November 15 2011
C O M M U N I T Y N E W S T H AT M A K E S A D I F F E R E N C E
Vol 20 No. 22
Serving Aptos, La Selva Beach, Corralitos, Freedom, Watsonville, & Pajaro
2011 Holiday Volunteer Opportunities Guide
Gathered donated gifts his season, the Volunteer Center invites community members to reach beyond their normal holiday celebrations and create new traditions through volunteering. The Volunteer Center maintains an on-line listing of Holiday Volunteer Annual Opportunities on their Valley website to make the Holiday search for holiday volProjects unteer opportunities Now through quick and easy. This Dec. 22 list will be available now through New Year’s and will be regularly updated throughout the season. To view the listing visit www.scvolunteercenter.org and check out the list of opportunities. Feel free to call the Volunteer Center with any questions about Holiday Volunteering at 831427-5070. ••• he Valley Churches United Missions Thanksgiving Project provides ingredients for a Thanksgiving meal. The Christmas Project provides toys, gifts, basic necessities and food to families, seniors, disabled and homeless.
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AMGEN racers are preparing to make their way to Santa Cruz County in 2012.
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AMGEN officials to visit Santa Cruz November 30 to determine where stage 2 will end
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been to create a route that not only provides a challenging race for the world’s top cyclists, but one that highlights the beauty and diverse terrain that make up the great state of California as well,” said Kristin Bachochin, executive director of the Amgen Tour of California.
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America’s largest and most prestigious professional road cycling stage race, the seventh consecutive edition of the 2012 Amgen Tour of California will travel more than 750 miles from May 13 – 20, 2012. “Our goal for the Amgen Tour of California has always
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fter reviewing more than 100 submissions from cities throughout California, presenter of the Amgen Tour of California, AEG, has announced the 13 official Host Cities for the 2012 race to include Santa Cruz. Considered
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“Every year we challenge ourselves to raise the bar once again and create a route more challenging than the last, but that’s the great thing about planning a race in California, there is so much from which we can choose.
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