By Donna Beth Weilenman Martinez News-Gazette A team-up event Saturday between a Fairfield Chrysler dealership and a Bay Area car club will help raise money for a Martinez elementary school during its annual PTA car show and barbecue. Chrysler of Fairfield is bringing its parent company’s “Cars 4 Classrooms” fundraising program to Las Juntas Elementary […]
Farmar PTA to raise funds for music program with benefit concert at Lucca
Lucca Beer Garden is generally not open Wednesdays, but to help raise money for a good cause, the stage will be filled with the sounds of music for a special concert benefiting the music program at Mary Farmar Elementary School. The Mary Farmar PTA Music Committee will be hosting its Gimme a Beat! Benefit concert […]
Letter: Thank you for supporting Matthew Turner Elementary
Thank you for supporting Matthew Turner Elementary On behalf of the Matthew Turner Elementary Parent Teacher Association, I would like to thank everyone who participated in this year’s auction and dinner fundraiser on April 14 at the historic Benicia Clock Tower. The event was a great success with the proceeds going to fund school events, […]
Benicia Teen Center to host ’70s-themed fundraiser
Far out, man. The Benicia Teen Center will be traveling back to the swingin’ ‘70s for a special fundraiser this Saturday. The Benicia Teen Center was established in 2016 by the Kyle Hyland Foundation for Teen Support, named for a Benicia teen who died by suicide in 2014. One of the goals of the foundation […]
Semple teachers to face off in Lip Sync Battle fundraiser
(This post has been updated from the print edition.) Lip-syncing in music is often frowned upon (See: Milli Vanilli), but when it is turned into a competition, everybody wants to be a part of it. Lip-sync competitions certainly have become a sensation in the past couple of years. While simply mouthing the words to popular […]
BHS Panther Band hosts first golf tournament fundraiser over weekend
Benicia High School’s Panther Band Boosters held the program’s first-ever golf tournament fundraiser at Hiddenbrooke Golf Club on Sunday where money was raised and fun was had by all. Benicia High School’s band program– including its jazz band, Color Guard, drumline and two concert bands– remains one of the school’s proudest organizations. The program has […]
Benicia Middle School students raise money for hurricane victims
Everyone needs a helping hand every once and awhile. When a group of middle of Benicia Middle School students heard the family of one of the school’s teachers was affected by Hurricane Harvey, they decide to offer that helping hand. Benicia Middle Schoolers Pharrah Barrow, Ella Beatson, Julia Rogers, Kelly Chamberlain, Caitlyn Begbie, Jiana Lyons, […]
Benicia High adopts 2 Houston schools affected by hurricane
One major impact of Hurricane Harvey was on schools. The storm caused schools in the Houston area to delay the beginning of the year, damaged several campuses and caused several teachers and students to lose their homes and possessions. The California Interscholastic Foundation and the Sac-Joaquin Section— the league where Benicia High School plays all […]
Vallejo event to raise money for hurricane victims Sunday
As anybody following the national news would know, the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season has been a destructive one. In fact, it has been the most devastating to hit the United States in 12 years. In August, the Category 4 Hurricane Harvey struck Texas and Louisiana after already making landfall in Caribbean nations, causing more than […]
Grad Night fundraiser, pasta dinner to be held at Clocktower tomorrow
Benicia High School’s Grad Night Board and Committee will be holding its first ever pasta feed, fundraiser and silent auction tomorrow night at the Clocktower. The proceeds will benefit Grad Night, an evening of safe, sober fun for new Benicia High and Liberty High School graduates on the grounds of the BHS campus, featuring games, […]