Cake4kids Now Baking in Sacramento Thousand Volunteers Needed for United Way's Day of Caring
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Cake4Kids Thousand Volunteers Now Baking Needed for United in Sacramento Way’s Day of Caring PAGE 2 PAGE 12 Grapevine ndependent VOLUMEI 5147 • • ISSUE ISSUE 35 25 PROUDLY PROUDLY SERVING SERVING RANCHO RANCHO CORDOVA CORDOVA & SACRAMENTO & SACRAMENTO COUNTY SINCE 1968COUNTY AUGUSTJune 19, 31, 20152018 SHORTHANDED LANCERS FALL TO BLUE DEVILS The MACC Celebrates Mather’s Centennial Story by Trina L. Drotar Photos courtesy Cordova Community Council SACRAMENTO REGION, CA (MPG) - Mather is celebrating a mile- PAGE 13 stone as it turns 100 this year. To help ring in another century of service, the Cordova Community Council has planned a two week APPELLATE COURT feast for art and music lovers and history buffs at the Mills Art ORDERED BROWN TO and Culture Center (MACC), RETURN ‘UNLAWFULLY which opened in February at the Mather Field/Mills Station light DIVERTED’ FUNDS rail location. The celebration kicks off with a grand opening reception on Friday, September 5 from 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. pro- viding the first look at “Century of Service – 100th Anniversary of Mather Field.” The exhibit includes memorabilia, artifacts, art, music, and 48 life-size his- torical timeline boards designed by graphic artist Mark Loper. “Bob Martinelli, the last com- PAGE 8 mander at Mather, worked really tirelessly to put together some historical boards that take us through WWI, WWII, the Cold RECORD SET FOR War, and into its commercial airport status as it is now,” said MONTHLY TRAFFIC Cheryl Gleason, MACC event coordinator. AT SMF IN JULY “Century of Service – 100th Anniversary of Mather Field” will run for two weeks from September 5 Exhibit items will move to through September 15. For additional information, visit http://www.rcmacc.org. James Scott (photo the California Capital Air Show, at right), Sacramento Public Library. which opens after the MACC events close, providing nearly United States Air Force. history of Mather,” a full month of celebration for Photos of the Curtiss JN-4 said Gleason. Mather and its impact on the “Jenny” biplane being towed I think it’s James Scott, United States military and the down Folsom Blvd. are among going to be a Sacramento Sacramento region. the many items that have been Public Library’s collected for the exhibit. Gleason “great tribute to Sacramento Room has a bottle of wine from Mather, reference librar- PAGE 2 an old wooden plane prop, and the times and ian, will give two several items from Center for talks during the ten Sacramento History. Newspaper the history of day event. The first, clippings and photos of social Mather. “Panoramic History events will complement and of Mather AFB,” expand on Mather’s significance. is scheduled for CHERYL GLEASON The exhibit promises to September 6 from MACC EVENT ”COORDINATOR 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 A famous visitor is welcomed to Mather as seen in the Sacramento p.m. The second, Union. highlight the contributions of on September 13, “We’ve also partnered with the artist Wayne Thiebaud, who will focus on Mather’s role dur- “Century of Service – Aerospace Museum of California began doing nose art and car- ing WWI. Scott was praised by 100th Anniversary of Mather over at McClellan,” she said. toons while stationed at Mather. Gleason for his contributions to Field” will run for two weeks “They have lent us some origi- Theibaud was one of many art- the exhibit. She is also excited from September 5 through nal uniforms and mannequins. I ists associated with Mather that George Hudson, a Rancho September 15. The gallery will have a Tuskegee Airman in a sort through its history. Mather’s role Cordova resident who is an be open three days each week on of jumpsuit with a parachute on as a training academy for male original Tuskegee Airman, will Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. board. We have a WAC uniform,” and female navigators was crit- speak on September 15 about Gallery and event hours vary. referring to the Women’s Army ical. The base housed the only his experience and remembering For additional information, visit Corps. The uniforms, she added, flying classrooms outside of the African American aviators http://www.rcmacc.org. If you will illustrate style changes from Texas for cadet training. who fought during WWII. go: 10191 Mills Station Road, early United States Army Air “I think it’s going to be a The gallery will open at 3 Rancho Cordova, CA. H Corps through its transition to the Carl Spencer Mather great tribute to the times and the p.m. on September 7, and the RC Swing Band will perform “Fabulous Forties,” a trib- ute to the sounds of the 1940s, from 6:30 – 7:30 on the patio. A Mather reunion, “Silver Wings Saturday,” takes place on