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What a blessing to find a community like El Monte and South El Monte come together to help those in need. This all happened on November 16, 2013 on the football field and track of El Monte High School. The event that took place was the first Walk for a Cause. The Emergency Resource Association and the Girls and Boys Club of America are where the donations were desperately needed for this holiday season. This event took place as a gathering of a community inspired by the pastor, Gil De La Rosa of New Hope
Community Church. His passion to change lives, simply by providing the basics necessities we all sometimes take for granted, proved an overwhelming success. Some of those essentials are clothing, food, children’s glasses and maybe just a helping hand to reach out to those families and individuals going through some very rough
photo courtesy of El Monte Chamber of Commerce
times. Many families walked while some cheered. Others enjoyed some of the many vendors that were there along with businesses that provided helpful information. What made this event so special were the testimonials
of individuals that explained how the Emergency Resource Association ( ERA ) has helped them survive through very difficult times. It was very emotional and heartfelt by all in attendance.
Jefferson Middle School Robotics Teams Qualify for Championship Tournament
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by Mrs. Avakian San Gabriel
Robotics teams, Catching Fire and 10.0, at Jefferson Middle School have been busy programming robots and preparing for their regional competitions. The teams designed and built versatile Lego robots to complete several tasks/ missions prescribed by First Lego League. In the 2013 Nature’s Fury challenge, teams were to research and discover best possible ways to prepare, stay safe, and rebuild in case of major natural disasters. In one task, for example,
the robot has to gather a scattered family (made of Lego pieces) to a safe place and reunite them. Another task involves saving a supply truck left in the middle of a road and transferring it to a safe corner. Every student on the team gets to program and re-evaluate
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