COMMUNITY NEWS
Helping Students Who Need Clean Water
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By Jaylen Deng
he Aptos High Leo Club is fundraising for the Bishwa Shiksha Sadan Secondary School in Nepal. This cause is very important to us because we are helping students who don’t have access to clean water. We found it intriguing that clean water is so abundant and available here in Santa Cruz County, that we find ourselves rarely,
if ever, pausing to consider what life would be like without it. We have formed the Aptos High Leo Club, modeled after the International Lions Club public service groups, and seek to help those in need, especially when it comes to essential needs. We invite you to watch the video below that the Aptos High Leo Club put together, because it explains everything you need to know about our mission to tackle a water crisis for a school in a small community in Nepal: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=wTGZ-G-gUBU We are encouraged by the support our local community has already shown, but we still need help in reaching our fundraising goal of $2,500. We have just launched a fundraising effort, teaming up with local businesses to help us offer financial supporters two chances to win a $200 gift basket of Gravity Water from Wine, a $100 Aptos St. BBQ gift card, a $50 gift certificate to Mission Hill Creamery in Downtown Santa Cruz, a
reusable metal FinalStraw, and Santa Cruz’s Organic peanut butter paired with a jam. So don’t wait! You have until Dec. 22 to donate to help us help provide students in a small community in Nepal with the simple system to solve their water supply problems! Would you be willing to make a contribution to our fundraiser? A gift of any amount would mean the world to us. Simply donating $8 will provide one child with a permanent source of safe drinking water and $5 will give one child a year supply of hand soap for school and home. To donate, simply click the link to our fundraiser: https://www.flipcause.com/secure/team_fundraiser/ ODQxMTY=/6764 It would also mean a lot if you could share our fundraiser link on social media or other media. The more exposure we get, the faster we will reach our fundraising goal of $2500 and help a school in a small community have plenty of water. You can also use this QR code if you’d like to share our video with others. It will direct you to
our Aptos High School Leo Club website, so we encourage you to check it out as it showcases our volunteer efforts. If you have any other questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us via our email: aptoshsleo@gmail.com n ••• Jaylen Dang is president of the Aptos High Leo Club.
Santa Cruz Parking for Hope
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he City of Santa Cruz with the Downtown Association of Santa Cruz will host the seventh annual Parking for Hope downtown holiday parking program from Dec. 18-25. The proceeds from street meters during t h e s e e i g h t d a y s will be donated to Hope Services,
a local nonprofit, while the usual parking rates will apply. Hope Services has helped to keep Pacific Avenue and other downtown Santa Cruz streets clean for 22 years while providing training and support services to adults with developmental disabilities. Since 2014, Parking for Hope has generated $184,086 for Hope Services, including $39,984 last year. Parkmobile pay-by-phone parking fees of 35 cents per transaction will also be donated as part of the contribution to Hope Services for those eight days. n
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Aptos Man, 88, Walking to His Mailbox, Hit by Car
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oseph Granados, 29, of Watsonville, was arrested Dec. 4 on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs after his car struck an 88-year-old man walking to his mailbox crossing Freedom Boulevard, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash took place at about 2:51 p.m. near Mariner Drive, the entryway to Aptos High School, on an afternoon that was sunny and clear. Officer J. Eshragi reported Granados
was headed east on Freedom Boulevard in his 1997 Honda when his car hit the man and then the mailboxes on the south shoulder of Freedom Boulevard. The pedestrian, who was taken to Dominican Hospital by ambulance and then flown to Valley Medical Center, sustained major injuries. Granados did not receive any injuries, according to the officer. The collision is still under investigation. n
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