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Hotrod Hoodlums, Chrysler of Fairfield event Saturday to help Las Juntas Elementary

September 19, 2018 by Donna Beth Weilenman Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: Cars 4 Classrooms, Fairfield Chrysler, fundraiser, Las Juntas Elementary School, Martinez

Farmar PTA to raise funds for music program with benefit concert at Lucca

July 18, 2018 by Nick Sestanovich Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Education, Features, Front Page, Music, News, The Arts Tagged With: Benicia, concert, fundraiser, Jeff Campitelli, Lucca Beer Garden, Mary Farmar Elementary, Mary Farmar PTA Music Committee

Letter: Thank you for supporting Matthew Turner Elementary

April 18, 2018 by Editor Leave a Comment

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, […]

Filed Under: Features, Letters, Opinion Tagged With: Benicia, fundraiser, letters, Matthew Turner Elementary, opinion

Benicia Teen Center to host ’70s-themed fundraiser

April 17, 2018 by Nick Sestanovich Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: '70s, Benicia, Benicia Teen Center, fundraiser, Kyle Hyland Foundation

Semple teachers to face off in Lip Sync Battle fundraiser

January 30, 2018 by Nick Sestanovich 1 Comment

(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 […]

Filed Under: Education, Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: Benicia, fundraiser, Lip Sync Battle, Outdoor Education, Robert Semple

BHS Panther Band hosts first golf tournament fundraiser over weekend

October 24, 2017 by Nick Sestanovich 1 Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Education, Features, Front Page, Music, News, The Arts Tagged With: Benicia, Benicia High School, Benicia High School band, fundraiser, golf, Hiddenbrooke Golf Club

Benicia Middle School students raise money for hurricane victims

September 26, 2017 by George Johnston 1 Comment

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, […]

Filed Under: Education, Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: Benicia, Benicia Middle School, fundraiser, Hurricane Harvey, Kindness Campaign, Matthew Cunningham, Siretta Tuttle

Benicia High adopts 2 Houston schools affected by hurricane

September 26, 2017 by Nick Sestanovich Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Education, Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: Benicia, Benicia High School, fundraiser, Houston, Hurricane Harvey, Klein Cain High School, Klein Independent School District, Lemm Elementary School, Sac Joaquin Section

Vallejo event to raise money for hurricane victims Sunday

September 22, 2017 by Nick Sestanovich Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: Benicia, Beverly Edmonds, Dance Unlimited, fundraiser, Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Maria, Vallejo

Grad Night fundraiser, pasta dinner to be held at Clocktower tomorrow

May 17, 2017 by Nick Sestanovich Leave a Comment

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, […]

Filed Under: Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: Benicia, Benicia High School, Benicia Unified School District, Clock Tower, fundraiser, Grad Night, Liberty High School, silent auction

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