The Orinda Juniors had a great time gathering last night to make and assemble lovely jars of bath salts for our 2019 Holiday fundraiser! As part of our service project in support of Warm Winter Nights, we also collected toiletries and other personal items for families in need.
One of our local philanthropies, Habitot, enlisted the Juniors to help make ‘sugar skulls’ for use at their annual Halloween party for underprivileged children. Members, both old and new, got busy and made a fun evening of it!
We had a great turn-out at our open house this fall and are pleased to welcome many new members to the Orinda Juniors. Please welcome:
Thank you to everyone who came out last night to meet us and learn more about the Orinda Juniors and what we do! We hope to see you at our next general meeting in October!
The Orinda Juniors celebrated the end of our membership year by coming out to support local Orinda restaurants for Orinda’s Dine Around Town event. We’re looking forward to seeing everyone again in the fall!
Congratulations to all of the winners of the 2019 YouthInk writing contest! This year, over 40 Orinda middle school students submitted entries inspired by the writing prompt “It Matters.” We are proud to announce the winners of contest for 2019:
2019 WINNERS
First Place ($250):
Eloise Anagnost, The Girl in the Box
Second Place ($125):
Holly Carysforth, Free?
Third Place ($75):
Kirsten Parker, Hidden
Honorable Mention: (alphabetical order)
Mia Balonick, The Highway
Kaylin Chang, The Power of Words
Audrey Dugan, Safe
Josslyn Grover, Flying Free
Indie Lee, Onwards
Tahra Minowada, The Sound of Nothing
Jade Peng, Paper Promises
Chiara Sponzilli, Everything In This World Matters
Hazel Weiner, The Way Things Used to Be
Jialei Zhang, Playing It By Heart
The Orinda Juniors spring social took to the lanes for a fun evening of bowling.
The Orinda Rotary Club once again hosted the Orinda Trivia Bee on March 22, 2019. The Orinda Juniors fielded a crack team to participate in this fun Orinda tradition. Thank you to Patty Holman, Amy Stuffmann, Katie Joy Walsh, Flora Wilson, Leslie Volk, and Jen Matthews for coming out to represent the Juniors!
Special guest, Eileen McPeake, from McPeake & Company Financial Planning and Wealth Management, joined us for our February meeting to talk about financial planning for college. Miss the meeting? Check out her presentation. Thank you to Jen Matthews for hosting!
The Orinda Juniors had a great time together baking for the annual holiday gathering of the Pediatric/HIV patients and families at Children’s Hospital Oakland.
Following the delivery of over twenty dozen cookies and treats, we received a wonderful thank you from the organization:
Amy and ALL the wonderful cookie makers from Orinda Juniors:I am sending a heartfelt THANK YOU from the whole Pediatric HIV team at Children’s Hospital for the beautiful array of decorated holiday cookie platters! What an abundance of goodies for our patients and families to enjoy on Saturday. We are so grateful for community involvement in helping to make this season bright for our families. They enjoyed crafts, entertainment, lunch and COOKIES before meeting Santa. What a great way to top off the party.Thank you againAnn Petru, Teresa Courville and Julie HainingPediatric HIV/AIDS Program