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We are pleased to make space available whenever possible for some of Lamorinda’s dedicated community service organizations to submit news and information about their activities. Submissions can be sent to [email protected] with the Community Service subject header In Service to the Community. AAUW Honored 12 Promising Girl Scouts "Get Moving" Young Women at Awards Ceremony Submitted by Lisa Ross Submitted by Sandy Fox-Sohner

Photo Lisa Ross urton Valley Elementary School Junior board boxes from Beth Ferree, one of the BGirl Scout troop #32192 had a work board members of the garden. From left: party April 27 to help install sheet mulching Sydney Goldwyn, Lyndsey Goldwyn, at the Lafayette Community Garden as part McKenna Muller, Sophia Eubanks, Jennifer of their "Get Moving" green energy Journey Bauer, Audrey Davis, Beth Ferree (garden Top row, scholarship winners and keynote speaker, from left: Kate Ruth Greer, Jenanne Margaret Vaccaro, Danielle Feinberg, Mina Arasteh, Natasha Blazer, Mariah McKenzie Miller, and Elise Peter- badge quest. They learned about organic gar- board member), Jessica Davis, Blaire Coco- son-Trujillo. Front row, Tech Trek winners: Chun Che Free, Julia Moseyko, Audrey Moore, Natalie dening, Lafayette's community garden, and tis, Grace Cunningham, and Libby Ross (not Davis, Ariella Zulch, and Molly Mudgett. Photo provided how to install sheet mulching using old card- pictured: Jenna Davis). he Orinda-Moraga-Lafayette (OML) with AAUW members to compete for the six Tbranch of AAUW gathered with mem- camp scholarships. The six winning Lamorinda Moraga Women’s Society Game bers, parents, and friends April 21 to award 12 girls will be attending the Grace Hopper Tech remarkable young women from Lamorinda Trek camp at Stanford University in July. schools with Tech Trek camp scholarships or The Tech Trek scholarship winners for 2013 Day a Success college scholarships. are Chun Che Free and Julia Moseyko from Submitted by Susan Sperry Keynote speaker Danielle Feinberg of Orinda Intermediate School, Natalie Davis and aVonne Clark and guests enjoy Animation Studios – a mainstay at Tech Trek Audrey Moore from Joaquin Moraga Interme- Lbrunch at the Moraga Women’s camp on the Stanford Campus for several years diate School, and Molly Mudgett and Ariella Society Game Day fund raiser April – enthralled the audience with her love of com- Zulch from Stanley Intermediate School. These 29. Established in 1967, The Moraga puter graphics and showed scenes from the girls are outstanding students with a passion for Women’s Society is dedicated to serv- movies she has worked on, such as “Brave,” science and math. Each girl read their applica- ice for the betterment of the commu- “Cars,” “Ratatouille,” “,” and tion essay at the ceremony, indicating their wide nity. Recently donations have been “Toy Story.” She stressed the importance of range of career goals, including marine biolo- given to the Joaquin Moraga Interme- mathematical equations when designing the gist, high-tech entrepreneur, mechanical or civil diate School garden, the Moraga movements and structures of animation, as well engineer, inventor, mathematician, and fighter School District history program, the as behavior patterns, and she encouraged the pilot. Campolindo High School music de- girls to follow their dreams no matter how hard Based on the generosity of Gayle Uilkema, partment, Parks and Recreation and the courses or the problems. an anonymous donor, and AAUW OML dona- easy chairs for adults at the Moraga In elementary schools, girls and boys are tions, two $5,000 scholarships, three $700 Library. Prospective members and highly – and equally – interested in science and scholarships, and one $500 merit award were visitors are always welcome at meet- math, but by the time these students are in high presented on Sunday to six very deserving ings which are the third Monday of school or college, the number of students taking young women. Each girl spoke impressively every month September through May science and math courses has dropped off con- about her incredible accomplishments, career at the Holy Trinity Cultural Center. siderably, especially for the girls. These are dreams, and college she will be attending. The For information, call membership tough courses, and sometimes even some very four college scholarship winners for 2013 are chair Colleen Lund at (926) 376-3520 smart students start to think they can’t do it. Natasha Blazer from Miramonte High School, Photo provided or email [email protected]. Tech Trek camp for eighth graders provides Mina Arasteh from Campolindo High School, girls with the confidence and the excitement Jenanne Margaret Vaccaro and Elise Peterson- they need to succeed in STEM (Science, Tech- Trujillo from Acalanes High School, and Thank you for recycling this nology, Engineering, and Math) courses and ful- Mariah McKenzie Miller from Saint Mary’s fill their dreams of entering science and College. In addition, Kate Ruth Greer from paper. It is printed on at engineering careers. Acalanes High School received a special merit least 50% recycled material The OML AAUW branch has provided a award. total of 53 scholarships to Tech Trek camp for Anyone interested in supporting the and vegetable based ink and local middle school girls over the past 16 years. AAUW-OML Tech Trek and Scholarship pro- should be recycled again. This year, 60 girls were nominated by their sci- grams, or joining AAUW, may obtain more in- ence and math teachers, and 52 interviewed formation by visiting www.aauwoml.org. Del Rey Fourth-Graders Restore Creek Habitats Submitted by John Zentner tudents from Orinda’s Del Rey Elementary habitat restoration. Visit www.restora- SSchool completed a hands-on creek tiontrustonline.org for more information. Fund- restoration project March 28 on Moraga Creek, ing for this project was partially provided by the which runs by their school. Led by a team of bi- Contra Costa County Fish and Wildlife Com- ologists and volunteers from The Restoration mittee. From left: Molly Weber, Madison Pe- Trust, the fourth-grade classes of Terri Brasch ters, Lucy Marken, Evy Lavelle, Marlowe and John Moran removed non-native species, Randolph-Malochowski, Anna Logan, Claudia such as English ivy, and planted over 1,000 na- Gravano, Lucy Wilson, RoniDavidovich, Cam- tive grasses, trees and shrubs. After planting, the ryn Taft, Tenly Thompson, Zoe Sylvester, Greg students learned that removing the non-natives Kornguth, Max Grinold, Michael Pang, Caleb and restoring native plants helps protect the Wilday, Josh Morganstein,ChrisNikban, health of Moraga Creek and reduces erosion. Michael Lin, Ryan Johnson, Aidan Stone, The Restoration Trust is a non-profit land trust Maddy Reynolds, and Brendan Padilla. In back- dedicated to providing educational opportuni- ground are Sean Micallef and Mark Bonsignore ties to the community for the benefit of native of The Restoration Trust. Photo provided