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May 2015 Mt. Diablo Business Women
Serving the Lafayette Community
By Fran Miller
Are you seeking networking opportunities, marketing platforms, or new friendships? The Mt. Diablo Business Women (MDBW) organization provides all of these things and more. MDBW is a network of professional self-employed and corporate businesswomen from a variety of industries who come together each month to share industry knowledge, market their businesses, improve their communities, and simply have fun. The 21-year-old organization was founded by former Danville resident Mary Hardeman-Schulze, who sought to create a welcoming local network where East Bay businesswomen could easily and informally network. The group started small, but through referrals, quickly grew. Membership today is at about 50, and there is room for more.
Bookmark Contest winners: Back row, left to right: John Halstead (HVE), Chaya Tong (Stanley), Kristi Conner (Lafayette), Ethan Del Rosario (Stanley), Georgia Carpenter (Stanley) and Isabella Bartos (Stanley). Front row, left to right: Kaitlyn Yasumura (HVE), Mattioli Sena (Springhill), Emily Roberts (Lafayette), Sofia Bartos (BVE) and Matthew Gillette (St. Pertpetua). Not pictured: Lisi Burciaga (Stanley).
Bookmark Contest Draws Hundreds of Artists
The winners of this year’s Friends of the Lafayette Library and Learning Center’s Bookmark Contest are Kindergarten: Matthew Gillette, St. Perpetua School; 1st Grade: Emily Roberts, Lafayette Elementary School; 2nd Grade: Mattioli Sena, Springhill Elementary; 3 rd Grade: Sofia Bartos, Burton Valley Elementary; 4th Grade: Kaitlyn Yasumura, Happy Valley Elementary; 5th Grade: John Halstead; 6th Grade: Ethan Del Rosario, Stanley Middle School; 7th Grade: Georgia Carpenter, Stanley Middle School; and 8th Grade: Lisi Burciaga, Stanley Middle School.
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An Evening with the Stars By Jim Scala
Members of Mt. Diablo Business Women gather at a recent event. (l-r): Lisa Andrews, Tiffany Pociecha, Jeniffer Huie, Marlise Kalsbeek-Cook, Trudy Triner (president of Mt. Diablo Business Women).
Benefits of MDBW membership include expanded networks of helpful business contacts, listings on the MDBW website, the opportunity to be a ‘Featured Member’ in the online newsletter distributed to more than 300 local businesswomen, the opportunity to discuss one’s business at meetings, reduced advertising rates on the MDBW website, and reduced dinner rates at the monthly meetings. In addition, members receive free admission to Lafayette, Walnut Creek, and Pleasant Hill Chambers of Commerce mixers. Perhaps most valued, though, are the friendships made amongst members. “I believe most members would say the real benefit of being in the group is the chance to develop warm, personal relationships with women, many of whom will, along the way, become either your client, your vendor or, in many cases, both!” says current MDBW president Trudy Triner. The monthly meetings are held at the Lafayette Park Hotel and include a three-course dinner; rates are $45 for members and $55 for non-members. The
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Drive up Mt. Diablo on May 23rd, and arrive at the lower summit parking lot by about 6:30PM for an inspiring evening with the stars. The program will begin at 7:30PM. You’ll see the universe as never before. Members of the Mt. Diablo Astronomical society (MDAS) will be standing by their telescopes to show you celestial objects. You’ll see craters of the Moon and the planets Venus, Jupiter, and Mars. Some deep sky objects including nebulae and star clusters should be viewable. The views will capture your imagination, and the night sky will never be the same again. Every visitor says, “Wow!” many Volume IX - Number 5 3000F Danville Blvd #117 times during a viewing. In twilight, beAlamo, CA 94507 fore observing action starts, you’ll Telephone (925) 405-6397 be treated to a short talk entitled, Fax (925) 406-0547 editor@yourmonthlypaper.com “Planets of our Solar System.” Then you’ll walk among the variAlisa Corstorphine ~ Publisher ous telescopes and see a spectacu- The opinions expressed herein belong to the writers, and do not necessarily reflect that of Lafayette Today. Lafayette lar sight through each one. Today is not responsible for the content of any of the ad-
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