News & Events from the Lafayette Chamber
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Jay Lifson, Executive Director
251 Lafayette Circle, Ste 150, Lafayette, CA
Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 9am-4pm, Friday 9am-1pm
Office closed Monday, Jan. 20 for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
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Tuesday Talk: Failure to Prosperity
Tuesday, January 14, 12noon-1pm, Chamber Conference Room
Are you burning the candle at both ends and still coming up short of your goals? Many of Holly's clients struggle with this too. Join Holly for this talk,
Failure to Prosperity, to discover the secrets to consistent success without burnout or overwhelm.
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Lafayette Business Person of the Year -
Jennifer Perlmutter!
On Friday, January 31, 2020, the Lafayette Chamber will honor Jennifer Perlmutter, the Lafayette Business Person of the Year during the State of the City Address at the Lafayette Park Hotel & Spa. The evening also includes the introduction to the Lafayette Chamber’s 2020 Board of Directors, our incoming President John McCormick (Lamorinda Music) and the “State of the City” address by Mayor Mike Andersen.
Tickets for the dinner are now on sale.
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Every year, people make New Year’s resolutions, hoping to spark positive change in their lives.
What is your 2020 goal going to be?
The most listed top three categories are exercise more, get healthier and get more organized. So whether you want to try a new workout, Pilates class, kick boxing, find stress relief, focus on a new diet plan or clean out your closet … we have some suggestions for you.
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Exercise more
- 9Round Lafayette
- Absolute Center
- Bay Club Walnut Creek
- Baby Boot Camp Lamorinda
- Club Pilates Lafayette
- FormaGym
- Formula3 Fitness
- Gillham Fitness
- Oakwood Health Club
- Omni Fight Club
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Get Healthy
- Alta Bates Summit Women’s Health Center
- Behymer & Steel Chiropractic
- Cambiati Wellness
- Canopy Health
- Dudum Chiropractic
- Green Alley CBD
- Healing with Holly
- Jacques Bernou, L.Ac.
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- J.V. Chiropractic
- PauseNow Bus
- Pelvis Wellness
- Radiance Family Wellness
- Rivulet Chiropractic
- Sophia Scheffel Acupuncture
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Get organized
- Clear Organizing, LLC
- Efficiency Matters, LLC
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SIP @ JFKU Fundraising Academy 2020
Applications are currently being accepted for the 2020 cohort of the Sanford Institute of Philanthropy at John F. Kennedy University’s Fundraising Academy, which kicks off in February. We hope you will join us for an upcoming open house to learn more about the Academy including information about our curriculum, trainers, and outcomes. The open house will include lunch and a presentation followed by a Q+A. You will also have the opportunity to meet and mingle with other applicants and potential future cohort members hailing from nonprofit organizations throughout the Bay Area. Now entering its third year, the Fundraising Academy is one of our most popular programs. Over the course of four two-day modules throughout the year, the Academy provides training in all major topics in fundraising including a thorough introduction to the Cause Selling methodology. Participating nonprofit leaders will sharpen their fundraising skills and learn how to help their organizations operate more effectively. Join us for an open house to learn more and decide if this is the year to take fundraising at your organization to the next level.
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Member Events & Announcements
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Assistance League of Diablo Valley - Prospective Member Coffee
Since 1967, Assistance League® of Diablo Valley, a nonprofit member volunteer organization, has improved lives in our community. You might have heard of its primary fundraiser, Assistance League Thrift Shop at the Way Side Inn, located at 3521 Golden Gate Way, in Lafayette. Member volunteers agree that staffing at this well-known landmark is fun and rewarding.
In response to the needs of a growing client base, Assistance League of Diablo Valley is reaching out to those of you who would enjoy selecting clothing for elementary school children according to gender and size, performing educational puppet shows for schoolchildren, reading to second grade students, or helping in supplying emergency clothing, food and supplies to those in crisis. Additional philanthropic programs concern implementing art in the classroom and staffing the Listen Program which helps identified students with verbal expression. Two other programs address the needs of the senior population.
If you are interested in spending quality time and meeting energetic and upbeat people while helping those who are vulnerable, please phone 925-934-0901 by Wednesday, January 8, 2020 to reserve a spot for the Prospective Member Coffee scheduled for mid-January. For more information, please visit
their website.
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Rose & Heather Tours: Deep in the English Countryside
Sunday, January 12, 4:30-6:pm and Tuesday, January 21, 6–7:30pm , Deer Hill Vineyards, Lafayette
Join us at Deer Hill Vineyards in Lafayette to delight in lovely images of the English Countryside: from exquisite gardens to splendid castles and much more. Learn about opportunities to visit in real life, taste delicious wines, and socialize with fellow lovers of fine living. Complimentary. RSVP
www.rose-and-heather-tours.com/events
Lafayette Social Club Meeting
Join Lafayette Social on Wednesday, January 15, from 7-8:30 pm at Patxi's Pizza. They'll be discussing Lafayette Social's 2020 plans and hopes for the future, and your ideas for fostering more community and kindness throughout town. The meeting will start promptly at 7:15pm. All Lafayette residents invited!
RSVP
Volunteer Drivers are needed at Mobility Matters
Volunteer Drivers are needed at Mobility Matters to help disabled seniors and veterans go to medical appointment. Each ride is about 3 hours and most volunteer drivers take a ride every other week. Contact David Benet for more information at (925) 284-2215 or go to
http://www.mobilitymatterscc.com.
