayette.org or call 925-284-2232 with questions and registration assistance.
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Lamorinda Sunrise Rotary Club
June 5: Humanity Crew, Dr. Essam Daod, an international aid organization with a focus on providing mental health services to refugees and victims in crisis.
June 12: Rowing the Drake Passage, narrated by John Peterson
June 19: The Danes are Here—An Exchange with our Danish Colleagues
June 26: Turn Me On, Dead Man, discussion of greatest conspiracy theory in history of pop music.
VOLUNTEER SURGE
What it is: an initiative to train 1 million volunteers as community health workers quickly, using a free, online program. There are two tracks. One is a 40-hour course that qualifies you to provide in-person support to patients and the other an 8-10 hour course that qualifies you to provide telephone support. How you can help:
Volunteer!
And encourage others to do the same! Learn more
here.
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The Lamorinda Spirit Van
The Lamorinda Spirit Van staff and passengers would like to thank the Orinda restaurant, Genuine Goodness, for providing delicious free Friday lunches to 25 older passengers age 60+ for several weeks during the Shelter-In-Place order. After two weeks, passengers were delighted to provide donations to cover the restaurant’s food cost. If you/your restaurant would like to do something similar, please email
mbruns@lovelafayette.org or phone 925-284-5546.
We are very grateful to the Spirit Van drivers for providing free pick-up and delivery service for our passengers, during and after the Shelter-in-Place order. Email
dispatch@lovelafayette.org or call 925-283-3534 if you need something picked up and delivered. We will resume transporting Lamorinda older adults to errands, shopping, appointments, classes, and lunch at the C.C. Café as soon as it is permitted.
We invite you to include us in your year-end giving plans. You may send your tax-deductible donation payable to the City of Lafayette to: Lamorinda Spirit, Lafayette Community Center, 500 St. Mary’s Road, Lafayette, CA 94549. Please write: “Lamorinda Spirit” on the memo line. Your support makes a huge difference to our success, and we are very appreciative!!! Call 925-283-3534 to learn about becoming a volunteer driver or utilizing GoGoGrandparent: an Uber/Lyft type of service that doesn’t require a smart phone.
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Lamorinda Village is Supporting our Seniors
Are you looking to help your elderly friends and neighbors during shelter-in-place?
Are you needing someone to do your grocery shopping or pick up medications?
Lamorinda Village has a Shelter-in-Place Program for Seniors with free grocery delivery and pharmacy pick up. We are a local nonprofit organization created by older adults and supported by volunteers dedicated to helping older Lamorinda residents who want to remain safely and independently in their homes.
For Seniors requesting service, please either email to
info@lamorindavillage.org or call (925) 283-3500, and include: Full Name, Email Address, Phone Number, Delivery Address,
and Store Preference.
Are you able to drive?
If you would like to Volunteer your time to help, please email to
info@lamorindavillage.org, and include: Full Name, Email Address, and Phone Number.
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Las Trampas, Inc. Donation Request for Necessary Items
Like so many nonprofits and small businesses,
Las Trampas, Inc. has been devastated by COVID-19 at the very core of its operations. The weekly Day Program on campus closed due to shelter-in-place and transitioned to virtual activities for those low-income families who can provide an iPad and wi-fi from home. The Great News is that not one of the 80 staff working on the front lines every day nor a single participant have contracted the virus! Even More Good News is that two generous, operations-supporting grants from John Muir Foundation and Lafayette’s own amazing Community Foundation provided a first step forward. But extraordinary challenges remain, including simply putting food on the table for those living in the group homes and staff-supported apartments.
Las Trampas is reaching out to the greater community to invite donations of foods (rice/pasta/boxed dinners like mac & cheese) and health-sustaining hygiene items (hand soap, sanitizers & wipes, paper towels, detergent), which will be received with deep gratitude. For pick up, contact Sandra Cockrell,
scockrell@lastrampas.org or Kathy Merchant
merchant70@aol.com.
Learn more here.
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"Drive Thru" Food Drive to Support Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa
Wednesday, June 24, 12-2pm, Parking lot of Kaiperm Credit Union, 325 N. Wiget Lane, Ste. 130, Walnut Creek
Social distancing guidelines will be followed to keep everyone safe! Volunteers will be masked and gloved. Please place your non-perishable donation items in your trunk or back seat so volunteers can safely accept them without you getting out of the car.