September 8 from noon to 5 p.m. with complimentary hot dogs until 2 p.m. “Everything will happen at the MACC,” said Gleason. “It is such a convenient place. If you live in downtown Sac, just jump on the light rail and you’re right Photos of the Curtiss JN-4 “Jenny” biplane being towed down Folsom Blvd. are among the many items that An early look at the main Mather have been collected for the exhibit. there at the doorstep.” gate. www.RanchoCordovaIndependent.com 2 • CARMICHAEL• The Independent TIMES • GRAPEVINE INDEPENDENT • CITRUS HEIGHTS MESSENGER • AMERICAN RIVER MESSENGER • GOLD RIVER MESSENGER • AUGUSTAUGUST 3131,, 2018 Cake4Kids Now Baking in Sacramento Record Set Story and photos by Trina L. Drotar for Monthly SACRAMENTO REGION, CA (MPG) - A baker’s dozen is thirteen as the cake enthusiasts who Traffic at attended Cake4Kids’ orientation at Arcade library on Saturday, August 18 know. This second orientation in the Sacramento region SMF in July for the Sunnyvale-based nonprofit drew bak- ers of all backgrounds and ages hailing from Carmichael, Arden Arcade, Rancho Cordova, Elk Grove, Rancho Murieta and beyond to learn more about Cake4Kids. Mary Barnes, Cake4Kids’ Sacramento ambassador, led the hour long program. Barnes is a Sacramento native who first dis- covered the group when she lived in San Francisco. When she returned to Sacramento to pursue her legal career she wanted to bring the program with her and spoke about why she chose the eastern part of Sacramento. “We thought about logistics,” she said, “An area where there were a good number of resi- dential areas to pull volunteers from.” Passenger traffic at Sacramento International Airport has shown This area, she explained, is close to free- a robust increase of 11.8 percent in July 2018 over the same time period in July 2017. Photo courtesy SMF ways, homes, several nonprofits serving the demographic that Cake4Kids supports – SACRAMENTO REGION, CA (MPG) - Sacramento International homeless, recent immigrants, those in foster Airport recorded 1.1 million passengers in July 2018, In 2010, Cake4Kids was born. Only thirteen cakes were baked and delivered that year. Fast forward eight care, and victims of human trafficking – and making it the busiest month in airport history. The air- it doesn’t cost money for parking so that left years when more than 10,000 cakes have been baked and delivered by volunteers as far south as San Diego. Above, Alyssa Van Hofwegen (left) and Mary Barnes show of a delicious example of one of the port expects to serve one million passengers each month downtown and midtown out of the running. cakes. through the end of 2018 and is on track to serve an “It is supported by Carmichael, east Each cake is prepared from scratch especially spend your money on. We talk about the fact estimated 12 million passengers this year, another record- Sacramento, Sac State students, and ARC stu- for the child, decorated, packaged in a cake that these children get moved from home to breaking milestone. dents. We thought it was a good location to box, and delivered to the requesting agency. home and sometimes they don’t get any birth- Passenger traffic at Sacramento International Airport has start because of all of those factors.” Although volunteers never meet the children, day celebrations. Not because nobody cares. shown a robust increase of 11.8 percent in July 2018 over In addition to being the nonprofit’s they often receive thanks from the children or, It’s just one thing extra that people caring for the same time period in July 2017. The busiest month on Sacramento ambassador and tackling the job in some cases, from the parents or caregivers. them have to think about.” record previously was July 2007, when the airport served of finding volunteers, contacting agencies, and Before volunteer bakers can claim cakes, Cake4Kids serves children and young adults 1.013 million passengers. filling requests, Barnes, like other volunteers, they must attend a mandatory orientation up to the age of 24 and Eades said that some “We are encouraged by this growth and by our custom- works full time. She is also a volunteer baker where they’ll learn about the organization, the children as old as twenty have never had a er’s response, making Sacramento International Airport an and delivered the first cake in Sacramento to demographic served, logistics, and resources. cake before the one baked and delivered by a attractive airport for continued growth,” said Mark Haneke, Opening Doors, an organization that serves One of the volunteer benefits is that each baker volunteer. She also said that the older children manager of air service development and marketing for the individuals and families escaping human traf- may take cake decorating classes and be reim- are extremely appreciative of the cake made Sacramento County Department of Airports. ficking and refugees new to the area.