Los Osos/Baywood Chamber to Honor Citizens of The Year
Celebrate the 2024 Citizens of the Year for Los Osos and Baywood Park along with the Chamber’s 70th Anniversary with a special dinner.
During the event the Chamber will honor Citizens of the Year: Al Struck & Dean Sullivan; Gary J. Freiberg as Volunteer of the Year; Friends of El Moro Elfin Forest as Nonprofit of the Year; Baywood Inn as Business of the Year; and Blueplate as New Business of the Year.
• Social hour – 5 p.m. featuring libations and
hors d’oeuvres
• Dinner & Ceremony – 6 p.m.
• Live Music
• Attire is semi-formal; comfort is key
General Admission is $65 per person. Tickets are available at https://bit.ly/3XVjhGv.
Pulp Fiction Showing — The Rock Benefit
Film buffs will have a chance to watch Director Quentin Tarantino’s classic film, Pulp Fiction, at a special benefit screening to support community radio station 97.3 FM The Rock at Morro Bay’s historic Bay Theater.
Pulp Fiction is set to play at 6 p.m. Monday, April 21. Tickets are $15 a person and available online at my805tix.com or at www.TheRockCommunityRadio.org. There will also be tickets available at the door, but don’t wait, these parties tend to sell out quickly.
Pulp Fiction, released in 1994, is a comedic crime drama with a star-studded cast including John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, and Christopher Walken among numerous others.
According to the entertainment website IMDb, “The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.”
Pulp Fiction was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won for Best Original Screenplay. Travolta, Jackson, and Thurman were nominated for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress respectively. Pulp Fiction is considered Tarantino’s best film. It was a smash hit at the box office grossing over $107 million in the U.S. and $213 million worldwide.
The event will feature a costume contest, with wine and beer available. There will also be a raffle for an 8-foot Stewart Hydro-Cush Funline Surfboard.
Proceeds support The Rock and will help keep commercial-free, community radio alive and well.
“These screenings are always a blast,” said The Rock founder Hal Abrams. “When you support The Rock, you lift every local non-profit that uses The Rock airwaves to spread their message. It’s a win-win.”
The Rock Community Radio, 97.3 FM/107.9 FM The Rock, is a non-profit organization operated and supported by listeners and residents of SLO County.
The all-volunteer station connects the Central Coast with hyper-local, engaging, creative, community-based FM radio and online programming.
The Rock also provides public safety programming, emergency preparedness education, and emergency alert announcements for Paso Robles, Templeton, Atascadero, Morro Bay, Los Osos, and Cayucos.
Dignity Health
Provides $468,000 in Grant Funding to Non-Profits
Dignity Health Central Coast awarded $468,000 in funding to six community non-profit partnerships in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties. Representatives from each organization were invited to a breakfast award ceremony to acknowledge their service in providing critical health and human services.
Grants are awarded through a Community Health Improvement Grants Program created by the Dignity Health parent company CommonSpirit Health. The intent of the annual program is to help non-profit organizations with an interest in building healthier communities by improving health and living conditions.
Criteria for this funding cycle were based on the following priority areas identified in the hospitals 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment: Educational Attainment, Access to Primary Care including Behavioral Health and Dental Health and Health Promotion and Prevention.
Award Winners
Five Cities Meals on Wheels
This project addresses food insecurity among homebound seniors. Five Cities Meals on Wheels has been serving the county since 1975. They have maintained daily meal preparation and delivery service since 1975. Their focus are residents in the Five Cities area that are homebound and unable to grocery shop or prepare meals leading to food insecurity and malnutrition.
Recuperative Care Housing Navigation
The Good Samaritan Recuperative Care Program (RCP) Navigation Project addresses the critical need for targeted housing navigation support for individuals experiencing homelessness who are enrolled in the Hope Village Recuperative Care project.
Hearts Aligned Inc.
Hearts Aligned provides comprehensive services to 50 low-income families that have a child classified as critically ill by the referring medical professional. They will provide direct financial assistance up to $2,500 which may include rent, utilities, auto expenses, gas and grocery cards, insurance, lodging and other essentials to help families at their most vulnerable time.
POR VIDA!
POR VIDA! is a culturally responsive program designed to offer holistic support to students, emphasizing their well-being, academic achievements, and overall development. By leveraging evidence-based strategies, the program fosters social-emotional stability among participating students. Additionally, it provides targeted educational interventions to prevent student dropouts and actively supports students in their journey toward college and career readiness.
School Garden Nutrition Program
The project addresses the need for nutrition intervention and hands-on science education in public schools in San Luis Obispo and North Santa Barbara Counties, by providing 30 participating schools with a garden educator who will create and maintain school gardens, teach weekly, standards-aligned nutrition lessons to students, and get students outdoors, active, and involved in growing and eating fruits and vegetables.
The Cecilia Oral Project
The project will offers funding for critical dental treatment (comprehensive evaluation, radiographic images, scanning, extractions, dentures, implants etc.) that is urgently needed and required in order to initiate cancer treatment.
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