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Volunteer to lay boughs at veterans cemetery n What worked well – either in “the system� or in your own personal preparedness? n There will be a next time. What do you hope “next time� will look like? The information will be part of a final report that will be used to set policy and planning efforts for future disasters.
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DIXON — The Rememwreath berAVet.net project will return this holiday season with some changes due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The year has presented challenges for achieving the goal of having a wreath on 28,000 veterans’ graves at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon. The 12th annual RememberAVet.net fundraiser was canceled, which meant the 500 expected guests were not able to help raise money for the wreaths this year. Instead, organizers planned a “We’d Love To See You, But Can’t Right Now� fundraising no-event event. Like everything else, it is an online fundraiser that hopes people will help by donating what they would have paid for a table at the event – around $1,000. To save costs, organizers have opted to place evergreen boughs this year rather than wreaths. They hope this makes the overall goal more attainable at this time, which they said is the most important thing. The boughs are nearly the size of the wreaths and every bit as beautiful. Still having to adhere to the group restrictions, the morning program that typically precedes the wreath placement has been canceled for this year. Instead, volunteers are welcome to visit at the cemetery Dec. 12 to assist with scheduled placements starting at 8 a.m., and ongoing throughout the day, until all are placed. Plans are being prepared to allow for spacing out volunteers during the day to keep everyone safe; volunteers are reminded to wear masks and to carpool. Staff will direct parking within the cemetery. All ages are invited to attend and help with placement; the event will go on, rain or shine. For families and friends wanting a more private placement, wreaths will be available for pick-up at some locations starting Dec. 5. People may pick up a wreath and place it at any time before the public event Dec. 12. This year there will be an early pick-up location at the cemetery and it will be a drive-thru station to keep everyone safe and socially distanced. Dixon location: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday (weekend only) at Sacramento Valley National Cemetery drivethru. From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday at Grow West, 8751 Pedrick Road, Dixon. Winters location: 8 a.m.
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to noon, Monday at Stocking Real Estate, 7 E. Main St., Ste. D., Winters. Volunteers will also be needed at 3 p.m. Dec. 11 to unload the trucks at the cemetery. Teenagers and adults are invited to help with the task, which usually takes about two hours. Send a text to 249-5852 with your name and how many in your group will be coming, so groups can be assigned to trucks in advance. Donations are welcome year-round at www. wreathproject.org.
Vacaville Festival of Trees goes online The Vacaville Festival of Trees, celebrating its 30th year of selling decorated Christmas trees to raise money for the city’s homeless shelter, has found itself homeless this year as restrictions to prevent the spread of Covid-19 shut down its longstanding venue. Undeterred, the all-volunteer festival committee pared down the event, identified businesses and office windows where trees could be displayed and moved the bidding to an online auction site. The Vacaville Virtual Festival of Trees is up and running through Thursday. Sales of the more than two dozen full-size and miniature trees, many with accompanying gifts, benefit Opportunity House, which is operated by the nonprofit Vacaville Solano Services Corp. Though fewer in number, the trees still reflect decorators’ creativity and represent a variety of themes: traditional Christmas images of candy canes, tin soldiers and Santa, less traditional colors (think tie-dye and purple) and topics such as gnomes and tapestries, and characters that include Black Panther and Dr. Seuss’ Grinch. One tree celebrates farms and farm animals. Two take on Covid-19. And it wouldn’t be a festival without a tree (or two) celebrating Raiders football. The trees can be viewed virtually at https://ohouse fot.cbo.io, where each online description includes the address where the tree is on display. In addition to placing bids online, the auction site provides a way to donate
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The Tri-City NAACP will host its annual meeting in December. The meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. Saturday and will occur on the Zoom teleconference platform. Register in advance for this meeting at https://us02web.zoom.us/ meeting/register/tZYqdO 6qrD0uGd291-rqctTTty YJ9fHDR6jb. Those who register will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting online.
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Wreaths are placed in front of tombstones during Wreaths Across America at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon, Dec. 14, 2019. directly to Opportunity House while voting for a favorite tree. Both the bidding and the voting will end at 8 p.m. Thursday. In addition to the tree auction, two other festival traditions will continue in a revised format this year: the bake sale and the prize drawing. Opportunity House’s Cookies for a Cause will pick up the baking, offering a “Festival of Treets� menu that includes items most often purchased at the festival: jumbo brownies and Rice Krispies treats, miniature pumpkin bread loaves, holiday cupcakes and bottles of Reindeer Root Beer. The items can be packaged for gift giving or enjoyed by the buyer. Cookies for a Cause also will sell buckets containing three dozen ready-to-bake, frozen cookie dough balls in both classic and holiday flavors. Visit http://bit.ly/ OHouseCookies or send email orders to cookies@ vsscorp.org. The annual Festival of Trees prize drawing will take place on traditional festival dates – the Tuesday through Thursday after Thanksgiving. Festival supporters can view auction items from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., purchase tickets and enter drawings at Opportunity House’s Vacaville Thrift Store, 107 Peabody Road. Proceeds from all festival activities support the shelter, which event organizers said needs as much help as ever. Covid-19 restrictions instituted in mid-March forced the temporary closure of the thrift store, typically an ongoing source of revenue. For more information about the festival, visit www.vacavillefestival oftrees.com, follow on Facebook at http://bit.ly/ VacaFest and Twitter @ VacavilleFoT, or send an email to Vacaville
FoT@gmail.com.
Vaca storefront decorating contest A guided walking tour of Vacaville downtown storefronts is planned as part of the 13th annual Holiday Window Decorating Contest. More than 50 businesses will be competing to earn honors. Windows will be scored by a panel of judges on the evening of Thursday, judged on their originality, arrangement, theme and overall presentation. Each category will have a winner and a runner-up. Those will be announced Friday. A one-hour guided tour of the windows will take place Friday and Saturday. Tickets are $15 and include an official voting ballot and souvenir Downtown Vacaville mug filled with hot cocoa or cider. Kids under 12 walk free. The tours are limited to 15 participants to comply with Covid-19 safety regulations. Tours will be offered at 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 11-12 and Dec. 18-19. Tickets are available via eventbrite with links to purchase at downtownvacaville.com. Proceeds from ticket sales support the Downtown Vacaville Business Improvement District. The People’s Choice award will be returning this year with more categories. For more information, go to www.downtown vacaville.com or call Brooke Fox at 451-2100.
Car wash starts 12 Days of Giving
The company’s car washes in the Bay Area, including the one located on Walnut Road in Vacaville, will be donating a portion of their membership sales to Alternative Family Services. Quick Quack also will be accepting direct donations on behalf of the organization. To become a member, go to the car wash location and sign up. The 12 Days of Giving begins Tuesday.
2 gov’t meetings on week’s calendar The coming week will include two government meetings that are open to the public. They are: n Fairfield City Council, 6 p.m. Tuesday, City Council chamber, 1000 Webster St. Info: www.fairfield.ca.gov/gov/ city_council. n Vacaville Parks and Recreation, 6 p.m. Wednesday, via teleconference. Info: https:// w w w. c i .v a c a v i l l e . ca.us/city-government/ agendas-and-minutes. Some meetings have been canceled for this week. They are the Suisun City Council meeting, Suisun Parks and Recreation meeting, Solano County Planning Commission and Rio Vista City Council.
Vasquez schedules listening session A “Community Listening Session� has been added to the schedule for wildfire victims to tell their stories and express their concerns. The session, headed by Solano County Supervisor John Vasquez, will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday. A facilitator will help guide the discussion. The questions will include: n What do you want your elected and local leaders to know about your experience with the LNU Lightning Complex Fire?
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