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Nominate for Bay Area's Most Influential Women 2020
Do you know a woman who is a leader of a public company, private company, or non-profit institution deserving of recognition? The San Francisco Business Times is looking for nominations of outstanding women leaders for our annual Bay Area's Most Influential Women awards.
These inspiring women leaders will be recognized in a special edition of the newspaper published in May and honored at a gala awards dinner on Thursday, May 28th in San Francisco. Nominees will be evaluated on their influence in their industries as well as in their communities. Board affiliations and other leadership roles will be considered.
To qualify for this honor, women must be based in our coverage area, which includes the counties of San Francisco, San Mateo, Marin, Alameda, and Contra Costa. Nominations for this award are due Feb. 21 at midnight.
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Community Events & Announcements
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Lafayette School District Parent Presentation: A Roadmap to Kindergarten and Transitional Kindergarten
Thursday, January 9, 6pm-7pm, Multi-Purchase Room, Lafayette Elementary, 950 Moraga Road. Topics include: Kindergarten Readiness and Expectations, Kindergarten Schedule - A Typical Day, Partner in Education - Partner Organizations and LPIE, and Transitional Kindergarten. Speakers include Superintendent Richard Whitmore, Assistant Superintendent Mary Maddux, Principal Ann Kim, District Administrative Specialist Marilyn Sibley, teachers, parent organization president and LPIE. Questions? Contact
msibley@lafsd.org
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Volunteer for the 2020 Point in Time Count - Let's Make Everyone Count!
On January 23, 2020, the Contra Costa Health, Housing and Homeless Services will be conducting our annual Point in Time count to identify service needs for our community members who are facing homelessness. They need our help! Can they count on you? Register to volunteer
here.
Census Jobs
The Census is seeking applicants for 5 positions -- 2 clerical, 3 in the field; two of these are supervisory, for those with such experience. The most important position, and the one with the highest availability, is the Enumerator, the person that will go to residences which have not completed the Census online on April 1, 2020. This job plays $25/hour, will start in late April (training will begin earlier), and varies between 20 and 40 hours a week, depending on the employee's availability. Applications are done online at
www.2020census.gov/jobs
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Requirements: 18 years of age, US citizen or green card holder, possessing email address.
Lafayette Homeowners Council Issues Night
Thursday, February 6, 7pm-10pm, Sequoia Room, Lafayette Community Center, 500 St. Mary’s Road. Mayor Mike Anderson will talk to the residents about the State of the City; Richard Whitmore, Superintendent of Schools, K-8 Lafayette School District, will discuss why it is important to understand the LafSD’s Measure L parcel tax on the March 3 ballot; and Don Tatzin will be present to discuss how the monies per the countrywide roads expenditure plan will be allocated, should that measure pass. There will be Q and A time after each section. Additional information coming soon!
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Happening at the Lafayette Library and Learning Center
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Friends of the Lafayette Library present WOW: Soul of a Nation - Art in the Age of Black Power 1963–1983 at the de Young Museum
Wednesday, January 8, 2:00 - 3:00 PM Don Tatzin Community Halll
Organized by Tate Modern, London, in collaboration with the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and several other museums, "Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power 1963–1983" offers a survey of diverse artistic responses to the most seismic years of Black social activism.
The de Young’s presentation includes a focus on Bay Area artists whose work promoted personal and cultural pride, collective solidarity and empowerment, and political and social activism. For more information and to register,
click here.
Berkeley OLLI: Osher Lifelong Learning Winter Session Information
Thursday, January 9, 1:30 – 3:00 PM Don Tatzin Community Hall
Learn Something New! The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UC Berkeley offers innovative education for the 50+ learner, with courses at the LLLC starting January 21. Learn about the winter session programs and hear Chris Ohman, a healthcare advisor, discuss “
Essential Challenges Facing US Healthcare
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“
iPhoneography
” with Yoni Mayeri (FULL – Contact office to be added to waitlist)
World Affairs Council East Bay Chapter - The Future of the US-Russian Arms Control Process
Tuesday, January 14, 6:30 - 8:00PM, Don Tatzin Community Hall
The US and Russia have resumed "great power competition" in the nuclear arena. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union (now the Russian Federation) was to limit intermediate-range missiles.
The United States Senate approved the treaty on May 27, 1988, and Reagan and Gorbachev ratified it on June 1, 1988. Russia is touting its new hypersonic missiles. Join us as Dr Anna Péczeli explains the current issues and challenges to global stability.
Speaker Tickets: $10 Members; $15 non-members; Students FREE
Friends of the Lafayette Library present Sweet Thursday: Julian Guthrie: Alpha Girls
Thursday, January 16, 7:00 – 8:00PM, Don Tatzin Community Hall
Alpha Girls is an unforgettable story of four women who came to California to make it in a world stacked against them. Through grit and ingenuity, the women became stars in the high-stakes, male dominated Silicon Valley and helped build some of the most important companies of our day. Join us in welcoming author Julian Guthrie, who spent twenty years at the San Francisco Chronicle where she won numerous awards and her writing was nominated multiple times for the Pulitzer Prize. To register
click here.
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