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LB nonprofit The Rock Club named winner of Toyota 100 Cars For Good program
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Long Beach-based nonprofit organization The Rock ClubRock For Vets, a music instructional/educational program for veterans and other at-risk individuals, has been named a winner in Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good program, which awards new vehicles to 100 nonprofits based on votes from the public from Oct. 1 through Nov. 19. Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good program showcases five nonprofit organizations each day for 50 days at 100carsforgood.com . Vis-
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itors to the website may cast up to two votes per day for different organizations to select the organizations they feel are most deserving of a new Toyota vehicle. The Rock Club-Rock For Vets has received the most votes and has been named a winner of a new Toyota Sienna, which will be used to enable The Rock Club and Rock For Vets to move musical equipment and participants to perform at more locations and to perform in venues farther than Long Beach and Los Angeles
without the need to hire vans and use volunteers and drivers’ transportation. A press release from the nonprofit states that the organization now offers three musical-education programs, which include atrisk youth and veteran programs, that are conducted separately. “This vehicle will be used to be able to teach music at additional locations and provide practice and learning sessions for participants of each program to learn,� states the nonprofit.
Throughout the last two years of its program, Toyota has provided 200 nonprofits with new vehicles to support the organizations’ work in the areas of disabled services, youth and educational programs, environmental services, veteran services, housing and disaster relief, among others, according to The Rock Club.
CSI@CSULB, the Student Recreation and Wellness Center, marinebiology lab, School of Nursing SIM lab, various labs at the College of Engineering, the Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden and more. Music, food, the cheer squad and an opportunity drawing will also add to the atmosphere. Proceeds from the drawing will benefit the Alumni Grants Program, sponsored by the CSULB Alumni Association. Among the many prizes are two roundtrip tickets on JetBlue, an iPad mini and one night at the Long Beach Hyatt Regency. The Alumni Association also is presenting a Best of Both Worlds BBQ/Brunch Buffet from 11am to 2:30pm at the Alumni & Friends
Tent. Other activities or special features will include a henna artist, carnival games, photo booth, airbrush tattoos and a caricature artist. The celebration concludes with the 2013-14 season-opening game of the Long Beach State men’s basketball team as the 49ers host the Sea Warriors of Hawaii Pacific University in a 3:05pm game in the Pyramid. For more information on Homecoming activities, including tickets for the BBQ/Brunch Buffet tickets, visit the CSULB Homecoming webpage or call (562) 985-7022. For information and tickets for the 49er men’s basketball game, call (562) 985-4949.
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Public welcome at CSULB Homecoming festivities
The community is invited to take part in Cal State Long Beach’s (CSULB) 2013 Homecoming celebration on Saturday. Nov. 9, from 11am to 3pm in front of The Walter Pyramid. This year’s theme is “There’s No Place Like the Beach,� and the campus will have a variety of “Beach� activities for people of all ages. Departments and programs will open their doors for the curious to explore; alumni, community members, students and staff can participate in inflatable games, explore 49er history, rekindle friendships, and cheer the men’s basketball team at its season opener. Guests can ride shuttle buses to various campus locations including
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Making room at your Thanksgiving table A Matter of Life
Kenneth McKenzie Columnist
It seems like just a week ago that we put away our fancy linens, fine china and turkey platter, but once again, it’s that time of year. In the 1970s, my father was a physical therapist at Miners Hospital in Nevada City. The population of my “country� hometown was just about 25,000. I can still see my father rolling his favorite female patients out of their convalescent homes and into our home for Thanksgiving. These patients that he befriended didn’t have families of their own any longer, and my dad never asked my mother if he could bring “strays� to Thanksgiving, nor did he ask permission from the convalescent homes, nor about proper means to transport the patients. Needless to say, there were no HIPAA laws to abide by back then. My father stood 6’7� and would scoop up each lady, put them in their chair, wheel them right out the front doors and into our family’s truck.
Each lady got a seat in the oversized truck, and I got to sit in one of the wheelchairs in the bed of the truck– with the brake set, of course. The Thanksgiving table was full and overcrowded with no elbow room, but I remember a lot stories from past generations, and there was plenty of laughter. Today, just my two brothers and sister remain from that overcrowded Thanksgiving table. One by one, each person that has died has left wonderful memories behind. If you are able to reach out and invite (what my father calls a “stray�) to join your family’s table, then please do so. One day, each and every one of you could be in the last days of your life; wouldn’t it be wonderful if someone reached out to you? This year, my “stray� is Joyce. She has outlived her husband(s) and children, and she will be sitting at my family’s table with a glass of Crown Royal and 7-Up (even though the doctors say she shouldn't drink.) Kenneth McKenzie is the owner of McKenzie Mortuary in Long Beach.
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