November 1 2012
C O M M U N I T Y N E W S T H AT M A K E S A D I F F E R E N C E
Vol 21 No. 21
Serving Aptos, La Selva Beach, Corralitos, Freedom, Watsonville, & Pajaro
VETERANS DAY 2012
Landing on Iwo Jima
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Santa Cruz Oaks Baseball Club is ready with boxes of coats.
APTOS’ SANTA CRUZ OAKS BASEBALL CLUB COLLECTS COATS FOR THE HOMELESS By Noel Smith
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aseball is not only a game of skill and athletic ability, it’s also a game of commitment to yourself and to the team. The Giants have shown that by persevering as a team over a group
of very talented athletes to win the World Series. Athletics of any kind can become so self-absorbing that winning at all costs can take over as the prime motivator. A group of adults has changed this paradigm and has organized a local
baseball team for ages 12-13 around a different objective. There is another dimension to being part of a team and an athlete, and that is giving back to the community through good works. There are many in all sports at all ages that take that obligation
seriously including the Santa Cruz Oaks Baseball Club. They just finished their latest project of community service by collecting over 100 coats for the Homeless served by the Santa Cruz Homeless Shelter.
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t is over 70 years since World War II began, during which over 16,354,000 men and women served in the US Armed Forces. This number includes members of the Army, Army Air Corps, Navy and Marines. Each day over 800 WWII veterans are lost to us, many with their stories still untold. Capitola resident Arvy Geurin was one veteran who has told the story of his experiences and how it really was for them. When Arvy wrote, “Walking Through Fire; An Iwo Jima Survivors Remembrance” it was his intention to tell the reader what it was like to live through that time and to understand what it was like when patriotism and personal sacrifice were the rule, not the exception.
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