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July 2012 Wardrobe for Opportunity
Serving Alamo and Diablo
By Fran Miller Take a good look at the contents of your closet. Do you actually wear everything you own? Do some items still bear the original tags? The rule of thumb in the closet-organizer world is: if you haven’t worn an item in the past year, then consider getting rid of it. In doing so, you could be helping to change someone’s life for the better. Donations to Wardrobe for Opportunity (WFO), of new and gently worn business clothing, accessories and shoes, help to empower low-income women and men to achieve economic viability and self-sufficiency. The successful and growing Bay Area nonprofit organization offers professional clothing, interview skills, and career support to those in need. WFO’s mission is to work in partnership with the community to Wardrobe for Opportunity program assist low-income graduate Sara Aboei before (left) individuals to “Find and after (right) her WFO interview wardrobe consultation. a Job, Keep a Job, and Build a Career.” WFO's programs consistently help clients overcome challenges to accomplish their goals and achieve success. Founded in 1995 to address often overlooked, yet critical barriers to finding and retaining employment, WFO has served nearly 20,000 people, referred from
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Report of Board of Supervisors Hearing County Roads Plan and Alamo’s Downtown Intersection By Grace Schmidt, Stephen A. Goodman, Christy Campbell, Michael Gibson, and Sandra Fink
On June 5, 2012, in response to Alamo opposition to the County’s downtown intersection widening project, the Board of Supervisors held a hearing for the updated County roads plan. The plan (CRIPP) includes a list of traffic mitigation projects, including Alamo Area of Benefit project #5, “Stone Valley Road/Danville Boulevard Intersection Improvements,” which could be funded with fees the County collects from Alamo developers (Alamo AOB Fee Fund) if the County decided in the future to allocate those funds to a project. At the hearing, Alamo residents asked the County to start the process to take “Stone Valley Road/Danville Boulevard Intersection Improvements” off the Alamo AOB project list, which has not been updated since 1998. The Board said there is no funding for the project. Staff said they are committed to updating the AOB project list, but the update process is long and involves public
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From left to right: Troop 36 Committee Chair David Dotzler, Unit Commissioner Rich Richmond, Assistant Scoutmaster JP Salgado, and Scoutmaster Thomas Dittrich
Rich Richmond Honored for a Lifetime of Service to the Boy Scouts
At the June 3rd meeting of Boy Scout Troop 36 based in Danville, Rich Richmond was honored for the many roles he has played volunteering for Boy Scouts of America. Rich, who resides in Alamo, became a Boy Scout in the 1930’s, and for over 50 years he has held key leadership positions within the Boy Scout organization, including serving for 38 years as Troop 36 Unit Commissioner, presiding over more than 100 Courts of Honor ceremonies, attending monthly District Roundtable meetings, and guiding and mentoring adult Scouters in a number of different courses and activities. He and his wife Jean raised three sons, all of whom have become Eagle Scouts. Troop 36 was founded in 1969 and is sponsored by St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, located at 1550 Diablo Road in Danville, which welcomes boys of all denominations.
Scouts Set Bounty Garden Boxes on Site By Jody Morgan
Under the direction of Eagle Scout candidate Matthew Bertha, scouts from BSA Troop 228 moved 24 boxes into place on June 9th to set The Bounty Garden (TBG) on track to begin planting in early July. Irrigation is in place. The smaller barn at the site has been renovated and now lets floods of light into the storage and gathering area for TBG volunteers. Over Scouting brings Brian, Matthew, and Rachel Bertha together to install TBG boxes. the course of the summer, visitors to Hap Magee Ranch Park can watch the first crop grow in its certified organic soil mix. Once Volume XII - Number 7 the initial harvest time is apparent, a date 3000F Danville Blvd. #117, for the Grand Opening ceremony will be Alamo, CA 94507 announced. All of the food produced will Telephone (925) 405-NEWS, 405-6397 be donated to the Food Bank of Contra Fax (925) 406-0547 Costa and Solano County. Alisa Corstorphine ~ Publisher Eagle candidates are required to demEditor@yourmonthlypaper.com onstrate their leadership and organizaSharon Burke ~ Writer tional skills in the course of completing sburke@yourmonthlypaper.com their Eagle Projects. Heidi Abramson, co- The opinions expressed herein belong to the writers, and do necessarily reflect that of Alamo Today. Alamo Today founder of TBG, expressed her apprecia- not is not responsible for the content of any of the advertising
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