Items needed the most (Please no expired items):
Bottled Water
Peanut Butter
Pasta and Pasta sauce
Rice and beans
Mac and Cheese for the kids
Any boxed foods
Snack bars and snacks
Canned fruits
Canned vegetable
Snack cups fruit or pudding
Any other non-perishable canned foods
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Meals on Wheels Diablo Region
He may have been speaking to children, but the words Mr. Rogers said are truer today than ever before: “Look for the helpers.” Vulnerable seniors have depended on Meals on Wheels Diablo Region to keep them safe and fed in the comforts of their own home for more than 50 years.
Thanks to
Republic Services and an anonymous donor, we are asking you to please help us match their generous $5,500 gift.
Any gift you make until June 15th, will be doubled dollar-for-dollar!
MOW Diablo Region has seen 40% more seniors coming to us for meals since the COVID-19 crisis began. Our Friendly Callers are helping seniors feel less isolated, and our Care Management team is working with seniors who are experiencing depression, housing problems, elder abuse and a range of other social issues. Please help us meet this match by June 15th, and double the impact of your gift, so that we can help more seniors. We at MOW Diablo Region are the helpers who seniors look to for meal delivery and services.
Please be a helper with your matching donation today!
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Mobility Matters - Volunteer Drivers Needed!
Can you spare a few hours a week to help out an ambulatory neighbor?
Mobility Matters is a nonprofit that gives rides to Seniors and Veterans in Contra Costa County to medical appointments and grocery shopping. We currently have over 400 clients that we help out throughout Contra Costa County. We hope to continue giving in person rides to doctor’s appointments as soon as the shelter in place order has been lifted. Since the shelter in place order started Mobility Matters has now started delivering groceries to our client’s doors instead of taking them grocery shopping. Volunteer Drivers are needed for grocery store shopping and delivery.
Volunteers must be 25 to 75 years old and able to pass a background check.
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Monument Crisis Center
Monument Crisis Center is a vital family resource center serving the most vulnerable in Contra Costa County. The health and economic disaster created by Covid-19 has affected all of us and we are seeing our client numbers rise dramatically to over 300%.
Since March 16th, Monument Crisis Center has distributed enough nutritious food to make over 500,000 meals, and the need is increasing by the minute.
We need the community now, more than ever!
o Text MCC to 41-444.
o Mail a check to Monument Crisis Center, P.O. Box 23973 Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Monument Crisis Center will hold emergency food distributions (open to all in need) during the following dates and times:
Monday June 1st 9am-12 noon
Tuesday June 2nd 9am-12 noon
Monday June 8th 9am-12 noon
Tuesday June 9th. 9am-12 noon
Please note: Donations of non-perishable food are gladly accepted during those distribution dates/hours as well as the next 2 Wednesdays - JUNE 3rd and June 10th.
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SHELTER, Inc.’s COVID-19 Hotline helps families in need
Help
SHELTER, Inc. help those who are struggling to stay in their homes.
As one of the leading homeless service providers in the Bay Area, SHELTER, Inc. launched a COVID-19 Hotline in April to help those vulnerable families and individuals who need assistance with rent, utility bills, and basic necessities. Modeled after SHELTER, Inc.’s Eviction Prevention Hotline, SHELTER, Inc. saw a 300 percent increase in calls since the shelter-in-place order began.
Over $200,000 has been distributed to families and individuals in need since April. With unemployment in the county estimated at nearly 15 percent--people are struggling and need help more than ever. The emergency assistance through SHELTER, Inc. is helping community members throughout Contra Costa County stay in their homes. Even as the local economy begins to reopen, the full recovery may take months and potentially even years. To ensure that no family has to endure the trauma of homelessness, SHELTER, Inc. aims to raise $110,000 by the fiscal year-end on June 30. Thanks to a generous donation from the Gemmer and Quest Foundations, each dollar will be matched up to $110,000. Please consider donating today as we work together to prevent and end homelessness.
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Trust in Education
Show Me the Money!
Trust in Education is collecting funds for Afghan men who transport goods using wheelbarrows on the streets of Kabul.
Businesses and open markets have been closed, leaving very little to transport. It has distributed 1,100 Afghanis ($14.50) to 300 so far which is enough to feed 1500 people for a week. Families survive on bread and rice.
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Wells Of Life, Inc.
We drill bore hole water wells and teach sanitation and hygiene in rural Uganda, a place where one of the five children dies before their fifth birthday because of drinking contaminated water from a distant surface ponds, which is all they have available. “The heaviest coffins are the smallest ones”. Girls cannot attend school because their days are filled with a long, dangerous journey carrying heavy containers filled with dirty water back to their families, and this was the situation before the coronavirus!
