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By Heather Milo Acorn Staff Writer Manna, a Conejo Valley food bank organized by community members to provide food during temporary setbacks and emergencies, is staffed mostly by volunteers and is almost totally supported by donations. More ...
THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT-Lisa Rule, left, general manager and co-owner of the Acorn Newspapers, hands Ed Troupe, executive director of Hospice of the Conejo, and Jeannette Hutchison, Hospice board president, a check for $1,693. More ...
BETTER TO GIVE THAN RECEIVE--The holidays arrive in style at MANNA as Santa andJack Kemp, right, of Kemp Ford, deliver thousands of pounds of food, hundreds of new toys and thousands of cash dollars gathered by Thousand Oaks Auto Mall associates, customers, school kids and their partents. More ...
By Heather Milo Acorn Staff Writer The Optimist Club of the Conejo Valley recognized their first "Beat the Odds" award recipient, Nicholas O’Niell, and hopes to find more inspiring youth in the community for recognition and a cash award. More ...
By Heather Milo Acorn Staff Writer Tom Wisenbaker, a special needs strength trainer for the past 30 years, long ago switched from assisting professional athletes with injuries to focusing his attention on the needs of stroke victims. More ... Opportunities offered for those wanting to volunteer In the year 2000, 83.9 million adults volunteered for an average of 3.6 hours per week. Yet their work represented the equivalent of more than nine million full-time employees at a value of $239 billion, according to the Independent Sector. More ...
Special to The Acorn By Lori Porter In 1999, Thousand Oaks resident Carol Schuessler was the proud grandmother of a Princess in the Rose Court of the Tournament of Roses, Christina Wucetich. More ...
Acorn Staff Writer By Heather Milo One teacher and 30-plus students have benefited greatly from the gift of laughter, and are now sharing it with the performance "got comedy?" thanks to a grant from the Alliance for the Arts, the nonprofit fundraising arm of the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza. More ... Upcoming events planned by Thousand Oaks/Westlake chamber The Thousand Oaks-Westlake Village Regional Chamber of Commerce will host a T.G.I.F. Connections Breakfast on Fri., Jan. 10 at the Clarion Palm Garden Hotel, 495 N. Ventu Park Road, Newbury Park. More ... Small business forecast is subject of National Association of Women Business Owners meeting The Ventura County Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners’ (NAWBO) monthly dinner meeting at 6 p.m. Thurs., Jan. 16 at the Hyatt Westlake Plaza, 880 S. More ...
THIS CAR CLUB CARES-Elliott Harvey, Redline Covette Club member, left holding check, donates $8,000 the club raised with a car show to help underwrite the D.A.R.E substance abuse programs in the Conejo Valley. More ... |
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