ALZHEIMER’S WALK
This year’s Solano County Walk to End Alzheimer’s will be held on Oct. 16 at the Harbor Plaza in Suisun City.
All Solano County residents are invited to join the fight to end Alzheimer’s by participating in this annual event. All proceeds raised through the Walk further care, support and research efforts of the Alzheimer’s Association. Registration for the October Walk is well underway and takes only a few simple clicks on the official website. Sign up as a team captain, join a team or register to walk as an individual at
act.alz.org/solano2021 .
BENICIA HIGH ACKNOWLEDGED
Benicia High School is being awarded a Career Choices Gold Medal for its exceptional program promoting student success with the Career Choices series curriculum and My10yearPlan.com. The school’s Career Choices program helps students, starting in their freshman year, to create online 10-year plans for their future education and career goals.
Benicia High School is among 22 schools across the nation awarded a Career Choices Medal for the 2020–21 school year.
“This medal means that despite the detours and roadblocks the year presented, (Benicia High School) went above and beyond in their commitment to supporting student success and improving college and career readiness,” said Brianne Navarrete, a representative for Academic Innovations, the publisher of the Career Choices series curriculum.
ROTARY GRANT
Sheryl Lea got good news Wednesday, just a few weeks into her presidency of the Rotary Club of Solano Sunset. Rotary Foundation International awarded her club a two-year grant to provide food during the holidays. The Club’s Pandemic Grocery Delivery Project has already delivered over 200 bags of groceries to people in Vallejo, Benicia, Fairfield and Vacaville.
Working with Fighting Back Partnership, Florence Douglas Center, and Charles and Rajahnique Jones, new owners of Grocery Outlet on Admiral Callaghan Lane, Rotarians deliver turkeys, ribs, hot dogs, or favorite holiday food to people who otherwise couldn’t afford to celebrate. The groceries unite families and bring joy. With the new grant, the deliveries will continue into 2023.
Pandemics are nothing new to Rotary. The organization has been fighting the polio pandemic for 50 years, and almost has it beat. The Rotary Club of Solano Sunset is helping this time on the local level with groceries for seniors, single moms, and others in need. President Sheryl says “We are a club of community and business leaders and are grateful to be able to assist. This food delivery project is designed to help seniors and others struggling during this emergency.”
For more information, contact grocery program coordinator Jim Sotiros at jsotiros@mac.com or (707) 563-5033.