$3,500 can restore a broken well and provide sanitation and hygiene education to a village of 1,000 people, and our maintenance lessons will result in a well that functions for decades!
Anyone interested in helping can contact Pete at
pete@wellsoflife.org or via cell phone at 714–264-5594.
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White Pony Express - All of us taking care of all of us!
At
White Pony Express (WPE), our mission is to help eliminate hunger and poverty by delivering the abundance all around us to those in need - with love.
Through our innovative Food Rescue and General Store efforts, WPE redistributes high-quality food, toys and clothing to neighbors in need, always free of charge.
Join our Circle of Giving by donating to our
COVID-19 Care Campaign and your donation will be matched by our Angel Donors. If you donate $500 or more you will receive a beautiful handmade mask by celebrity and friend,
Annie Potts.
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Youth Homes, Inc. Emergency Funding During COVID-19
Help
Youth Homes combat the challenges and mitigate current financial impacts due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please support us with a donation to help us combat challenges and to mitigate current financial impacts due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are asking for donations to help purchase much needed materials and supplies. These funds will help cover costs including:
• HIPAA compliant video conferencing applications
• Electronic devices that allow youth to attend school virtually
• Games, sporting equipment, and other supplies to keep youth occupied while being stuck at home.
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Lamorinda Cities Launch Covid-19 Community Information Portal
The Lamorinda Cities and Fire Districts in cooperation with Bay Area-based Zonehaven have released the Covid-19 Community Information Portal at
https://ccc.community.zonehaven.com
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The portal allows residents to locate Covid-related resources in and around Lamorinda. Residents can find information about medical offices, social services, food (groceries and take-out), parks and recreation opportunities, pet services and home/auto supplies by visiting the portal. If they enter a home address, they can create a list of services organized by distance from home. Clicking on a business or service in the list locates the business on a new map and provides a link to create directions using the Waze application.
The intent of the portal is to continue to support our residents during the stay at home order and make finding community resources easier. The portal also provides links to Covid-19 information from the State of California and Contra Costa County Health Services.
If any non profits/organizations could be listed as COVID-19 resources, they can be added to the Zonehaven website map, even if they are outside of Lafayette. Contact Duncan Seibert at
manager@lamorindacert.org
for additional information.
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Resources Available for Child Care in Contra Costa County
CocoKids (formerly the Contra Costa Child Care County), is the nonprofit dedicated to the advancement of quality child care and early education for young children and their families in Contra Costa County.
During this pandemic, CocoKids would like to inform the LAFAYETTE COMMUNITY about the resources available for child care providers and the families they serve including free child care for essential workers, free child care referrals for families, and funds for cleaning materials, PPE, and other supplies for child care providers that are currently open or intend to open.
FREE Child Care for Essential Workers
CocoKids can pay for child care for essential workers. Here’s the
link to apply for free child care.
FINDING CHILD CARE (including emergency child care sites)
CocoKids is the county’s Resource and Referral Agency that helps families find child care (including emergency child care) that best matches their needs and preferences here. Find child care
here.
ACCESS to CSCP State FUNDS for CLEANING SUPPLIES for Child Care Providers
Licensed Family Child Care (FCC) Providers and Centers and Exempt providers that are currently open or intend to open can apply for the state’s Cleaning Supplies for Childcare Providers (CSCP) funds that they can use to purchase much-needed cleaning supplies, PPE, and other supplies. Apply for the CSCP funds here:
www.cocokids.org/cscp.
FREE SUPPLIES for CHILDCARE PROVIDERS
Cleaning materials, hand sanitizers, gloves, and other supplies are also available for providers at our Concord Office on 1035 Detroit Ave #100 Concord CA 94518. Providers can call our Donation Supplies Coordinator Monica Joseph at (925) 787-1536 to arrange for pickup of these supplies.
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Connect with the City of Lafayette
The City of Lafayette is urging everyone to sign-up for the latest Covid-19 information for Lafayette residents and businesses.
You can also find the latest Information on Covid-19 on the City's website
During the Covid-19 emergency, here is how to contact City of Lafayette
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Jay Lifson, Executive Director
251 Lafayette Circle, Ste 150, Lafayette, CA
Virtual Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 9am-4pm, Friday 9am-1pm
(925) 284-7404
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